How To Do Accents 

Acting with an accent can be a dream or a nightmare for an actor. The pressures to get it right – to sound authentic, honest and connected – grow as audiences become more demanding and the world gets smaller.

Speaking with an accent is a skill just like any other: it can be learned and developed, and it is our aim with this book to provide you with the tools to do just that. In How to Do Accents we offer a simple, reassuring system for both learning and teaching accents: a system that allows the actor to use their intuition in tandem with their ability to retain structure; a system that liberates the nervous while developing the skills of the keen; a system that teaches actors not just one accent, but the underlying structure inherent in all accents.

Using solid technical know-how, clear practical steps, real-life examples, and the occasional dose of humour, we bring to the surface the underlying structure of accents, sharing the processes that we, as specialist dialect coaches, have developed, to give you the insight, tools and confidence to work with any accent.