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EXPERIENCING ACCENTS #26 Online
2024-01-03 08:00 - 2024-01-09 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL, AND REGISTRATION IS CLOSED.
To put yourself on the wait list, click here.
A SIX-DAY ONLINE WORKSHOP IN THE SKILLS OF ACCENT ACQUISITION
With Master Teachers Andrea Caban & Julie Foh
January 3-9, 2024, 8am-3pm Pacific Time.
Daily meal break 11am-12pm Pacific Time.
January 6th will be a day off.
All sessions will be recorded and shared with participants.
Click here for a full description of the workshop.
Experiencing Speech and Phonetics Intensive are prerequisites for Experiencing Accents.
For more about Knight-Thompson Speechwork, please visit About the Work.

Workshop Costs:

VASTA Members

$850 USD*

ANY Union Members

$850 USD**

Non-members

$950 USD***

* Use the code “vasta” when checking out.
** Use the code “unionpride” when checking out.
*** If you’re interested in repeating an “Experiencing…” workshop that you’ve already taken, add your name to the “re-taker” waitlist here. We will contact you two weeks prior to the start of the workshop to let you know if there is space for you and provide you with a discount code for 1/2 off the full price of the workshop (discounts cannot be combined).
Deadlines:
In order to plan effectively for these workshops, it’s important to have a clear sense of the commitment of potential participants. For that reason we ask for a deposit of $200 to secure your place in the workshop. This is due six weeks prior to the start of the workshop, on November 22, 2023. The full payment is due three weeks prior to the start of the workshop, on December 13, 2023. If your plans change, and you are unable to attend, we will refund any payment less $75 if you inform us by December 20, 2023.
After that date, however, no refunds are possible. Please plan accordingly.

PHONETICS INTENSIVE #23
2023-12-18 08:00 - 2023-12-20 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
A Three-Day Online Intensive in Phonetic Transcription
With Master Teachers Andrea Caban & Tyler Seiple
December 18-20, 2023, 8:00am-3:00pm Pacific Time.
There will be a daily meal break from 11:00am to 12:00pm Pacific.
This course will be online only. All documents and audio materials will be shared through an online platform. All sessions will be recorded and shared with participants.

Click here for a full description of our Phonetics Intensive workshops. The full registration fee is $450 USD.
Please note that Experiencing Speech is a prerequisite for the Phonetics Intensive.
*If you have already taken the Phonetics Intensive and are interested in re-taking it, add your name to the “re-taker” waitlist here. We will contact you two weeks prior to the start of the workshop to let you know if there is space for you.

Deadlines

In order to plan effectively for these workshops, it’s important to have a clear sense of the commitment of potential participants. For that reason we ask for a deposit of $100 USD to secure your place in the workshop. This is due six weeks prior to the start of the workshop, on November 6, 2023. The full payment is due three weeks prior to the start of the workshop, on November 27, 2023. If your plans change, and you are unable to attend, we will refund any payment less $75 USD if you inform us by December 4, 2023. After that date, however, no refunds are possible. Please plan accordingly.

ACTOR'S ACCENT TOOLKIT
2023-12-09 12:00 - 2023-12-10 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
ACTOR’S ACCENT TOOLKIT:An Introduction to Knight-Thompson Speechwork for Performers

When:Saturday, December 9, 12pm – 4pm, PacificSunday, December 10, 12pm – 4pm, Pacific

Where:Online via Zoom

Taught by:Siobhan Dohertywww.speakingofaccents.com

Price: $250

$100 for repeat registration

To register: Email Siobhan at speakingofaccents@gmail.com.

Certified Teacher Siobhan Doherty leads an introduction to Knight-Thompson Speechwork for performers and public speakers. This eight-hour workshop focuses on understanding what accents are and the skills needed to develop them. With a tailored blend of discussion, exercises, and context-building, students walk away with an understanding of the muscles that shape speech, the patterns that make up accents, and the tools they need to adopt any accent. It also introduces a more helpful, KTS-based approach to the idea of “Accent Reduction,” getting to the same result without shame or guilt.

Space is limited. Register now by emailing speakingofaccents@gmail.com.

ES #40 Part One
2023-12-09 08:00 - 2023-12-15 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online, United States
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EXPERIENCING SPEECH #40 Online
2023-12-09 08:00 - 2023-12-15 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
An Online Six-Day Workshop in:
the sounds of the world’s languages
the physicality of speech actions
introducing descriptive phonetics
the skills of adjusting linguistic detail in speech
With Teachers Andrea Caban, Nathan Crocker, & Julie Foh
December 9-15, 2023, 8am-3pm Pacific Time
There will be an hour-long daily meal break from 11:00am to 12:00pm Pacific Time.
December 12th will be a day off.
All sessions will be recorded and shared with participants.
Click here for a full description of the workshop.

Workshop Costs:

VASTA Members

$850 USD*

ANY Union Members

$850 USD**

Non-members

$950 USD***

* Use the code “vasta” when checking out.
** Use the code “unionpride” when checking out.
*** If you’re interested in repeating an “Experiencing…” workshop that you’ve already taken, add your name to the “re-taker” waitlist here. We will contact you two weeks prior to the start of the workshop to let you know if there is space for you and provide you with a discount code for 1/2 off the full price of the workshop (discounts cannot be combined).

There is also a PART ONE ONLY OPTION for $550 USD ($450 USD with union membership)!
This three-day session (Part One) focuses on:
Awareness and practice of precise articulation action
The physical actions that produce all the sounds of the world’s languages—”Omnish”
Vocal Tract Posture—the articulatory basis for the sounds in accents and languages
This session will also prepare the participant for Part Two, which includes detailed phonetic transcription and an exploration of the skills of adjusting linguistic detail in speech. (No phonetic transcription will be used in Part One of the workshop.) Email knightthompsonspeechwork@gmail.com if interested in a PART ONE ONLY OPTION.

Deadlines:

In order to plan effectively for these workshops, it’s important to have a clear sense of the commitment of potential participants. For that reason we ask for a deposit of $200 USD to secure your place in the workshop. This is due six weeks prior to the start of the workshop, on October 28, 2023. The full payment is due three weeks prior to the start of the workshop, on November 18, 2023. If your plans change, and you are unable to attend, we will refund any payment less $75 USD if you inform us by November 25, 2023. After that date, however, no refunds are possible. Please plan accordingly.

