DEE FORREST
Voice & Accent Coach
PGVS / PGVOS
07957 211 065 – deeforrest20@gmail.com – Brighton & Hove (Commutable to London & South East)
www.yourvoicecoach.co.uk – linkedin.com/in/dee-forrest-pgvs-pgdo-67051260
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Versatile and experienced voice and accent coach who has worked across a wide range of film, television and theatre productions, training hundreds of well-known, highly-respected actors, as well as new, young performers. Confident working with both individuals and groups, covering dialects, phonetics, vocal extremes, intonation, diction, elocution, delivery, posture and physicality. Also skilled providing voice coaching in the corporate space, and have held senior-level teaching roles at many of the UK’s leading drama schools.
CAREER HISTORY
Voice & Accent Coach – Freelance – 2000-Present
Hired on a freelance basis to support across film, television and theatre productions, working closely and collaboratively with directors including Ciaran Donnelley, Tony Mitchell, Justine Audibert, Katarzyna Deszcz and Xavier Guignard. Have worked with both new actors and high-profile names, including Stockard Channing, Matthew Goode, Diogo Morgado, Roma Downey, Azure Skye, Babou Ceesay, Richard Coyle, Anne Ribiere, Juan Pablo Di Pace, Chipo Chung, Adam Levy, Jodi May, Greta Scacchi, Trudy Styler, George Georgiou and Angela Bruce. Trained actors for accents including Standard RP, Essex, Estuary, Gloucestershire, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Scottish Highlands/Lowlands, French, General American, New York, US Southern States, US Mid-West and Caribbean, as well as a fictional African accent.
Productions (Film & Television)
Hersheys (Commercial ), -Smith & Jones— 2019
Bud Light (Commercial ) – Smith & Jones— 2019
Doom – Universal 1440 Entertainment – 2018
Title TBC (Television Police Series) – BBC – 2018
Death in Paradise – Red Planet Pictures for BBC One – 2017
Little Thief (*Canadian Diversity Film Festival Winner/Independents Film Festival Nominee*) – Essay Pictures – 2017
A.D. The Bible Continues – NBC Universal / Lightworkers Films – 2015
Kerry (Pilot) – NBC Universal – 2014
The Bible – Lightworkers Films for History Channel – 2013
Love Equals War – DeCantillon Films – 2011
QVC UK – 2004-2006
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister – Alliance Atlantis Films – 2002
Productions (Theatre)
Table – Guildford School of Acting — 2019
Boudica – Guildford School of Acting — 2019
Feed The Beast – Guildford School of Acting – 2017
Spring Awakening – Guildford School of Acting – 2017
Mill on the Floss – Guildford School of Acting – 2017
The Same Deep Water – Guildford School of Acting – 2017
As You Like It – Guildford School of Acting – 2017
Julius Caesar – Guildford School of Acting – 2017
The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning – Guildford School of Acting – 2014
Kimalia – Bernie Grant Centre – 2013
Grey Gardens – Puppet/Marionette Theatre – 2012
Shadow of a Gunman – Finborough Theatre – 2000
Psycho Killer – Lewisham Theatre Company – 2000
Founder & Voice Coach – Your Voice Coach – 2008-Present
Run a voice coaching company, working with individuals from both performance and corporate backgrounds. Predominantly focus on dialects, phonetics, vocal extremes, intonation, diction, elocution and delivery, as well covering posture and physicality. Has included supporting actors with audition preparation, working with groups of actors during the production stage and dealing with senior professionals, including CEOs, who are preparing for public speaking or looking to gain general voice training.
Voice & Accent Associate Tutor – Guildford School of Acting, University of Surrey – Sep 2013-Present
Tutor across the school’s MA and BA acting and musical theatre courses, preparing, delivering and assessing student for all speech and accent modules. Also provide one-to-one voice and dialect coaching for productions, including final year graduation shows.
Associate Voice & Accent Tutor – University of Chichester – Sept 2013-Present
Provide voice training to students across all of the university’s acting and performance courses, focusing on dialects, vocal extremes and delivery. Includes working across a wide range of productions, coaching whole groups of students and supporting the assessment of their performances.
Deputy Head of Voice – Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts – 2006-2012
Senior Voice Tutor – Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts – 2004-2006
Accent & Voice Tutor – Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts – 1999-2004
Spent 14 years at this leading London-based theatre school, initially as an Accent and Voice tutor and later becoming Deputy Head of Voice and Senior Voice Lecturer. Helped lead several programmes and developed and assessed modules, delivering voice, speech and dialect training to hundreds of students.
Voice & Accent Tutor – Associated Studios – 2013-2015
External Examiner – Guildford School of Acting, University of Surrey – 2009-2013
Voice & Accent Tutor– Drama Studio London – 2010-2012
Voice Tutor, Summer School – Marymount College – 2004-2005
Voice & Phonetics Tutor – Drama Studio London – 2002-2004
Accent Tutor & Graduation Coach – East 15 Acting School – 2002-2004
Voice Tutor – The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama – 2002-2004
Voice Tutor – Winchester College – 2003
Voice Tutor – Birmingham School of Speech and Drama – 1999-2001
Voice Tutor – School of the Science of Acting – 1998-2001
Actress & Singer – Freelance – 1978-Present
Founder, The Kit Kat Kabaret Klub – Southwark Playhouse – 1995-1997
EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS
PG/MA Vocal Studies (PGVS Accredited) – The Royal Central School of Speech & Drama – 1997-1998
PGVO Drama and Voice Skills – Middlesex University – 1977-1978
Additional Courses
Drama Educator Workshop – The American Academy – 2018
Alba Emoting/Alba Method & Emotional Body – Rose Bruford College – 2018
Workshop – Fitzmaurice Voice – 2011
Alba Emoting Workshop – The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art – 2010
Acting for Camera – The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art – 2010
Voice Workshop – The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art – 2010
Estille Level 1&2 – Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts – 2007
Giving Voice – Aberystwyth University – 2005
Heightened Voice Use (Alba Emoting) – The Royal Central School of Speech & Drama – 2004
Cicely Berry: Shakespeare’s Language / Voice & Breathing – The Royal Central School of Speech & Drama – 2010
Membership
Equity
British Voice Association
Full, Clean UK Driving License
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