Voice Coach: Ros Simmons. Voice/Accent Specialist

Ros Simmons

Areas of Expertise: Voice, Accent

Ros trained as an actor at the Metropolitan School of Theatre in Manchester and has worked widely in Repertory Theatre, for Granada and BBC Television and on Commercials and Voice Overs.

For several years Ros trained and facilitated in Communication Skills for GP's, psychiatrists and medical students at many of the major teaching hospitals in London and Cambridge.

Ros graduated with an MA in Voice Studies from the Central School of Speech and Drama and has also been awarded the Certificate in Speaking Skills from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Since graduating Ros has worked as an Accent/Dialect coach for a number of the leading London Drama Schools. [Central, RADA, Mountview Theatre School, The London Centre for Theatre Studies, MD2000]

At Central she specialises in teaching Spoken English Skills to professionals and business people who have English as a second language and wish to reduce their accent and improve pronunciation and clarity.

At Mountview she provides voice and accent support for final and second year productions at their Musical Theatre Department, working recently on 'Titanic', 'Sunday in the Park with George', 'Dancing at Lughnasa' and 'Cider With Rosie'.

Ros was dialogue coach to Kelly Brook on the feature film 'School of Seduction' shot in Newcastle and Rome and has subsequently worked with Kelly on a number of television and film projects.

Ros also coaches in presentation skills and public speaking.