Finding Your Voice: A Complete Voice Training Manual for Actors

This is a self-help manual for actors who want to train and develop their voice. Opening with advice on how to use the book and how to prepare our bodies, the author then takes us step-by-step through the constituent elements that make up the voice and the sounds we make with it. Each chapter starts with a brief introduction, then sets out the sequence of relevant exercises, accompanied by simple diagrams, and ends with a summary of what has been learned.

Table of Contents Before You Start; Body Work; Breathing and Support Breathing into Sound: Supporting the Voice; Releasing the Sound Filling Out the Sound: Resonance; Extending the Sound: Range Shaping the Sound: Articulation; Appendix: Warm-Up and Trouble-Shooter Section Author Biography Barbara Houseman has worked with the Royal Court, the RSC (where she was Resident Voice and Text Coach), and the Young Vic (where she was Associate Director). She has worked one-to-one with several well-known actors and alongside many well-known directors.

Author Biography

Barbara Houseman is a leading voice, text and acting coach who has worked at the RSC, Old Vic, Donmar Warehouse, Young Vic and Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, as well as one-to-one with many well-known actors.