voice

Expert tips to maximise remote vocal coaching sessions. It’s very important that you also know what you want to get out of your session before you join. Do you have a technical goal? Do you need rep suggestions? Share this with your coach. We are now a good few weeks into lockdown and several months […]

The world of video games is a flourishing industry. Tahlia Norrish shares her experience voicing a video game character and why you should give it a go. For me, gaming work is so attractive because the storytelling possibilities feel almost infinite. The realm of potential exceeds that of stage or screen. As someone who grew […]

How to Update Your Voice Skills and Home Studio Specs We’ve been in touch with a number of audio producers and voice casting directors in recent weeks as we continue to find ways to keep our members working during this period. The feedback we have received has led to us to make some key changes […]

Award-winning audio writer, director and producer Jack Bowman explains the various types of radio and voice studio setups performers may encounter. Audible Studio Setup Audible like to cast big names for their audio output. If you do work for Audible, you will likely receive the script in advance however it’s not uncommon for the rest […]

Performer Jeremiah Krage explores a new, rapidly evolving market hungry for talented performers; Voice-first content. it’s tremendously exciting that this new technology has so much creative potential, and that our industry has so much to contribute What is voice-first? Voice-first content is anything delivered via a Voice User Interface (VUI) as part of a Voice-based […]

Enjoy a recap of Spotlight’s acting industry advice from the past year. With the festive season in full swing and 2020 beckoning us ever closer, we’re taking some much-needed time out to reflect on all the great content we’ve published on Spotlight this year. We aim to bring you the best advice from industry experts […]

Expert Tips to Master Accents, RP and Character Voice Work. In this episode of The Spotlight Podcast, we talk to Nina Zendejas, an international voice coach specialising in accent and dialect, and native to the United States. Currently working as the Head of Voice at Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts (MT) in London, she […]

Spotlight’s Industry Forum provided an insight into the casting process and answered those burning questions about street casting, Spotlight searches, and how to help ‘unknown’ actors stand out. You’re finding the piece of the jigsaw to fit into somebody else’s picture. Dave Peacock The panel, formed of casting directors Dave Peacock (voice), Aisha Bywaters (screen) and Ellie Collyer-Bristow (stage), […]

How do you nail an accent with limited time to prepare? This is the podcast to answer your accent qualms, featuring Josh Mathieson, a voice and accent coach and director who is the Head of Voice and Co-Vice Principal at the MTA, a voice teacher at the Independent Centre for Actor Training (ICAT) and a Voice and Acting Tutor […]

Dialect coach William Conacher talks all things accent-related.