ACTOR'S ACCENT TOOLKIT
2023-11-11 09:00 - 2023-11-12 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
ACTOR’S ACCENT TOOLKIT:An Introduction to Knight-Thompson Speechwork for Performers

When:Saturday, November 11, 9am – 1pm, PacificSunday, November 12, 9am – 1pm, Pacific

Where:Online via Zoom

Taught by:Tyler Seiplewww.accentcoachla.com

Price: $250($175 for members of Stuart Rogers’ Studios)

$100 for repeat registration

To register: Email Tyler at accentcoachla@gmail.com or visit here for more information.

Master Teacher Tyler Seiple leads an introduction to Knight-Thompson Speechwork for performers and public speakers. This eight-hour workshop focuses on understanding what accents are and the skills needed to develop them. With a tailored blend of discussion, exercises, and context-building, students walk away with an understanding of the muscles that shape speech, the patterns that make up accents, and the tools they need to adopt any accent. It also introduces a more helpful, KTS-based approach to the idea of “Accent Reduction,” getting to the same result without shame or guilt.

Space is limited. Register now by emailing accentcoachla@gmail.com, or by visiting here for more information.

After the Actor’s Accent Toolkit, students are invited to take shorter classes with Tyler in a wide and expanding variety of accents. Using the foundation of the Toolkit, students will integrate target accents in less time and with a clear process. Upcoming accent classes can be found here.

KTS Webinar #49: Experiencing Accents Book Launch!
2023-11-05 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Join us for an exciting celebration of the release of the next Knight-Thompson Speechwork text, written by Phil Thompson, Tyler Seiple, and Andrea Caban.

Experiencing Accents: A Knight-Thompson Speechwork® Guide for Acting in Accent presents a comprehensive and systematic approach to accent acquisition for actors. It lays out an accessible and effective set of tools, exercises, and theoretical frameworks grounded in current linguistic science, as well as more than two decades of teaching, actor training, and coaching developed by Knight-Thompson Speechwork®.

This book dismantles the notions that accents exist on a spectrum of good and bad or that “neutral,” “general,” or “standard” can serve as ideals for speech. By de-centering elitist and authoritarian worldviews, it gives actors a path to mobilize their innate language abilities to acquire any accent, relying on descriptive and experiential knowledge. The innovative approach of the Four Ps – People, Prosody, Posture, and Pronunciation – builds cultural competence that honors accents as they exist in the world, increases the physical and perceptive skills of the actor, and provides a rich variety of applications to encourage fluid and embodied accent performance. Each of the Four Ps are investigated and practiced separately and then synthesized in the art of the performer, allowing actors to address the complexity of acting in accent through a deliberate and sequential layering of skills, rendering the final expression of their technique meticulously accurate and deeply authentic.

Organized into fifteen modules to correspond with a typical semester, Experiencing Accents is perfect for Theatre students in voice, speech, and accents courses, along with working actors interested in improving their accent work.

On Sunday 5th November 11am PDT/2pm EDT/7pm GMTTo convert this meeting to your time zone, click here.

Registration will close 12 hours prior to the event and participants will then receive Zoom link information. All registrants will also receive the recording and post-webinar survey after the meeting has ended and been processed.

Philip Thompson co-founded Knight-Thompson Speechwork® with his mentor Dudley Knight in 2002, Since that time KTS has offered nearly 200 workshops and webinars attended by thousands of participants. There are now more than 70 certified KTS Teachers teaching this work at academic institutions and in their own coaching practice. Phil is a Professor of Drama at the University of California, Irvine. At UCI he has served as the head of the MFA program in acting, and as head of voice and speech. He works as a voice, text and accent coach for professional and university productions. Since 1999 he has worked as a resident voice and text coach for the Utah Shakespearean Festival. He has coached at South Coast Repertory, Pasadena Playhouse, OperaPacific, Madison Rep, Weathervane Playhouse, Alabama Shakespeare Festival and numerous productions at the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. He was one of the first master teachers of Fitzmaurice Voicework, and has taught in numerous teacher training workshops offered by the Fitzmaurice Institute. Phil served as President of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA) and on the board of the University Regional Theatre Association (U/RTA).

Tyler Seiple is an actor, director, writer, producer, and freelance voice and speech coach in the Los Angeles area. He is the founder of Accents in Action™ (www.accentcoachla.com) and a Master Teacher of Knight-Thompson Speechwork®. His private clients have been heard onscreen in projects ranging from This Is Us and Hacks to Crazy Ex Girlfriend and Walker. He has coached shows throughout the Los Angeles area, with companies including the Fountain Theatre, the Antaeus Theatre Company, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Rogue Machine Theatre, the LA Philharmonic Association, and the Museum of Natural History. Tyler holds a Master of the Fine Arts from the University of California, Irvine, and is an Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework®. He currently teaches at California State University, Long Beach and Fullerton campuses, and has also taught at the University of California Irvine, Chapman University, and multiple studios in Los Angeles. As a certified teacher of Immersive Acting™, he leads weekly scene study classes at Stuart Rogers’ Studios in North Hollywood. His television credits include Lucifer, SEAL Team, and Penny Dreadful: City of Angels. His film credits include Babylon, Separation Anxiety, Travelling Salesman, and his award-winning shorts, Life, Perfected and One Year Later. An L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation-nominated actor, Tyler also produces and directs onstage around Southern California.

Andrea Caban is an Associate Professor and Head of Voice & Speech at California State University, Long Beach, and Co-Director and designated Master Teacher of Knight-Thompson Speechwork™. An award-winning academic writer, playwright and solo performer, Caban is interested in the intersection of actor-training and arts-based research methods with patient-centered care. She holds a research appointment at the UCI School of Medicine for testing her method of voice and accent modification for people living with ALS. Notable production coaching credits include several seasons at the Tony Award-winning South Coast Repertory Theatre (Absurd Person Singular, Chinglish, Death of a Salesman, Madwomen in a Volvo & Peter and the Starcatcher). She is currently collaborating with Francis Ford Coppola on his career opus film Megalopolis.

KTS Webinar # 48: An Introduction to Knight-Thompson Speechwork: Peeking Behind the Magic (Accent) Curtain
2023-10-22 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Join Miranda and Chris for a free introduction to Knight-Thompson Speechwork as we all anticipate the launch of the new book, Experiencing Accents. Whether this is your first taste of KTS, you’re looking for a brush-up, or you’re a seasoned vet, this webinar is sure to provide some fun tricks and insight into accent acquisition. We will take a brief tour of the history of KTS, introduce some of the principles of the teaching philosophy, and explore the famous 4 P’s. In order to both celebrate and demystify the “magic” of accent work, we will play specifically with posture and prosody, highlighting that while impressive, accent proficiency is a skill that can be acquired and honed, not just an innate talent or party trick.

