Voice & Dialect

Coach for TV

Film & Theatre




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Haydn Rowles

I have been working as voice and dialect coach for 20 years working at the highest professional level. 

 

Our first book How To Do Accents (co-written with Edda Sharpe) has enjoyed great success and is currently available as a second edition. The second book, How To Do Standard English Accents, is due out February 15th 2012 and is the first book in the 'How To Do Accent series.' Please visit our

How To Do Accents webite, www.howtodoaccents.co.uk

 

I was Head of Voice at Shakespeare’s Globe (2007-10) where I coached over 20 plays and took care of over 200 actors voices! You may well have seen or heard my work at the RSC, The Almeida, The Donmar, The Royal Court, and on film TV & (Treasure Island Sky 1 and Game of Thrones HBO series 2)

 

Please take look at my clients page to see some of the actors, directors and theatre comapnies I've worked with. The  film/tv and theatre pages gives a more detailed CV. 

 

Thanks for visiting this site! 

 

I can help you with casting for pilot season in the US, accent and voice work for film/tv/radio productions and accent & vocal training. 

 

 


 

 


Jan is a Voice/Accent coach & writer . Titles include the 'How To Do Accents' Series  co-written with Edda Sharpe.

Jan has been training voices and coaching accents for the last 20 years. 

 

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Directors

Michael Attenborough

Lucy Bailey

Steve Barron

Michael Boyd

Deborah Bruce

Domonic Cook

Greg Doran

Domonic Dromogoole

Matthew Dunster

David Farr

Rebecca Gatward

Lisa Goldman

Lisa Gornick

Ramin Gray 

Steve Knight 

Chris Lucsombe

Sarah Francom

Greg Hersov

Douglas Hodge

Sean Holmes

Neill Marshall

James Mcdonald

Roger Michel

Mitchell Monroe

Jonathan Munby

David Nutter

Lucy Pitman Wallace

Lyndsay Posner

Mark Ravenhill

Peter Rowe

Thea Sharrock

Raz Shaw

Anthony Sher

Jessica Swaile

Alan Taylor

Lyndsey Turner

Chai walker

Sasha Wares

Phillip Wilson

Dan Zeff


Actors

Holly Aird

Arsher Ali

James Alexandrou

Francesca Annis

Jamie Ballard

Isabella Blake-Thomas

Jonathan Broadbent

Peter Capaldi

Anna Cateret

Elaine Cassidy

Paul Chahidi

Anna Chancellor

Stockard Channing

Rosalie Craig

Simon Cunz

Benedict Cumberbatch

Sorcha Cussack

Judi Dench

Sacha Dhawan

Peter Dinklage

Penny Downie

Noma Dumezweni

Charlotte Emmerson

Adetomiwa Edun

Daniel Evans

Colin Firth

Naomi Frederick

Miranda Forster

Joanna Froggat

Stephen Graham 

Trystan Gravelle

Diveen Henry

Clare Higgins

Eddie Izzard

Ruth Jones

Rupert Penry Jones

Suranne Jones

Barnaby Kaye

Matthew Kelly

Dervla Kirwan

Penny Layden

Alastair Macgowan

Matthew Macfayden

Lyndsey Marshel

Jo Martin

Daniel Mays

Lucy Montgomery 

Kate O’Flynn

Alice O’Connel

Joanne Page

Gordon Ramsey

Jan Ravens

Paul Ready

Toby Rego

Ukweli Roach

Craig Roberts

Morgana Robinson

Saoirse Ronan

Domonic Rowan

Lesley Sharp

Malcolm Storry

Michelle Terry

Harry Tredaway

Luke Tredaway

Russel Tovey

Milo Twomey

David Walliams

Nicola Walker

Lia Williams

Elijah Wood


Theatres

Almeida

Donmar

Royal Court

RSC

Shakespeare’s Globe Birmingham Rep

Crucible Theatre Sheffield

Royal Exchange Manchester

West Yorkshire Playhouse Soho theatre

Salisbury Playhouse

New Wolsey Ipswich



Jan

Haydn Rowles

Film

Hummingbird (In Production) 

One Day (work with Patricia Clarkson) 

Mother's Milk

Mr Nobody (work with Jared Leto)

And When Did You Last See Your Father?

