Mel Churcher

Mel Churcher is a director, voice and acting coach. She’s worked with the Royal National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Manchester Royal Exchange, Royal Court and Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre and has taught actors & directors at numerous institutions in the UK, Europe and beyond.

She’s coached on over 100 films & TV series, and she runs international workshops.  Mel’s written 3 books: Acting for Film: Truth 24 Times a Second (Random House), A Screen Acting Workshop (Nick Hern Books) and The Elemental Actor (Nick Hern Books) She holds MAs in Performing Arts (Mddx) and Voice Studies (RCSSD).

Keynote Lecture, Day 3: Bring Life to your Words — Acting, Voice & Storytelling

Why does telling stories engage the listener?

How could you use this ancient in-built skill to enrich your presentations and free your own thoughts? To bring life to your words?

We’ll explore how our bodies and minds are inextricably linked; our voices, gestures and thoughts fuse into the extraordinary  power of communication. How, if you use this basic need to share our stories – the details, the experiences – then thoughts and words leap to vivid life for the listeners. Your eyes sparkle with thought, pictures leap into your mind, your body is alive, your voice is rich and free, nerves vanish.

How can you weave a story into your lectures, presentations, discussions? How can you draw your listeners in, so that they can experience what you have experienced; share that moment of discovery; hear and feel what you did? How can you tell of your own journey, passions, revelations – and bring them to life to fire up other people to create their own? To make discoveries they can share and tell as their own stories?