On Sunday 22nd October 11am PST/2pm EST/7pm GMTTo convert this meeting to your time zone, click here.

Registration will close 24 hours prior to the event and participants will then receive Zoom link information. All registrants will also receive the recording and post-webinar survey after the meeting has ended and been processed.

Chris (he/him) is a London based accent modification and dialect coach who has a private coaching practice. He is a Knight Thompson Speechwork certified teacher and works at various drama schools including London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), Mountview Academy, Rose Bruford, Millenium Performing Arts (MPA) and ALRA (North and South)

TV and Film production coaching includes: Wheel of Time III (AMAZON), Toxic Town (NETFLIX – dialect prep) Untitled Film with Lennie James (dialect prep) Andor II (DISNEY – shadowing dialect coach Naomi Todd)

Theatre and Audio production coaching includes: Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Chance Theater, California), Paddington Lo[1]Commotion (BLENHEIM PALACE), Bad Seed (AUDIBLE), Miss Julie, King Charles III, A Monster Calls, Three Sisters, The Dog in the Manger, The Erpingham Camp, The Courage to Right a Woman’s Wrongs (LAMDA) Everlasting Lily (ASSOCIATED STUDIOS)

In addition to his coaching Chris works as an actor and since training at LAMDA has worked for BBC1, BBC3, Netflix, Apple, Amazon and filmed a recurring role on ‘Masters of the Air’ produced by Spielberg and Tom Hanks coming out Jan 2024.You can find out more about Chris and his work on his website: https://www.lakewoodamdc.co.uk/

Miranda Guettlein (she/her) is a Fort Collins, Colorado based dialect coach . She completed her Knight-Thompson Speechwork certification in 2022 and has served as the KTS Webinar series co-curator for 2023. Miranda is a professor of voice, speech, and accents at the University of Northern Colorado and coaches theatrical productions throughout the state of Colorado. She has an MA in Linguistics from the University of Colorado and a BA in Linguistics from Regis University. Miranda is a VASTA member and the co-editor of the Voice and Speech Review.

Coaching credits include: Titanic the Musical (University of Northern Colorado), Murder on the Orient Express, Brigadoon, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Shrek, Oliver!, The Mousetrap, Church Basement Ladies (Candlelight) Newsies, Memphis, Shout! (Town Hall Arts Center) Noises Off! (Stagedoor Theatre), and Shakespeare in Love (Vintage Theatre).

ACTOR'S ACCENT TOOLKIT
2023-10-14 12:00 - 2023-10-15 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
ACTOR’S ACCENT TOOLKIT:An Introduction to Knight-Thompson Speechwork for Performers

When:Saturday, October 14, 12pm – 4pm, PacificSunday, October 15, 12pm – 4pm, Pacific

Where:Online via Zoom

Taught by:Tyler Seiplewww.accentcoachla.com

Price: $250($175 for members of Stuart Rogers’ Studios)

$100 for repeat registration

To register: Email Tyler at accentcoachla@gmail.com or visit here for more information.

Master Teacher Tyler Seiple leads an introduction to Knight-Thompson Speechwork for performers and public speakers. This eight-hour workshop focuses on understanding what accents are and the skills needed to develop them. With a tailored blend of discussion, exercises, and context-building, students walk away with an understanding of the muscles that shape speech, the patterns that make up accents, and the tools they need to adopt any accent. It also introduces a more helpful, KTS-based approach to the idea of “Accent Reduction,” getting to the same result without shame or guilt.

Space is limited. Register now by emailing accentcoachla@gmail.com, or by visiting here for more information.

After the Actor’s Accent Toolkit, students are invited to take shorter classes with Tyler in a wide and expanding variety of accents. Using the foundation of the Toolkit, students will integrate target accents in less time and with a clear process. Upcoming accent classes can be found here.

EXPERIENCING SPEECH #41
2023-09-20 12:42 (America/Los_Angeles) | Mountview Drama School, 120 Peckham Hill Street, London, SE15 5JT, United Kingdom
A Six-Day Workshop in:
the sounds of the world’s languages
the physicality of speech actions
introducing descriptive phonetics
the skills of adjusting linguistic detail in speech

March 22 – 28, 2024, 9am-4pm GMT
Daily meal break 12-1pm GMT
March 25th will be a day off.
London, England
Click here for a full description of the workshop.

Workshop Costs:

VASTA Members

$850 USD*

ANY Union Members

$850 USD**

Non-members

$950 USD***

* Use the code “vasta” when checking out.
** Use the code “unionpride” when checking out.
*** If you’re interested in repeating an “Experiencing…” workshop that you’ve already taken, add your name to the “re-taker” waitlist here. We will contact you two weeks prior to the start of the workshop to let you know if there is space for you and provide you with a discount code for 1/2 off the full price of the workshop (discounts cannot be combined).

There is also a PART ONE ONLY OPTION for $550 USD ($450 USD with union membership)!
This three-day session (Part One) focuses on:
Awareness and practice of precise articulation action
The physical actions that produce all the sounds of the world’s languages—”Omnish”
Vocal Tract Posture—the articulatory basis for the sounds in accents and languages
This session will also prepare the participant for Part Two, which includes detailed phonetic transcription and an exploration of the skills of adjusting linguistic detail in speech. (No phonetic transcription will be used in Part One of the workshop.) Email knightthompsonspeechwork@gmail.com if interested in a PART ONE ONLY OPTION.

Deadlines:

In order to plan effectively for these workshops, it’s important to have a clear sense of the commitment of potential participants. For that reason we ask for a deposit of $200 USD to secure your place in the workshop. This is due six weeks prior to the start of the workshop, on February 9, 2024. The full payment is due three weeks prior to the start of the workshop, on March 1, 2024. If your plans change, and you are unable to attend, we will refund any payment less $75 USD if you inform us by March 8, 2024. After that date, however, no refunds are possible. Please plan accordingly.

ACTOR'S ACCENT TOOLKIT
2023-09-09 09:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
ACTOR’S ACCENT TOOLKIT:An Introduction to Knight-Thompson Speechwork for Performers

When:Saturday, July 8, 9am – 1pm & 2pm – 6pm, Pacific

Where:Online via Zoom

Taught by:Siobhan Dohertywww.speakingofaccents.com

Price: $250

$100 for repeat registration

To register: Email Siobhan at speakingofaccents@gmail.com.

