The PumpHouse Theatre Masterclass Season Voice Workshop

Expand and enhance your actor’s toolbelt in this voice workshop with the incredible Linda Cartwright.
In this workshop you will learn about:
Breath – how and why
Carrying Power – using the body to support the voice
Clear Tone – getting rid of nasality and placing the voice forward
Pitch range – developing it and using it
Pace – varying it, phrasing and pausing
Diction – using vowels and consonants

Facilitator Linda Cartwright

Linda has taught on various tertiary courses for actors, principally at Unitec’s School of Performing & Screen Arts, where she was Head of Voice from its inception until 2007, and during that time was International Editor for VASTA (Voice & Speech Teachers Association) and NZ Editor for IDEA (International Dialects of English Archive).
She studied with Cicely Berry and Andrew Wade at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon and with Linklater-designated tutors at Shakespeare & Company in Boston, U.S.A. As well as Estill work with Anne-Marie Speed, organising workshops for her whenever she was back in New Zealand.

It’s been Linda’s pleasure to help politicians, actors, and business people with their voices too. As she says ‘I’ve met wonderful people!’