2010 Adult Workshops - these have been running since 2002!

Learn valuable skills while having fun

These workshops are attended by adults from private and business organisations, government and local government organisations, as well as academic institutions.

Please register for these workshops through Diane Radford - contact Voice and Performance or phone Diane on 04 385 2929 or 0212479661.

Voice 1: Introduction to Voice

5 weeks: Monday evenings 7-9 pm, March 2011 TBA
Venue: Upper Chamber, Toi Poneke: Wellington Arts Centre, 61-69 Abel Smith Street.
Workshop fee: $180

Develop your confidence in speaking: discover how to use your voice effectively. Have fun learning how the voice works and how to speak with greater projection, range and clarity. Workshop resources are provided.

Bookings are essential. For more information please contact Voice and Performance or phone Diane on 04 385 2929 or 0212479661.

Voice 2: Develop your Vocal Expression

5 weeks: Monday evenings 7-9 pm, April 2011 TB A
Venue: Upper Chamber, Toi Poneke: Wellington Arts Centre, 61-69 Abel Smith Street.
Workshop fee: $180

What you say = How you say it. On this workshop you will learn the technique behind vocal expression for effective delivery to engage your audience when presenting or performing. You will have fun experimenting with a variety of text and activities. Workshop resources are provided.

Bookings are essential. For more information please contact Voice and Performance or phone Diane on 04 385 2929 or 0212479661.

Voice 3: Clear Speech

4 weeks: Monday evenings 7-9 pm, 31 May to 28 June 2010 (not 7 June, Queen's BD)
Venue: Upper Chamber, Toi Poneke: Wellington Arts Centre, 61-69 Abel Smith Street.
Workshop fee: $144

Are you a speaker of English as a second language and need to neutralize your accent for work purposes? Or do you mumble and need to repeat yourself because your speech is not clear? On this workshop you will have fun learning drilling vowel and consonant sounds correctly and speaking text clearly so that you are understood. Workshop resources are provided.

Bookings are essential. For more information please contact Voice and Performance or phone Diane on 04 385 2929 or 0212479661.

Performance 1: Become a confident presenter

5 weeks: Monday evenings 7-9 pm, 16 August to 20 September 2010 (not 13 Sept)
Venue: Upper Chamber, Toi Poneke, Wellington Arts Centre, 61-69 Abel Smith Street.
Workshop fee: $180

Become a confident presenter by learning about and experimenting with useful speaking and performance techniques for effective presentation. This course will help you improve your presentation and communication skills while having fun. Workshop notes are provided.

Bookings are essential. For more information please contact Voice and Performance or phone Diane on 04 385 2929 or 0212479661.

Performance 2: Acting for fun

9 weeks: Monday evenings, 7-9 pm, 11 Oct to 13 Dec (not 25 Oct Labour Day)
Venue: Upper Chamber, Toi Poneke: Wellington Arts Centre, 61-69 Abel Smith Street.
Workshop fee: $333

Give acting a go for fun. Diane will help you get creative, devise your own character and develop a group play. The play will be videoed and performed to friends and family. This workshop will help you develop your voice and performance skills for greater confidence in front of people.

Bookings are essential. For more information please contact Voice and Performance or phone Diane on 04 385 2929 or 0212479661.

What participants have said about past voice workshops:

An excellent opportunity to comfortably experiment with the full range of vocal possibilities and shed constricting habits of speech. (Cr Celia Wade Brown)

An excellent combination of theory and practice. Treating voice and performance in a holistic sense. (Stephen Hartley, Lecturer, Victoria University)

A holistic approach to voice - exercises and theory; a 'vocal circus', 'vocal olympics,' fun!

What participants valued about past Performance 1 workshops:

This workshop will help you use your body in ways that are helpful and useful in work and play. It is also great fun! (Jo Walton, Professor of Nursing, Victoria University)

Learning to free up my body and use it in communicaton. (Chris Uljee, Director, Bright Communications Ltd)

An opportunity to lose your inhibitions and explore the use of body language and performance in a fun environment. An excellent accompaniment to Voice 1. (Stephen Hartley, Lecturer, Victoria University)

Oct to Dec 2007 Performance 2 workshop feedback (this workshop is being made into a documentary to be aired on Triangle Television in 2009):

I valued building and adding to a character, and feeding off other people's ideas and vice versa.

It's a fun, creative and most enjoyable way to express yourself. It can also be quite a challenge. I recommend it if you want to leave your comfort zone and see what you can do, and achieve.

Sharon Williams, Senior Communications Advisor, Office of the Mayor, Wellington City Council