Creative Talks : Linda Cartwright, Vocal Coach and Actor

Linda Cartwright was a founder member of Theatre Corporate, Auckland's second professional theatre company. After being asked by founder Raymond Hawthorne to teach voice Linda went on to do this full time.

She has studied with Cicely Berry and Andrew Wade at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon and with Linklater-designated tutors at Shakespeare & Company in Boston, U.S.A.  As well as Estill work with Anne-Marie Speed, organising workshops for her whenever she was back in New Zealand.

Linda has taught on various tertiary courses for actors, principally at Unitec’s School of Performing & Screen Arts, where she was Head of Voice from its inception until 2007, and during that time was International Editor for VASTA (Voice & Speech Teachers Association) and NZ Editor for IDEA (International Dialects of English Archive).

As well as actors Linda has worked with politicians and other people of influence to help them with their delivery. Linda has many stories to share about her experiences.