A hotpot of Northern reads
I'm a proud, passionate northerner. I was born in the north and I live in the north. Cut me, and I bleed Manchester caviar. But for my work, my natural flat vowels are oft shunned in favour of Estuary English. One customer didn't even realise I was from Manchester!…
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A selection of Christmas characters
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. In the world of the pro voiceover, it's Christmas all year round to be honest. I did my first Christmas ad for 2016 in the first week of January. It's always Christmas in commercial-land. I was asked…
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Have a listen to my brand new showreel
It dawned on me last week that I haven't done a new showreel for...well, let's just say quite some time. Getcha ears around this one. It's a mashup of some of the voices I've been asked to do lately. All lovingly produced by the brilliant…
[Read more]Americana – Marilyn versus Twin Peaks
I got a call from a producer. "Can you sound sexy?" "Do bears sit in the woods?" I giggled. "It's shit." "I'm sorry?" "The bears in the woods. Never mind. Can you sound like Marilyn Monroe?" "Breathy, sexy, lots of cleavage...?" "Yes. And American. You've got to sound American." "No…
[Read more]“Can you sound like an obese South American woman?”
"Hi Emma, can you sound like an obese South American woman?" "Sure. From just outside Arkansas? Perhaps with a thyroid problem? And an addiction to Gatorade and Twinkies?" "That's the ticket! We need it for an ad for a car boot sale being held…
[Read more]Extraordinary scripts
I love great radio creative and I love brave clients even more. When the two collide, it means I get to voice extraordinary scripts. A regular customer of mine emailed me: "Can you sound trashy? And European? You've got to sound like a desperate wannabe model type person." Reader,…
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