Accent Coaching for Actors

In my effort to perfect my British RP (Received Pronunciation), I have stumbled upon a seemingly excellent website called The Voice Cafe at www.thevoicecafe.net.

It looks like it'll be particularly useful for actors who have auditions at short notice and need quick access to recordings of English accents from Britain, America, Australia and New Zealand.

For each accent there are several monologues with phonetic breakdowns, simple vowels, diphthongs, and word linking patterns with consonants and vowel sounds. There's also a self-study e-learning zone or one to one tuition offered online via Skype video. Brilliant!

The accents include male and female recordings of:
British
- London-Cockney
- standard R.P. & conservative R.P.
- Scotland - Glasgow & Edinburgh
- London area
- Northern Irish
- Newcastle/Geordie
- Liverpool/Scouse
- Manchester/Mancunian
- South Wales
Irish
- Southern
American
- General, Midwest & West Coast
- North East Coast
- Deep South
Australian
New Zealand
South African

There are some free areas of the site, but for full access you need to pay a reasonable fee - 1 month $15 USD, 3 months $28 USD, 6 months $50 USD, 1 year $80 USD.

Women of Manhattan Reviews

We're into our final week and I thought I'd post some show reviews. Audiences have been great and we're all really enjoying the run.

Book tickets at the Old Red Lion website.

'Southern belle Rhonda Louise, maneater Billie and cheerfully sardonic Judy are engaging characters, vividly portrayed. Kosha Engler's breezily self-lacerating Judy is particularly excellent, chewing up Shanley's sparkling monologues with aplomb. ...scenes have wit to spare.'
TIME OUT

'It may only last 75 minutes but Women of Manhattan packs in a considerable amount of wit and wisdom... The focus of Rhonda Louise and Billie is Judy, given a finely nuanced portrayal by Kosha Engler. ...a very high quality drama about sexual politics that manages to combine humour with insight to great effect. ...the wise should rush to catch this delightful comedy before its run ends.'
BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE

'An intelligent look at the lives of three women who are successful, dynamic and complicated. Each of the characters' layers are slowly unravelled to reveal interesting and relatable people. Performances by all three female leads are excellent... Women of Manhattan is well written, engaging and thoughtful '
ISLINGTON GAZETTE

'Talk about feel-good plays. I have rarely seen a play so infused with love for its characters... irresistable. Lisa Jedan (married), Clara Perez (dumped) and Kosha Engler (horny) give impeccable performances, treading the very delicate line that allows their characters to be witty and truthful without every being bitchy, and leave us desperately wanting all three to live happily ever after.'
THEATRE GUIDE LONDON

'Well played comedy and zippy pacing throughout... an interesting, considered and humorous piece... Kosha Engler... [makes] light work of Judy's navel-gazing with a fleet and bouncy delivery; she has a genuinely comical sense of mounting neurotic despair.'
REMOTE GOAT

'...A charming night out. Kosha Engler shines as 'Fag Hag' Judy, her strong cynical exterior tamed effectively by Victor Perez's alluring Duke.'
DRAMA STUDENT MAGAZINE

'...This show combines witty wisecracks with dramatic confessions and pin points some admittedly cliche but mostly truthful instances concerning the contemporary man/woman psyche.'
FRINGE REVIEW