Certified Teacher Siobhan Doherty leads an introduction to Knight-Thompson Speechwork for performers and public speakers. This eight-hour workshop focuses on understanding what accents are and the skills needed to develop them. With a tailored blend of discussion, exercises, and context-building, students walk away with an understanding of the muscles that shape speech, the patterns that make up accents, and the tools they need to adopt any accent. It also introduces a more helpful, KTS-based approach to the idea of “Accent Reduction,” getting to the same result without shame or guilt.

Space is limited. Register now by emailing speakingofaccents@gmail.com.

KTS Webinar #47: Identity Affirming Voicework
2023-08-27 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
On Sunday, the 27th of August at 11am PST/2pm EST/7pm BST.

To convert this meeting to your time zone, click here.

Miranda Barnett (she/they) utilizes a holistic approach to identity affirming voicework, and will be sharing some access points for helping gender diverse individuals find their authentic voice through the KTS lens.

Metamorphosis Voice Training, owned and operated by Miranda Barnett, is a voice studio for the LGBTQIA+ community, helping individuals find their authentic voice with a holistic approach to identity affirming voice training. MVT centers the trans and gender nonconforming community and specializes in voice feminization.

Miranda Barnett (she/they), a native and current resident of Greenville, South Carolina, the land of the Cherokee, has over 20 years of experience as an actor, singer, educator, dialect coach, and speech trainer. In 2021, Miranda established Metamorphosis Voice Training to serve the Queer community in their local community and beyond.

To learn more, follow @mirandabarnett360 on Instagram, visit www.metamorphosisvoice.com or email Miranda directly at miranda@metamorphosisvoice.com. Consultations are always complimentary.

Registration for this webinar will be $10. Registration will close 24 hours prior to the event and participants will then receive Zoom link information. All registrants will also receive the recording and post-webinar survey after the meeting has ended and been processed.

If you have any questions about this space, please contact ktswebinars@gmail.com.

KTS Webinar #46.5 Acting and Prosody – Prosodic Presumptions in Actor Training
2023-08-20 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
On Sunday, the 20th of August at 11am PST/2pm EST/7pm BST.

To convert this meeting to your time zone, click here.

We are thrilled to invite Anne Whitaker for a special webinar on prosody. Anne is an excellent voice and accent coach who specialises in prosodic work for actors. She will be speaking about her development of prosodic exercises for actors and why this facet of voice work has been largely untapped. Anne’s research partner Linguist Beatrice Szczepek Reed, King’s College, will join to discuss their interdisciplinary work. Beatrice will share her work on how prosody functions in conversation as a realisation of social action, rather than the revealing of internal emotional states. Together they will propose how that applies to the acting work. Anne will share the exercises they are developing to help actors of all stages acquire and utilise skills in pitch, rhythm, and intonation to enrich their voice and text work in a way that lines up with linguistic research.

Anne Whitaker

Anne Whitaker is a voice and accent coach based in the UK. Her recent theatrical work includes Durham Shakespeare Festival, Oklahoma!, and Matilda as well as tv/film Wheel of Time, We Were the Lucky Ones, and Back in Action. Anne is also a guest voice coach at several drama schools, Rose Bruford Southwest, Royal Central School for Speech and Drama, and Mountview, where she enjoys bringing her professional expertise and developing research to developing actors.

Beatrice Szczepek Reed

Beatrice Szczepek Reed is Professor of Linguistics at King’s College London, where she is the co-director of the Centre for Language, Discourse and Communication. Her research is concerned with the phonetic and prosodic features of natural conversation. She has written the textbook Analysing Conversation. An Introduction to Prosody (Macmillan, 2011) and the monograph Prosodic Orientation in English Conversation (Palgrave, 2006), as well as over 50 peer-reviewed publications on naturally occurring interaction.

Registration for this webinar will be $10. Registration will close 24 hours prior to the event and participants will then receive Zoom link information. All registrants will also receive the recording and post-webinar survey after the meeting has ended and been processed.

If you have any questions about this space, please contact ktswebinars@gmail.com.

ACTOR'S ACCENT TOOLKIT
2023-08-12 12:00 - 2023-08-13 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
ACTOR’S ACCENT TOOLKIT:An Introduction to Knight-Thompson Speechwork for Performers

When:Saturday, August 12, 12pm – 4pm, PacificSunday, August 13, 12pm – 4pm, Pacific

Where:Online via Zoom

Taught by:Tyler Seiplewww.accentcoachla.com

Price: $250($175 for members of Stuart Rogers’ Studios)

$100 for repeat registration

To register: Email Tyler at accentcoachla@gmail.com or visit here for more information.

Master Teacher Tyler Seiple leads an introduction to Knight-Thompson Speechwork for performers and public speakers. This eight-hour workshop focuses on understanding what accents are and the skills needed to develop them. With a tailored blend of discussion, exercises, and context-building, students walk away with an understanding of the muscles that shape speech, the patterns that make up accents, and the tools they need to adopt any accent. It also introduces a more helpful, KTS-based approach to the idea of “Accent Reduction,” getting to the same result without shame or guilt.

Space is limited. Register now by emailing accentcoachla@gmail.com, or by visiting here for more information.

After the Actor’s Accent Toolkit, students are invited to take shorter classes with Tyler in a wide and expanding variety of accents. Using the foundation of the Toolkit, students will integrate target accents in less time and with a clear process. Upcoming accent classes can be found here.

ACTOR'S ACCENT TOOLKIT
2023-08-12 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)

TEACHER CERTIFICATION #9
2023-07-31 09:00 - 2023-08-18 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Knight-Thompson Speechwork is pleased to announce we will be offering a three-week Teacher Certification program in Knight-Thompson Speechwork in the summer of 2023, July 31st-August 18th, taught by Co-Directors Phil Thompson & Andrea Caban. The program will be held in person in London, England. Sessions will take place five days a week, Monday through Friday, 9:00am to 4:00 or 5:00pm BST. Prior to the start of the program, there will be three required webinars on weekend days between May 15th and July 15th. A list of required and recommended reading can be found here.
Program Goals
The purpose of the Certification is to make sure that its participants possess:

A thorough understanding of the Knight-Thompson approach to speech training.
A thorough knowledge of the International Phonetic Alphabet and an ability to use it effectively in teaching.
A thorough understanding of the Knight-Thompson approach to the methodology of accent training.
An ability to productively use research resources for accent acquisition, as well as efficiently learn and effectively model new accents.
A demonstrated ability to teach this material effectively and with full understanding.
A demonstrated ability to use this approach creatively in teaching and coaching.

