Coaching Services Provided
Jo is a professionally trained dialect and voice coach, and actress, with many years experience teaching dialects and accents to the acting profession, corporate clients and public speakers:
- Jo provides coaching in any accent or dialect of the English language, including modern regional Scots, English, Welsh and Irish, historic regional Scots, English, Welsh and Irish, modern and historic regional American, all European languages, North African, South African, Middle Eastern and Far Eastern. In one of Jo’s recent projects (the 2009/10 movie “Centurion”) she has coached actors in 1st century AD Pictish.
- Jo provides coaching in voice projection and public speaking skills for those who may need to increase their skills and confidence level for public speaking.
- Coaching takes place on a one to one basis at Jo’s private practice based in London and Edinburgh. She is also available for studio and location coaching UK wide and abroad. Telephone coaching can sometimes be arranged when face to face sessions are not possible.
- Coaching can be provided for groups within a classroom setting.
Qualifications and Experience
- Jo studied drama at the Royal Scottish Academy and Glasgow University and has a postgraduate qualification in voice and dialect studies from the London Central School of Speech and Drama.
- Jo has worked with many well known actors and actresses including Tilda Swinton (“Young Adam”), Jamie Bell and Sofia Miles (“Hallam Foe”) and Joseph Fiennes. She has also worked as a dialect coach on many UK TV productions (including Coronation Street and East Enders) and theatre productions.
- Jo has extensive classroom teaching experience, teaching classes in dialect studies at a number of locations including The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and Oxford University.
- Jo has worked with a number of corporate clients and MPs to benefit their public speaking skills.
- Jo has extensive experience acting and performing on stage and television herself, including roles in Evita (the original West End production with David Essex and Elaine Paige), Guys and Dolls, The Singing Detective, Coronation Street, River City and Judge John Deed.