Brick Lane

I Could Never Be Your Woman

Brothers Of The Head

 

TV

Mrs Biggs (ITV - In production) 

Paradise End (HBO - In production) 

Lost Christmas (BBC 1 )

Treasure Island (Sky 1 )

Game of Thrones (Season 2. HBO)

Happy: The Hattie Jaques Story

Rather You Than Me (The Frankie Howerd Story)

Criminal Justice

Faking It (Series V) 



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Shakespeare’s Globe:

Head of Voice & Dialect 2007-2010

Henry VIII

Henry VI Part 1 & 2

Bedlam

Anne Boleyn

Romeo And Juliet

As You Like It

Troilus And Cressida

Loves Labor Lost

Midsummer Nights Dream

Comedy Of Errors

A New World

Frontline

Helen

King Lear

Midsummer Night’s Dream

Timon Of Athens

Frontline

Merry Wives Of Winsdor

Merchant Of Venice

Holding Fire


RSC:

Indian Boy

The American Pilot

Breakfast With Mugabe

Eric La Rue

Two Gentlemen Of Verona

Julius Caeser

Twelfth Night

A Midsummer Nights Dream

The Crucible

Antony and Cleopatra

Merry Wives; The Musical

Henry IV Part 1 and 2

 

The Almeida:

Awake and Sing

Mrs Klein

 

Birmingham Repertory Theatre:

She Stoops to Conquer

Little Shop of Horrors

Serious Money

 

Crucible Theatre, Sheffield:

Company

 

The Royal Court:

Ingredient X

Alaska

My Child

The Pain And The Itch

The Miracle

Over There

 

The Lowry:

Corrie; The Play

 

Lyric Hammersmith:

Punk Rock

Comedians


Manchester Royal Exchange:

Wonderful Town

A view from a bridge

5@50

Pygmalion

Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?

Childrens Hour

Pretend You Have Big Buildings

Henry V

True Love Lies

Punk Rock

Blithe Spirit


Shared Experience:

Speechless

Mine

Ten Tiny Toes

Kinder Transport

Glass Menagerie


Salisbury Playhouse:

The Corpse

The Winslow Boy

The Herbal Bed

People At Sea

Shadowlands

Absent Friends

The Importance Of Being Ernest

Arsenic & Old Lace

Private Lives


West End Theatre:

Three Days Of Rain

Dinner

 

Numerous productions for

Unicorn Theatre & New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich 

 


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HOW TO DO STANDARD ENGLISH ACCENTS

Following on from the success of their ground-breaking original book, Jan and Edda will soon be launching the first of a series of How To Do Accent books covering specific accents.

 

Ever wondered what the differences are between a Neutral Standard English Accent & an Upper Class English Accents?

 

Struggling to sound 'Neutral' without sounding posh? Want to know how to sound like the Landed Gentry or a Sloane Ranger?

 

Using accessible, down to earth language, solid technical know-how, clear practical steps, and a CD with exercises and sample voices, the first half of the book will show you How To Do a Neutral Standard English Accent, while the second half will introduce you to Traditional RP, Imperial Lords and Ladies, Military, Matrons and the Landed Gentry, Debs, Dandies and Bright Young Things, Wartime Wendies and BBC Berties and Sloane Rangers, before giving you a nod to the New Wave.

 


 

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Haydn Rowles

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Latest News

Accent Archive

www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/sounds

www.web.ku.edu/idea

www.bbc.co.uk/voices

www.wikipedia.org


Vocal health

www.johnbellcroyden.co.uk (for voice steamers)


Professional Photos and Show Reel

http://www.nicholasdawkesphotography.co.uk

http://www.picturebook-showreels.co.uk


Books

www.findyourvoice.com (Barabara Houseman)

www.voiceinaction.com (Jane Boston)


Other links you may enjoy!

www.wirelesstheatrecompany.com

www.howtodoaccents.com

www.voicecoach.tv (my agent) 

www.picturebook-showreels.co.uk

www.oberonbooks.com




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Haydn Rowles

Say hello!

For film/TV and theatre work please contact my agent 

Sarah Upson 

at 

Representation Upson Edwards

Tel: 01782 827 222, or Email: sarah.upson@voicecoach.tv


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