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What most days look like these days - teaching 80+

What most days look like these days - teaching 80+ students every week from in front of a laptop, instead of jumping between studios and rehearsal rooms. Zoom fatigue is real and so is vocal fatigue from teaching online. A *huge* number of people have been experiencing vocal fatigue and asking why it’s happening and how to prevent it. It’s confusing - you’re sitting at home, there’s no background noise, so why on earth does your voice feel tired and strained at the end of the day?! The @theaustralianvoiceassociation has re-published my article “How to use your voice when teaching online” as part of their Covid-related resources, exploring why vocal fatigue is happening and how to avoid it. Link in bio 🔗 📷 @miaderauch

The best colleagues in the world - our cohort of D

The best colleagues in the world - our cohort of Designated Linklater Teachers from 2014! Catching up and helping each other navigate teaching voice classes online. There’s no way I’d rather spend the Easter long weekend right now than troubleshooting, brainstorming and evolving with this bunch.
Kudos to all the teachers out there rewriting curriculums and modifying course delivery to make online classes work for students across the globe. 🙌🏻🙌🏻 @linklatervoiceorkney @profrobinjo @tomwellsvoice @instamattic212 @justagirl.andherbassethound

I loved working with Laura Carmichael on this shoo

I loved working with Laura Carmichael on this shoot last year and am so thrilled #TheSecretsSheKeeps has now dropped on @channel10au! Add this to your quarantine watch list. Australian made, based on the book by @michaelrobotham.
As you watch, spare a thought for all the cast and crew, production staff and creative teams who have now lost work for the foreseeable future to prioritise public health at this time. It’s thanks to them that we have something to watch while we’re all #athome.

Rehearsal room photo, March 2020. The times they a

Rehearsal room photo, March 2020. The times they are a-changing 🎵

Billy Elliot has been the most sensational journey

Billy Elliot has been the most sensational journey, made all the more rewarding thanks to these fabulous people. I’ve spent just about every other day with them since June and each of them have taught me so much. You’d be hard-pressed to find a show that requires the amount of collaboration, comradery and commitment as Billy.
It was a heartbreaking weekend, having no choice but to close the show due to the current global health crisis, and yet my heart is so full. What an incredible ten months we’ve had - the best company you could wish for and the most inspiring show. We’re not alone in having to close and my thoughts are with our whole industry at this peculiar time.
And let’s remember - when the plague caused Elizabethan theatres to close in 1606, Shakespeare wrote King Lear, Macbeth, and Antony and Cleopatra 🌟