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Battlefields Trust Online Talk: A voice for King Richard III

Tuesday 29th April 2025

Yvonne spent over ten years in search of evidence-based clues to build a comprehensive vocal profile for king Richard III. Experts from a wide range of fields worked with her in a pioneering collaboration. 

The results of this unique research were presented at the international launch event at York Theatre Royal and via simultaneous Livestream to a global audience on 19th November 2024 to great acclaim. 

The work continues this year with the next “reveal” in a second film of the facial avatar of the king speaking his own words in his original pronunciation and personality. 

Yvonne is a voice teacher and vocal coach with credits at home and abroad to include America, Canada, the Middle East and Europe. Her work is mostly with actors, voice artists, performers and public speakers.

Formerly Head of Voice for the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art Yvonne’s theatre credits include the Royal National Theatre, The Royal Shakespeare Company and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre on London’s South bank. She has numerous West End credits as well as regional theatre including a long-standing relationship with York’s Theatre Royal. Beyond theatre her credits are in TV, radio and the ever-expanding world of voice artistry for animation, narration and computer games.

Over twenty years ago Yvonne developed the methodology and skills to create vocal profiling as a way for performers to safely and accurately imitate the voices of others. This approach has been used for stage and screen productions; most notably in several documentaries where historical re-enactment has been required.

 

 
 

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