Representation Upson Edwards
01782 827222
Specialists in Voice Coaches
Film Credits Include
CONTROL
UNLEASHED/DANNY THE DOG
COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO
KING ARTHUR
HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSPHER'S STONE
LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER
THE HOLE
MANSFIELD PARK
Television and Radio Credits Include
Echo Beach
Christmas at the Riviera
Lab Rats (BBC)
The Old Curiosity Shop (Carnival Films)
The Firsyte Saga (Granada)
Mel Churcher
Areas of Expertise: Voice, Accent, Acting
Mel Churcher was an actor and broadcaster for many years. Her work included leading roles at the Royal National Theatre, New Shakespeare Company and extensive film, radio and television work. She is now best known as an international acting, dialogue, voice and presentation coach and has run workshops and given lectures all over the world.
She has been voice and text coach for The Royal Shakespeare Company, The Open Theatre at Regents Park, Shakespeare's Globe, The Young Vic, Manchester Royal Exchange, Birmingham Repertory Theatre and The Royal Court.
She runs regular film acting workshops at the Actors Centres in London and Manchester, and at LAMDA and Central School of Speech and Drama, where she helped set up the MA in screen acting. Mel is also a theatre director with her own company, Trojan's Trumpet.
Mel has an MA in Performing Arts (Mddx), an MA in Voice Studies (C.S.S.D) and an Institute of Phonetics Association Diploma. She served on the Council of the British Voice Association 2001/4 and is currently working on their Education Working Party. She has had numerous articles on voice published and her book Acting For Film: Truth 24 Times a Second was published by Virgin Books in 2003.