The emphasis in the Certification program will be on individual development, and all participants will receive substantial individual attention and mentoring. Participation in the Certification program does not guarantee certification: in some cases we may require additional work to demonstrate understanding and teaching skill. Admission to the Teacher Certification Program is open only to participants who have already taken Experiencing Speech, Experiencing Accents and a Phonetics Intensive. Prospective participants in the Teacher Certification Program also must have some experience incorporating this approach in their own teaching or coaching before going on to Certification.
Application Process
Submit your application via this link. Then email an accent breakdown* and a link to an accent modelling sample to knightthompsonspeechwork@gmail.com.
Requirements for Accent Breakdown: include a section for each of the 4Ps as taught in Experiencing Accents; include cut sound samples and phonetic transcription for the Posture section and each of the token sounds in the Pronunciation section. An expanded version of a breakdown from Experiencing Accents coursework is acceptable.
Requirements for Accent Modelling Sample: A 2- to 3-minute fully-embodied performance of a memorized text in the accent from your breakdown.
Applications open October 18, 2022 and will close on April 24, 2023. There will be three rounds of application review by the KTS Council. The first review will happen after November 10, 2022; the second review will happen after January 15, 2023; and the third will happen at the close of applications on April 24, 2023. Priority will be given to early applications. Early applicants accepted into the cohort will receive feedback on their application and highly discounted re-taker pre-requisite workshop access. Priority will also be given to applicants who can be present in the room for the three weeks of the program. If an applicant would like to be in residence for at least one week and remote for some other part of the Cert, that will be considered. Please refer to BST work day schedule.
*KTS acknowledges this accent breakdown is your intellectual property and will be used for application review purposes only.
Please note that application to the Cert does not guarantee admittance.

Program Costs
Upon acceptance, the enrollment fee for the Certification is $4,000 USD. If you are accepted into the program, payment instructions will be provided.

Payment Deadlines
In order to plan effectively for these workshops, it’s important to have a clear sense of the commitment of potential participants. For that reason, we ask for a deposit of $500 to secure your place in the workshop. This is due upon acceptance into the program. The full payment is due June 1st, 2023. If your plans change, and you are unable to attend, we will refund any payment less $100 if you inform us before June 1st, 2023. After that date, however, no refunds are possible. Please plan accordingly.

KTS Webinar #46: Is “Accent Modification” Really Just Learning a New Accent?
2023-07-30 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
On Sunday, the 30th of July at 11am PST/2pm EST/7pm BST.

To convert this meeting to your time zone, click here.

Join KTS teachers, James Bailey and Petrina Kow, as they explore ‘accent modification’. What is the philosophy behind the process? How does it differ from working with an actor? And the question that every client will ask, without fail: how long does it take? These questions, and more, will be considered in our workshop, ‘Is “Accent Modification” really just learning a new accent?’

Petrina Kow is a Voice, Accents and Presentation Coach. She is the first and only Singaporean certified with the Fitzmaurice Voicework® and the Knight Thompson Speechwork®methods. Petrina has extensive experience working with people from diverse backgrounds and organisations. She runs workshops on presentation skills, voice, and storytelling at corporate companies and has taught voice and accents at many theatre companies and institutions like NAFA and Lasalle. She is a much sought after voice actor and voice-over director for animation and commercials. Petrina started out her career on radio and was the co-host on various top morning shows. Theatre work includes ‘Grace’ in Waiting for the Host (Pangdemonium); ‘Da Jie’ in Lao Jiu (Theatre Practice); ‘Amy in Company (Dream World Productions).

James Bailey is a KTS trained accent coach and LAMDA trained actor, as well as a teacher of stage combat for the BADC. James teaches accents on the foundation course at Young Actors’ Theatre in London, has taught the ‘Accents for Actors Online’ summer school at RADA and assessed students at Rose Bruford College on their accent acquisition. Alongside this, he works extensively with corporate clients and individuals on accent modification through his company, The Accent Centre (www.theaccentcentre.com). He holds a degree in Archaeology and Anthroplogy from the University of Oxford, and draws on the sensitivity of cultural understanding required for effective anthropoligical discourse, which is in alignment with KTS’ own approach.

Registration for this webinar will be $10. Registration will close 24 hours prior to the event and participants will then receive Zoom link information. All registrants will also receive the recording and post-webinar survey after the meeting has ended and been processed.

If you have any questions about this space, please contact ktswebinars@gmail.com.

EXPERIENCING ACCENTS #25
2023-07-17 08:00 - 2023-07-23 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
A SIX-DAY ONLINE WORKSHOP IN THE SKILLS OF ACCENT ACQUISITION
With Master Teachers Julie Foh & Tyler Seiple
July 17th-23rd, 2023, 8am-3pm Pacific Time.
Daily meal break 11am-12pm Pacific Time.
July 20th will be a day off.
All sessions will be recorded and shared with participants.
Click here for a full description of the workshop.
Experiencing Speech and Phonetics Intensive are prerequisites for Experiencing Accents.
For more about Knight-Thompson Speechwork, please visit About the Work.

Workshop Costs:

VASTA Members

$850 USD*

ANY Union Members

$850 USD**

Non-members

$950 USD***

* Use the code “vasta” when checking out.
** Use the code “unionpride” when checking out.
*** If you’re interested in repeating an “Experiencing…” workshop that you’ve already taken, add your name to the “re-taker” waitlist here. We will contact you two weeks prior to the start of the workshop to let you know if there is space for you and provide you with a discount code for 1/2 off the full price of the workshop (discounts cannot be combined).
Deadlines:
In order to plan effectively for these workshops, it’s important to have a clear sense of the commitment of potential participants. For that reason we ask for a deposit of $200 to secure your place in the workshop. This is due six weeks prior to the start of the workshop, on June 5, 2023. The full payment is due three weeks prior to the start of the workshop, on June 26, 2023. If your plans change, and you are unable to attend, we will refund any payment less $75 if you inform us by July 3, 2023.
After that date, however, no refunds are possible. Please plan accordingly.

ACTOR'S ACCENT TOOLKIT
2023-07-08 12:00 - 2023-07-09 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
ACTOR’S ACCENT TOOLKIT:An Introduction to Knight-Thompson Speechwork for Performers

When:Saturday, July 8, 12pm – 4pm, PacificSunday, July 9, 12pm – 4pm, Pacific

Where:Online via Zoom

Taught by:Siobhan Dohertywww.speakingofaccents.com

Price: $250

$100 for repeat registration

To register: Email Siobhan at speakingofaccents@gmail.com.

