ACTORS
Want to learn accents in a fun and stress free way, without getting in a twist over phonetics and without every drop of acting ability evaporating in the process?
Want a reliable approach to accent work that won’t leave you stuck in your head, glued to the page or agonizing over every syllable?
Want to feel just as comfortable acting in a new accent as you do in your own? Maybe even more so?
“Don’t waste your time looking anywhere else for an accent coach; Maeve is as good as they come. Professional, fun and engaging. She makes what can seem like very difficult, technical work into an easy, stress-free experience, without compromising at all on results.”
“Working with Maeve gave me the confidence to improvise in a different accent - no mean feat! She was recommended to me by another actor and I can see why. ”
find your ‘ear for accents’
get your mind around the process
get your mouth around the sound
hop onto the new groove
approach text in an accent
connect the accent to your acting
shape a plan and stick to it
Why not free yourself from the pre-casting-panic, delight your agent and throw open the doors to countless casting opportunities?
Over the years I have helped hundreds of actors build new, healthier and happier relationships with their accent work.
By cutting through the confusing theory, giving you the tools to master the new sounds and shapes and helping you marry it all to your acting work, I’ll help you take the seemingly mammoth task of getting fluent in a new accent and transform it into easily do-able, bite-sized chunks.
“After leaving drama school I always felt daunted by accent work when a quick turnaround was involved. Since working with Maeve, I’ve discovered a process which is not only quicker to the mark but much more practical, specific, fun and freeing! It’s out of your head and into your body. I now feel so excited to continue exploring accent work in a way that simply doesn’t get taught at drama school and by other accent coaches.
Maeve really is a Diamond!! ”
“I’ve already been recommending Maeve to all my
actor mates. The improvement I’ve noticed is incredible. Yes, there’s always work to do to keep it ticking over… but Maeve’s given me homework to ensure that happens”
“I really love & appreciate Maeve’s specificity & precision. I had worked with two dialect coaches before who were frustratingly vague. Maeve is great at identifying what isn’t working and helping me to understand why as well as explaining how to make it better.”
“Maeve’s sessions are always enjoyable, but more importantly they are always concise. I don’t have a great ear for accents but Maeve gives me the skills and confidence I need, so I can get on with the acting.”
HOW CAN WE WE WORK TOGETHER?
And get me on your team.
My signature, build-on-each-other, coaching programme, Empower > Embody > Connect, is, without doubt, the best way to explore accents with me (unless you’re in a hurry to prep for a role or casting).
Bespoke, highly personalised, one-to-one teaching, coaching and support to take you from not knowing where to start with accents to feeling confident, knowledgable and skilled enough to tackle them on your own.
Each stage is available in both fortnightly and weekly(ish) formats and you’ll have me in your pocket (via whatsapp and email support) throughout our time together.
EMPOWER
To do accents well it really helps to understand how they work. The first step on our journey will be about empowering you with that knowledge.
Whether your immediate goal is to master a specific accent from scratch, tidy up that one that you’re soooo close to getting down, or to simply feel more comfortable with accents in general, Empower will live up to its name by helping you:
gain a clearer understanding of the components that make up an accent
identify and get acquainted with the best tools and practices for you
learn how to break down and analyse an accent
identify the key features of an accent of your choosing
unpick the features of your own accent so you can more easily compare it to the one you are trying to learn
Empower is all about getting your mind on side. It gets you out of your own way, freeing you up to move on to Embody and Connect with confidence and ease…
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whatsapp voice note and email support
fortnightly 60 minute Zoom sessions
audio recording of each session
detailed notes, resources & action plan after each session
line recordings when necessary & applicable
£1100
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whatsapp voice note and email support
2 x 3 week blocks of weekly 60 minute Zoom sessions
break week in middle to let things settle & percolate
audio recordings of each session
detailed notes, resources & action plan after each session
line recordings when necessary & applicable
£1100
EMBODY
In Embody we’ll cover the same juicy ground as in Empower* before diving into getting your new accent feeling, (yes, you guessed it), embodied…
Great accent work is so much more than understanding the patterns and doing the ‘right’ sounds and, yet, it is so easy to get lost in that stuff.
The new sounds, shapes and tunes must be grappled with practically, physically.
We’ll work together to get them into your muscle memory and familiar and comfortable enough to use to express yourself.
Embody: the antidote to being in your head!
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whatsapp voice note and email support
fortnightly 60 minute Zoom sessions
audio recording of each session
detailed notes, resources & action plan after each session
line recordings when necessary & applicable
£1630
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whatsapp voice note and email support
3 x 3 week blocks of weekly 60 minute Zoom sessions
2 break weeks in between to let things settle & percolate
audio recordings of each session
detailed notes, resources & action plan after each session
line recordings when necessary & applicable
£1630
*interested in Embody & already done Empower or one of my former packages? Contact me to discuss the next step.
CONNECT
Being able to do an accent is one thing, acting in it is something different entirely.
In Connect we’ll dig into Empower and Embody* before taking things to my favourite stage:
working together to find the best way to integrate all this accent stuff with your acting stuff.
I’ve yet to meet two actors with the exact same approach to acting. The steps you take to integrate your accent work are likely to be just as personal and unique.
We’ll work together to:
ensure you have tools and processes up your sleeve that make sense for you as an actor
get you feeling as connected acting in your new accent as you do in your own.
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whatsapp voice note and email support
fortnightly 60 minute Zoom sessions
audio recordings of each session
detailed notes, resources & action plan after each session
line recordings when necessary & applicable
£2150
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whatsapp voice note and email support
4 x 3 week blocks of weekly 60 minute Zoom sessions
3 break weeks in between to let things settle & percolate
audio recordings of each session
detailed notes, resources & action plan after each session
line recordings when necessary & applicable
£2150
*interested in connect & already done Empower &/or embody or one of my former packages? Or Already completed all of the above & would like to continue exploring accents with me/ No problem! Contact me to discuss the next step.
STAND ALONE SESSIONS
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1 hour of online coaching via Zoom
audio recording of the session
detailed follow up notes and resources when appropriate
line recordings when necessary & applicable
£195
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2 hour Zoom coaching session
audio recording of the session
detailed follow up notes & resources when appropriate
line recordings when necessary & applicable
£325