Bringing Text to Life

Releasing text from rules and perceived ways of ‘how it should be done’ Barbara works directly with the text ‘as behaviour’ - allowing the text to ‘feed’ you and your imagination to create performances which feel fresh and relevant and at the same time allow you to handle text with confidence and ease.

Bring any piece of text with which you’d like more confidence - could be Shakespeare, another Classical text or something more modern.

“Barbara was vital to the success of our all-female trilogy. Her unique combination of technical know-how, passion and openness helped each of us with such different experiences, accents and backgrounds to express our own personal connection with Shakespeare’s language.” – Harriet Walter

Barbara Houseman has more than 40 years’ experience as a voice, text and acting coach and director. She has worked on numerous shows in the West End - both classical and modern. Private clients include Jessie Buckley, Cush Jumbo, Jude Law, Clive Owen and Daniel Radcliffe. See barbarahouseman.com for more details.