Do yourself a favour & make it a priority to practice the art of slowing down and being present, because its only by coaxing yourself to be open & curious in moments of ease that you’ll stand any chance of letting yourself do so in times of panic and pressure.
Read MoreWhen I’m working with actors on accents, I tend to find one of the following issues going on for them…
Read MoreWhat are you telling yourself…
Read MoreI’ve been banging on about knowledge and knowing over the last couple of weeks.
Read MoreKnowledge is Power. Right? Not a curse. Why, then, do I feel like it’s making me worse?
Read MoreAccent work can feel fun. I promise. It can feel like a creative act. Like a juicy, integral part of your approach to acting.
Read MoreYou might have read my last few blogs and found yourself thinking, This is all lovely, Maeve, but how on earth do I apply it to accent work?
Read MorePeople pleasing is a little like those cleans you do when you’ve someone important coming to visit. You know the kind. You find yourself frantically shoving things in cupboards…
Read MoreActors. Accent work is character work. Of course it is.
Read MoreI live in Scotland now. I moved from London to Edinburgh in March 2021. And I haven’t looked back.
Read MoreWhy not take some time off ‘work’ to do just that? You see, I don’t see voice work as ‘work’ at all...
Read MoreJust because it seems effortless doesn’t mean that a hell of a lot of work hasn’t gone on behind the scenes.
I’d a lot of fun talking to The News Letter about my favourite art, artists and my life in the arts. Have a snoop if you fancy knowing what I did to keep myself entertained during lockdown...
Read MoreThere is nothing I hear more from my English clients than “I feel really over the top and false when I do my American Accent.’ My response is always the same: “Good. It’s supposed to feel like that.” And I mean it.
Read MoreWhen you only need to hear the words ‘voice’ and ‘coach’ to want to run for hills…
Read MoreAfter years and years of listening to clients and colleagues exclaim, ‘Where’s the book?!’ it seemed only right that with my shiny new website should come a shiny new blog…
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