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Lecturer in Voice at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts., Edith Cowan University

Luzita Fereday is a voice and dialect coach who has been working in the Theatre and TV industry for over 20 years. For the past 12 years she has worked as a Lecturer in Voice teaching accents to Acting and Music Theatre Students at WAAPA (West Australian Academy of Performing Arts) in Perth. She also teaches internationally on the Shakespeare Summer School at RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts) in London. Luzita's latest work includes dialect coaching on: "BALI 2002" a four part TV Series on STAN/9 Network and her theatrical credits include: "Mary Stuart" with Kate Walsh for a Perth Festival production. Other recent theatre work includes: Hecate with Yirra Yaakin, Once- The Musical, The Tempest, Oklahoma, The Torrents, Fully Sikh, Water, In the Next Room, HIR, I Am My Own Wife with BSSTC (Black Swan State Theatre Company) and Mimma The Musical coaching the celebrated Australian Soprano Mirusia Louwerse.

Experience

  • –present
    Lecturer in Voice at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts., Edith Cowan University

Education

  • 2015 
    Edith Cowan University/WAAPA, Master of Arts Performing Arts
  • 1992 
    Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, BA in Acting

Publications

  • 2021
    Supporting the Peformance of Noongar Language in Hecate, Theatre, Dance and Performance Training Journal
  • 2018
    Field Notes for an Australian Production of The Beautiful Game: A Case Study in Coaching Challenges, Voice and Speech Review

Professional Memberships

  • Member of Voice and Speech Trainers Assocation VASTA
  • Member of Australian Voice Association AVA