Certified Teacher Siobhan Doherty leads an introduction to Knight-Thompson Speechwork for performers and public speakers. This eight-hour workshop focuses on understanding what accents are and the skills needed to develop them. With a tailored blend of discussion, exercises, and context-building, students walk away with an understanding of the muscles that shape speech, the patterns that make up accents, and the tools they need to adopt any accent. It also introduces a more helpful, KTS-based approach to the idea of “Accent Reduction,” getting to the same result without shame or guilt.

Space is limited. Register now by emailing speakingofaccents@gmail.com.

ACTOR'S ACCENT TOOLKIT
2023-06-17 09:00 - 2023-06-18 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
ACTOR’S ACCENT TOOLKIT:An Introduction to Knight-Thompson Speechwork for Performers

When:Saturday, June 17, 9am – 1pm, PacificSunday, June 18, 9am – 1pm, Pacific

Where:Online via Zoom

Taught by:Tyler Seiplewww.accentcoachla.com

Price: $250($175 for members of Stuart Rogers’ Studios)

$100 for repeat registration

To register: Email Tyler at accentcoachla@gmail.com or visit here for more information.

Master Teacher Tyler Seiple leads an introduction to Knight-Thompson Speechwork for performers and public speakers. This eight-hour workshop focuses on understanding what accents are and the skills needed to develop them. With a tailored blend of discussion, exercises, and context-building, students walk away with an understanding of the muscles that shape speech, the patterns that make up accents, and the tools they need to adopt any accent. It also introduces a more helpful, KTS-based approach to the idea of “Accent Reduction,” getting to the same result without shame or guilt.

Space is limited. Register now by emailing accentcoachla@gmail.com, or by visiting here for more information.

After the Actor’s Accent Toolkit, students are invited to take shorter classes with Tyler in a wide and expanding variety of accents. Using the foundation of the Toolkit, students will integrate target accents in less time and with a clear process. Upcoming accent classes can be found here.

KTS Webinar #45: Coaching Under Constraint: When Time is in Short Supply
2023-05-21 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
On an ideal on-site coaching assignment, one has all the time they need to work with the actors. However, this is not always the reality. When time is of the essence, how does one optimize their session to achieve results? Participants will explore these strategies using a variety of methods based in connection and play.

On Sunday, 21st of May at 10am PST/1pm EST/6pm GMT.

To convert this meeting to your time zone, click here.

Registration for this webinar will be $10. Registration will close 24 hours prior to the event and participants will then receive Zoom link information. All registrants will also receive the recording and post-webinar survey after the meeting has ended and been processed.

If you have any questions about this space, please contact ktswebinars@gmail.com.

Jeffrey Parker (he/him) is a Professor of Theatre at Metropolitan State University of Denver, where he oversees the Voice and Speech program. Jeffrey has been madly in love with KTS since the embryonic days of 2005, when he studied under Phil Thompson at UC Irvine. In addition to his KTS certification (2017), he is also certified as an Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework (2008). Jeffrey serves as the Director of Voice and Text for the Colorado Shakespeare Festival and as a Teaching Artist / Dialect Coach for the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Once in a while he steps onto the stage as an actor, singer, and improviser. Jeffrey co-wrote Experiencing Speech: A Skills-Based, Panlingual Guide to Actor Training with Andrea Caban and Julie Foh.

PHONETICS INTENSIVE #22 Online
2023-05-19 08:00 - 2023-05-21 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online, United States
A Three-Day Online Intensive in Phonetic Transcription
With Master Teachers Andrea Caban & Tyler Seiple
May 19th-21st, 2023, 8:00am-3:00pm Pacific Time.
There will be a daily meal break from 11:00am to 12:00pm Pacific.
This course will be online only. All documents and audio materials will be shared through an online platform. All sessions will be recorded and shared with participants.

Click here for a full description of our Phonetics Intensive workshops. The full registration fee is $450 USD.
Please note that Experiencing Speech is a prerequisite for the Phonetics Intensive.
*If you have already taken the Phonetics Intensive and are interested in re-taking it, add your name to the “re-taker” waitlist here. We will contact you two weeks prior to the start of the workshop to let you know if there is space for you.

Deadlines

In order to plan effectively for these workshops, it’s important to have a clear sense of the commitment of potential participants. For that reason we ask for a deposit of $100 USD to secure your place in the workshop. This is due six weeks prior to the start of the workshop, on April 7th, 2023. The full payment is due three weeks prior to the start of the workshop, on April 28th, 2023. If your plans change, and you are unable to attend, we will refund any payment less $75 USD if you inform us by May 5th, 2023. After that date, however, no refunds are possible. Please plan accordingly.

ACTOR'S ACCENT TOOLKIT
2023-05-13 09:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
ACTOR’S ACCENT TOOLKIT:An Introduction to Knight-Thompson Speechwork for Performers

When:Saturday, May 13, 9am – 1pm & 2pm – 6pm, Pacific

Where:Online via Zoom

Taught by:Siobhan Dohertywww.speakingofaccents.com

Price: $250

$100 for repeat registration

To register: Email Siobhan at speakingofaccents@gmail.com.

Certified Teacher Siobhan Doherty leads an introduction to Knight-Thompson Speechwork for performers and public speakers. This eight-hour workshop focuses on understanding what accents are and the skills needed to develop them. With a tailored blend of discussion, exercises, and context-building, students walk away with an understanding of the muscles that shape speech, the patterns that make up accents, and the tools they need to adopt any accent. It also introduces a more helpful, KTS-based approach to the idea of “Accent Reduction,” getting to the same result without shame or guilt.

Space is limited. Register now by emailing speakingofaccents@gmail.com.

EXPERIENCING SPEECH #39 Online
2023-05-06 08:00 - 2023-05-12 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online, United States
An Online Six-Day Workshop in:
the sounds of the world’s languages
the physicality of speech actions
introducing descriptive phonetics
the skills of adjusting linguistic detail in speech
With Master Teachers Andrea Caban & Julie Foh
May 6-12, 2023, 8am-3pm Pacific Time
There will be an hour-long daily meal break from 11:00am to 12:00pm Pacific Time.
May 9th will be a day off.
All sessions will be recorded and shared with participants.
Click here for a full description of the workshop.

