England’s Queen Elizabeth the Second is 94 years old at the time I write this, and due to her high profile life she is one of the few people on earth that we have extensive audio recordings of throughout her lifetime. She’s a wonderful opportunity to observe how people’s accents may change over time….

Sometimes the littlest thing can make the greatest impact.

Even a single word can make a difference.

For instance, consider the word ‘concentration’…

You have just received your audition sides and *SHOCK* the scene requires an accent.  Not only that, but it is an accent that you have never heard of before…

Journalist Anna Swartz of Mic magazine asks dialect coach Eliza Simpson to weigh in on Amanda Fuller’s performance of ‘Badison’ Murphy on the sixth season of Orange Is the New Black…

What should you do if you are in an audition and the casting entities suddenly ask you to read the scene again — only this time using a dialect other than your own?

Should actors learn the accent and then develop the character, or vice versa? This is a question we hear a lot!

Have you ever been happily watching a film or television show only to find yourself suddenly focusing on something strange about one of the actors’ accents? Unfortunately, almost all of us have. Just for a moment, I invite you to revisit that little slice of time. What was it like? How did you feel as an audience member?

You’ve probably noticed that every day, more and more roles in film and television are requiring accents…