Things That Go Bump In The Voice - the actors' cut

Louise, Actor and Yoga Teacher, talks about when her voice suddenly became an issue for her during performing.  She carried on performing but knew it wasn't right.  She talks about how she was treating her voice as a "diva" and how she brought in some of her mindset thinking from her Yoga teaching and Mentor to view her thoughts.  She realised how her self-talk was not helping and illustrates how...

Matt is an Actor, Writer and Voice Over Artist. He came back to Acting following a career in Law and a health issue. He was doing well, working in Theatre, Corporate work, Commercials etc. Then he got a sore throat.......hear Matt's story. Semi-spoiler alert - his voice is not where it was and may never be back to it's best. Life has taken Matt on many twists and turns and he's been through some t...

Prior to starting at the Drama School where we met, Tara had been asked at another audition "do you have a cold or do you smoke?". We followed up this thought, and the fact that she was aware of her husky voice and reduced vocal stamina in social situations with a visit to see an Ear Nose and Throat Consultant in a Voice Clinic. In this episode she relates what happened after her diagnosis, throug...

Prior to drama training in the UK, Tessa had received favourable comments about her voice quality. During her time in training, she chose to follow up on a further Ear Nose and Throat diagnosis to discover more about her voice quality. In this episode she relates what happened, describes her diagnosis and her subsequent thoughts and actions. She found that she is likely to have always had issues a...

Welcome to Pete who was in 3rd year of Drama School training when he experienced a vocal problem. He went on to have surgery. Hear what happened, how he dealt with that and his reflections on his relationship with his voice.

Episode 2 - My friend talks about finding out about the development of their vocal fold nodules and describes their journey through diagnosis and rehabilitation whilst attending their first year at Drama School. They go on to talk about how they discuss this in the Acting Profession and how they continue to care for their voice. Some mild strong language.

Are you a performer? Has your voice ever let you down? Did you feel like a different person because of that? You are not alone. In this series of Podcasts, Actors share their stories about a time when their voices were not how they wanted them to be and how they felt. For some people, their voices are still not how they want them to be. When listening to these stories, you may feel many things but...