Workshop Costs:

VASTA Members

$850 USD*

ANY Union Members

$850 USD**

Non-members

$950 USD***

* Use the code “vasta” when checking out.
** Use the code “unionpride” when checking out.
*** If you’re interested in repeating an “Experiencing…” workshop that you’ve already taken, add your name to the “re-taker” waitlist here. We will contact you two weeks prior to the start of the workshop to let you know if there is space for you and provide you with a discount code for 1/2 off the full price of the workshop (discounts cannot be combined).

There is also a PART ONE ONLY OPTION for $550 USD ($450 USD with union membership)!
This three-day session (Part One) focuses on:
Awareness and practice of precise articulation action
The physical actions that produce all the sounds of the world’s languages—”Omnish”
Vocal Tract Posture—the articulatory basis for the sounds in accents and languages
This session will also prepare the participant for Part Two, which includes detailed phonetic transcription and an exploration of the skills of adjusting linguistic detail in speech. (No phonetic transcription will be used in Part One of the workshop.) Email knightthompsonspeechwork@gmail.com if interested in a PART ONE ONLY OPTION.

Deadlines:

In order to plan effectively for these workshops, it’s important to have a clear sense of the commitment of potential participants. For that reason we ask for a deposit of $200 USD to secure your place in the workshop. This is due six weeks prior to the start of the workshop, on March 25, 2023. The full payment is due three weeks prior to the start of the workshop, on April 15, 2023. If your plans change, and you are unable to attend, we will refund any payment less $75 USD if you inform us by April 22, 2023. After that date, however, no refunds are possible. Please plan accordingly.

KTS Webinar #44 Acting in Accent: Strategies for Embodying the Role
2023-04-30 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
On Sunday, 30th of April at 10am PST/1pm EST/6pm BST.

Join Allegra Ritchie and Matt Koenig as they discuss techniques and strategies for helping actors embody accents while acting. Using principles and practices from Knight-Thompson Speechwork, Stanislavsky’s teachings, improvisation, and animal sounds, the presenters will offer practical tools to help performers think creatively about their accent in relation to their roles and approaches to playfully explore.

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Registration for this webinar will be $10. Registration will close 24 hours prior to the event and participants will then receive Zoom link information. All registrants will also receive the recording and post-webinar survey after the meeting has ended and been processed.

If you have any questions about this, please contact: kts-webinars@googlegroups.com

Matt Koenig is an Assistant Professor of Theatre at Baldwin-Wallace University in Berea, OH. As an actor he has worked at Utah Shakespeare Festival, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Great Lakes Theatre, Florida Studio Theatre, PCPA, etc. Matt holds an MFA from UC Irvine where he studied Fitzmaurice Voicework and is a certified teacher of Knight-Thompson Speechwork.

Allegra Ritchie (she/her) is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Voice and Speech at the Penn State School of Theatre. Allegra has worked as a voice, text, and accent coach for the California Repertory Theatre and Penn State’s Center Stage, and served as a workshop and administrative assistant for the Knight-Thompson Speechwork teacher training program. She holds a BA in Sociology and Anthropology from the University of Puget Sound, an MFA in Acting and Theatre Arts from CSU Long Beach, and she is a certified teacher of Knight-Thompson Speechwork.

EXPERIENCING ACCENTS #24
2023-04-11 09:00 - 2023-04-23 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Mountview Drama School, 120 Peckham Hill Street, London, SE15 5JT, United Kingdom
A SIX-DAY WORKSHOP IN THE SKILLS OF ACCENT ACQUISITION
With Master Teachers Andrea Caban & Tyler Seiple
Part One: April 11th-13th, 2023, 9am-4pm British Summer Time, London, England. Meal break 12-1pm.
Part Two: April 21st-23rd, 2023, 3pm-10pm British Summer Time, online. Meal break 6-7pm.
April 14th-20th will be days off. Part One will happen in-person in London. Part Two will happen online.
Click here for a full description of the workshop.
Experiencing Speech and Phonetics Intensive are prerequisites for Experiencing Accents.
For more about Knight-Thompson Speechwork, please visit About the Work.

Workshop Costs:

VASTA Members

$850 USD*

ANY Union Members

$850 USD**

Non-members

$950 USD***

* Use the code “vasta” when checking out.
** Use the code “unionpride” when checking out.
*** If you’re interested in repeating an “Experiencing…” workshop that you’ve already taken, add your name to the “re-taker” waitlist here. We will contact you two weeks prior to the start of the workshop to let you know if there is space for you and provide you with a discount code for 1/2 off the full price of the workshop (discounts cannot be combined).
Deadlines:
In order to plan effectively for these workshops, it’s important to have a clear sense of the commitment of potential participants. For that reason we ask for a deposit of $200 to secure your place in the workshop. This is due six weeks prior to the start of the workshop, on February 28, 2023. The full payment is due three weeks prior to the start of the workshop, on March 21, 2023. If your plans change, and you are unable to attend, we will refund any payment less $75 if you inform us by March 28, 2023.
After that date, however, no refunds are possible. Please plan accordingly.

PHONETICS INTENSIVE #21
2023-04-04 09:00 - 2023-04-06 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Mountview Drama School, 120 Peckham Hill Street, London, SE15 5JT, United Kingdom
A Three-Day Intensive in Phonetic Transcription
With Master Teachers Andrea Caban & Tyler Seiple
April 4th-6th, 2023, 9:00am-4:00pm British Summer Time
There will be a daily meal break 12-1pm BST.
London, England

Click here for a full description of our Phonetics Intensive workshops. The full registration fee is $450 USD.
Please note that Experiencing Speech is a prerequisite for the Phonetics Intensive.
*If you have already taken the Phonetics Intensive and are interested in re-taking it, add your name to the “re-taker” waitlist here. We will contact you two weeks prior to the start of the workshop to let you know if there is space for you.

Deadlines

In order to plan effectively for these workshops, it’s important to have a clear sense of the commitment of potential participants. For that reason we ask for a deposit of $100 USD to secure your place in the workshop. This is due six weeks prior to the start of the workshop, on February 21st, 2023. The full payment is due three weeks prior to the start of the workshop, on March 14th, 2023. If your plans change, and you are unable to attend, we will refund any payment less $75 USD if you inform us by March 21st, 2023. After that date, however, no refunds are possible. Please plan accordingly.

EXPERIENCING SPEECH #38
2023-03-27 09:00 - 2023-04-02 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Mountview Drama School, 120 Peckham Hill Street, London, SE15 5JT, United Kingdom
A Six-Day Workshop in:
the sounds of the world’s languages
the physicality of speech actions
introducing descriptive phonetics
the skills of adjusting linguistic detail in speech
With Master Teachers Andrea Caban & Tyler Seiple
March 27 – April 2, 2023, 9am-4pm British Summer Time
Daily meal break 12-1pm BST
March 30th will be a day off.
London, England
Click here for a full description of the workshop.

