Masterclass: British Accents

Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center


Moderated by Artistic Director Nike Doukas

1:00-4:00pm (both days)

$125 for two 3-hour sessions

British Accents
A Two-Day Workshop with Artistic Director Nike Doukas

Have you always wanted to be able to walk into an audition for a British play with an authentic accent? Nike will lead you through the fundamental sound shifts of

  • Received Pronunciation (Oscar Wilde, Noel Coward, GB Shaw)
  • Estuary (London accent for most contemporary plays)
  • Cockney (GB Shaw, Pinter)

    During class we’ll review the sounds you need to know, practice aloud with coaching, and do exercises designed to help you learn. You’ll leave with worksheets to guide you and help you practice. Please bring an unmemorized monologue, preferably from a British play.  

    *Please note, students under 18 require permission from the moderator to take this academy class. If you’re in this category, please reach out to us at academy@antaeus.org.

    About Nike Doukas

    Nike Doukas has been coaching and teaching actors accents for most of her acting career. She’s been the accent coach at Antaeus, A Noise Within, The Fountain, South Coast Repertory, La Mirada, among many others. She most recently coached accents for the Oscar winning film, Anora.

    At ANTAEUS (Directing): Cymbeline, The Tempest, The Hothouse; (Acting): The Zip Code Plays, Three Days in the Country, Hedda Gabler, Cousin Bette, Tonight at 8:30, The Liar, Patience, The Wood Demon. Other directing credits: Ensemble Theatre Company, A Noise Within, The Jewel Theatre, North Coast Repertory, Playwright’s Arena, PICT (Pittsburgh). Other acting credits: South Coast Repertory, Pasadena Playhouse, The Ensemble Theatre Company, The Harold Clurman Theatre, PICT, Kinetic Theatre Company, ACT (Seattle), Shakespeare Festival LA, The Old Globe, The Mark Taper Forum, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, The American Conservatory Theatre. TV: Recurring roles on the new Frasier and Desperate Housewives, and guest stars on NCIS and many others. M.F.A., The American Conservatory Theatre. Recipient of the 2011 Lunt Fontanne Fellowship.

    Other

    Nike Doukas
    At ANTAEUS:  Cousin Bette, Tonight at 8:30, many ClassicsFests, The Liar, and The Wood Demon, plus countless readings.  She is well-known to both California and regional audiences, having performed at South Coast Rep, The Mark Taper Forum, The Old Globe, Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theater, , A.C.T, Berkeley Rep, A Contemporary Theater, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, and Shakespeare Festival LA, among others. Her TV credits include Modern Family, NYPD Blue, Numbers, and recurring roles on Desperate Housewives and Almost Perfect.  She also teaches and privately coaches actors; she was the co-teacher of the Antaeus Academy for two years, and also teaches Shakespeare at The Art of Acting and A Noise Within. Additionally, she is an accent coach for television and theater, including Antaeus, A Noise Within, South Coast Repertory, The Pasadena Playhouse, LA Theatre Works, Boston Court, Rogue Machine and Sacred Fools.  She was the recipient of the 2011 Lunt Fontanne Fellowship, a national award to regional theatre actors.  MFA, The American Conservatory Theatre.
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    *member, Actor’s Equity Association, the union of professional Actors and Stage Managers in the U.S. This production is presented under the auspices of the Actors’ Equity Los Angeles Membership Company Rule
    Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center
    110 East Broadway
    Glendale, California 91205