Clear spoken English workshop, led by Luan de Burgh

Location:
Sweet Entertainments
42 Theobald's Road
London WC1X 8NW

Dates:
Saturday afternoons (Please contact us for specific dates)

Rates:
One session - £55

Do you want to improve your voice, articulation and diction?

Are you worried that your natural accent is not getting you the job you want?

ELOCUTION SOLUTION is the workshop for you. This session will involve a quick vocal warm up, articulation exercises with tongue twisters and practice word lists and sentences. Participants will explore basic phonetics, oral anatomy and look at how Standard English sounds are shaped in the mouth and will go through each sound individually. We will look at all the short and long single vowel sounds and also the two-vowel sounds in Standard English as well as the consonants.

The workshops happen in a creative, supportive, non-judgmental environment where anyone can explore the craft. Text will be provided on the day.

INSTRUCTOR

Luan de Burgh is a native Standard English speaking Voice Coach, trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art and the École Jacques Lecoq as an actor and subsequently at Central School of Speech and Drama as a Voice Teacher and teaches voice at RADA, CSSD and the Guildford School of Acting as well as in the business and political world.

Luan is a guest lecturer at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, having worked on the Contemporary Drama course (in collaboration with director Brian Stirner and movement coach Vanessa Mildenberg) and on the European Greats course. He teaches on the MA Voice Studies Course at the Central School of Speech and Drama, where he has also taught 'Personal Voice Power' for Bespoke Business and worked with the Knowledge Transfer project on 'Voice in the Workplace'. Furthermore, Luan teaches at the Guildford School of Acting and has taught at East 15. He has worked with various theatre companies, including the directors' showcase at the Orange Tree Theatre Company, Richmond.

Luan coaches a portfolio of private clients ranging from those in politics and business to medicine, law, media, and academia. He regularly coaches Members of Parliament. He is a consultant voice and presentation trainer for Skillstudio.

As an actor, Luan worked on the stage for more than a decade in the UK, Canada, New Zealand and Ireland, performing in plays ranging from Shakespeare to devised physical theatre and has played in a variety of venues including The Globe Theatre in London, Vancouver's Waterfront Theatre and the Maidment Theatre in Auckland. Luan has also successfully produced a number of plays in London and on tour through his production company Purple Fish Productions.

He is a voice over and spoken word artist and has recorded commercials, talking books, audio descriptions, documentaries, language aides, film dubbing and more besides for such companies as the BBC, LBC, CBC, Visiontext and many more. Luan was a regular contributor on the Sandi Toksvig show on LBC 97.3.

www.luandeburgh.com

If you would like to join the workshop above, please email info@sweet-uk.net as soon as possible and you will be sent a confirmation email by return. Please note though that places are limited and therefore not guaranteed unless confirmed.

We will call and/or email people to let them know they have received a place on the course. When your place has been confirmed we ask that you pay the fees within three days, otherwise we may release your place to the next person on the list.

Should you have any questions about anything, please do not hesitate to get in touch with Patricia on 020 7404 6411.