Workshop Costs:

VASTA Members

$850 USD*

ANY Union Members

$850 USD**

Non-members

$950 USD***

* Use the code “vasta” when checking out.
** Use the code “unionpride” when checking out.
*** If you’re interested in repeating an “Experiencing…” workshop that you’ve already taken, add your name to the “re-taker” waitlist here. We will contact you two weeks prior to the start of the workshop to let you know if there is space for you and provide you with a discount code for 1/2 off the full price of the workshop (discounts cannot be combined).

There is also a PART ONE ONLY OPTION for $550 USD ($450 USD with union membership)!
This three-day session (Part One) focuses on:
Awareness and practice of precise articulation action
The physical actions that produce all the sounds of the world’s languages—”Omnish”
Vocal Tract Posture—the articulatory basis for the sounds in accents and languages
This session will also prepare the participant for Part Two, which includes detailed phonetic transcription and an exploration of the skills of adjusting linguistic detail in speech. (No phonetic transcription will be used in Part One of the workshop.) Email knightthompsonspeechwork@gmail.com if interested in a PART ONE ONLY OPTION.

Deadlines:

In order to plan effectively for these workshops, it’s important to have a clear sense of the commitment of potential participants. For that reason we ask for a deposit of $200 USD to secure your place in the workshop. This is due six weeks prior to the start of the workshop, on February 13, 2023. The full payment is due three weeks prior to the start of the workshop, on March 6, 2023. If your plans change, and you are unable to attend, we will refund any payment less $75 USD if you inform us by March 13, 2023. After that date, however, no refunds are possible. Please plan accordingly.

KTS Webinar #43: Creating and Coaching Conlangs and Conlects
2023-03-26 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/London)
Conlangs (constructed languages) and Conlects (constructed dialects) appear to be here to stay in the mediated universes of fantasy, space opera, and science fiction. Our panel— Keith Higinbotham, Marina Tyndall, Marion Déprez, and Eric Armstrong—discusses their experiences of creating, designing, coaching, and team-coaching languages and accents built-to-order. They’ll address the challenges of building a language/lect that no one has ever heard before, with sounds that may be unfamiliar in the mouths of the actors and point out some of the pitfalls they’ve tried to avoid along the route. Even made-up accents live in a cultural context, so they’ll share their thoughts on how to deal with the on- and offset “politics” of how best to position our work. Together, our coaches will explore strategies for counteracting, and sometimes embracing, the gravitational pull of the familiar while trying to boldly go where no language/accent has gone before. (Cue the theremin music!)

On Sunday, 26th of March at 10am PST/1pm EST/6pm GMT.

To convert this meeting to your time zone, click here.

Registration for this webinar will be $10. Registration will close 24 hours prior to the event and participants will then receive Zoom link information. All registrants will also receive the recording and post-webinar survey after the meeting has ended and been processed.

If you have any questions about this space, please contact ktswebinars@gmail.com.

Eric Armstrong is Chair of the Department of Theatre & Performance at Toronto’s York University, where teaches voice, speech, accents, and text in the Acting & Performance program; he has taught full-time in universities for 29 years in the US and Canada. His professional practice focuses on accent coaching/design, with numerous credits on award-winning theatre, television and film productions, including designing and coaching the Belter accent and language for Prime Video’s The Expanse. His Open Educational Resource, Lexical Sets for Actors bit.ly/lexsets4actorsis available for FREE to support your teaching and coaching.

Keith Higinbotham is a freelance accent and voice coach with an MFA in Voice Studies from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama where his thesis explored accent creation for fantasy worlds. Keith regularly teaches at some of London’s leading drama schools whilst running a successful private coaching business. He has provided accent and dialect coaching on a number of stage shows and has begun his foray into the world of TV. Alongside accent coaching, Keith is a voice and movement director for video games and is currently working on a AAA project.

Marina Tyndall is a freelance voice and dialect coach based in London and trained at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Recent TV coaching projects include Star Wars: Andor, Killing Eve, Interview With The Vampire,Line of Duty, This England, Gangs of London, and Honour. Film projects include Murder On The Orient Express, Tenet, Rogue One, Firebrand, Death On The Nile, The Rhythm Section, A Haunting In Venice (2024), Inferno, Mindhorn, and Burnt.

Marion Déprez is an experienced teacher and became a French language coach for the film industry. A graduate in French from the university of La Sorbonne, Paris IV, she worked for over 10 years teaching French as a foreign language, specialising in pronunciation. Déprez’s work for films comprises of coaching actors in acting in French. She also translates lines in realistic conversational French (or historically accurate) and provides alternative versions with suitable phonetics to specific actors. Marion moved to the UK in 2005 to complete a Master I and a diploma from La Sorbonne in French as a foreign language. She then trained in London as a performer and director in Jacques Lecoq School of Physical Theatre and started a career as an actress/ director and a French teacher. She has designed a pronunciation course for Sussex University and is developing an online French pronunciation course.

ACTOR'S ACCENT TOOLKIT
2023-03-11 12:00 - 2023-03-12 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
ACTOR’S ACCENT TOOLKIT:An Introduction to Knight-Thompson Speechwork for Performers

When:Saturday, March 11, 12pm – 4pm, PacificSunday, March 12, 12pm – 4pm, Pacific

Where:Online via Zoom

Taught by:Tyler Seiplewww.accentcoachla.com

Price: $250($175 for members of Stuart Rogers’ Studios)

$100 for repeat registration

To register: Email Tyler at accentcoachla@gmail.com or visit here for more information.

Master Teacher Tyler Seiple leads an introduction to Knight-Thompson Speechwork for performers and public speakers. This eight-hour workshop focuses on understanding what accents are and the skills needed to develop them. With a tailored blend of discussion, exercises, and context-building, students walk away with an understanding of the muscles that shape speech, the patterns that make up accents, and the tools they need to adopt any accent. It also introduces a more helpful, KTS-based approach to the idea of “Accent Reduction,” getting to the same result without shame or guilt.

Space is limited. Register now by emailing accentcoachla@gmail.com, or by visiting here for more information.

After the Actor’s Accent Toolkit, students are invited to take shorter classes with Tyler in a wide and expanding variety of accents. Using the foundation of the Toolkit, students will integrate target accents in less time and with a clear process. Upcoming accent classes can be found here.
