Summary
Gemma is a London based Voice and Accent Coach. She is Co-Programme Director of the MFA in Linklater Teaching Practice (Voice & Theatre Arts) at Rose Bruford College and currently serves as Head of Voice at the Oxford School of Drama. She has taught at leading UK drama schools including the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, LAMDA, Mountview, ArtsEd and the Collective Acting Studio and regularly teaches with the Higher Education department at Shakespeare’s Globe.
Gemma is a designated Linklater Teacher and Deputy Chair of the British Voice Association’s Educational Working Party. She holds an MFA in Voice Studies from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and trained as an actor in Australia, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Musical Theatre from Federation University and qualifications in speech and drama, music theatre and dance.
Her professional voice and accent coaching credits include Operation Mincemeat (Southwark Playhouse & West End), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Covent Garden), Trouble in Butetown, Force Majeure and Love and Other Acts of Violence (Donmar Warehouse), Matilda the Musical (West End & UK Tour), Strictly Ballroom (West Yorkshire Playhouse & West End), The Railway Children and In The Heights (King’s Cross Theatre). She has provided voice support for productions across commercial, classical and contemporary theatre, working with emerging and established artists alike.
Originally from Mukinbudin, a rural and drought-stricken region of Western Australia, Gemma grew up on a sheep farm, riding horses and working in the red dust and heat, 400km from the nearest city. That upbringing and a wide range of life experiences brought her into contact with people from all walks of life and shaped her down-to-earth, highly adaptive teaching practice. Her ability to make actors feel safe and supported is central to her ethos as a voice coach, where empathy and trust are vital to creative development. Whether in a rehearsal room or on a press night, she brings warmth, rigour and a collaborative spirit to her work.