charlie hughes-d'aeth

About

Voice Coaching

Theatre Coaching

I work with professional actors and business clients to explore how best to make their voices work for them. Through individual or group sessions, we find ways of building confidence and enhancing technique to ensure best vocal practice.

Theatre Coaching

My work in theatres requires making quick connections with actors and creatives to enhance performance and bring to life each show's vision. At whichever stage I'm involved, I assess what's necessary to propel the voice work from rehearsal into the performance space.

Wellbeing

Theatre Coaching

Wellbeing

Effective breathing and relaxation lie at the heart of any voice work. Over the pandemic, I have tailored my work to address these in relation to managing stress and anxiety, to discover stillness and tap into our body's energy and potential.

Long Covid Wellbeing Research

Between September 2021 and June 2022, I worked with The Old Vic and UCL, researching the potential benefits of arts based practices with people experiencing Long Covid. The findings were published in 2022 and can be seen on the Old Vic website.
The success of this project enabled us to secure funding for repeating it in 2023.

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Acting and Text Coaching

Long Covid Wellbeing Research

Working with the text is vital in creating an effective presentation. Having been voice coaching with the RSC for over a decade, I offer meticulous insight into text, linking the writer's thoughts to the speaker's delivery.

Professonal Theatre Work

Theatre

OLD VIC THEATRE
2015-Present

The Brightening Air, Oedipus,
The Real Thing, The Constituent, Machinal, Just For One Day, Groundhog Day, Sylvia, A Christmas Carol, Eureka Day, Camp Seigfreid, A Christmas Carol-In Camera, 4,000 Miles, Lungs, A Very Expensive Poison, Present Laughter, The American Clock, A Monster Calls, (Old Vic/Bristol Old Vic/National Tour) The Divide, Woyzeck, Art, The Caretaker, The Master Builder, Future Conditional (The Old Vic); Girl from the North Country (The Old Vic/West End); The Divide (The Old Vic/EIF);

SHAKESPEARE'S GLOBE 2025

Cymbeline

CHICAGO PHILARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Romeo and Juliet Extracts

CHICAGO GOODMAN THEATRE 2025

Betrayal

NATIONAL THEATRE TOUR 2023

Standing At The Sky's Edge (voice support)

DONMAR WAREHOUSE 2023

When Winston Went to war With the Wireless (Director Katy Rudd)

GILLIAN LYNNE THEATRE 2022

The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe ( voice support)

REGIONAL THEATRES 2021
What's New Pussycat (Birmigham Rep)
Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World (Kenny Wax Entertainment)

ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY
Consultant Text and Voice Coach, Matilda the Musical
Sep 2014 – Present

RSC Freelance Text and Voice Coach
September 2009 – Present
Matilda the Musical (director Matthew Warchus)
- Cambridge Theatre, Covent Garden / The Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon
The Tempest/Much Ado About Nothing (director Roxanna Silbert)
- Shakespeare in a Suitcase US tour.
The Gods Weep (director Maria Aberg)
- Hampstead Theatre

RSC Assistant Text/Voice (as Voice Placement)
Twelfth Night (Dir. Greg Doran) King Lear (Dir. David Farr) Arabian Nights (Dir. Dominic Cooke) Anthony and Cleopatra (Dir. Michael Boyd) Romeo and Juliet (Dir. Rupert Goold)
The Courtyard, Stratford-Upon-Avon.
Days of Significance (Dir. Maria Aberg) National Tour.

RSC Workshop Facilitator - National Student Drama Festival, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, RSC CDS & VIth Form Conferences, RSC Staff training, RSC Literary Dept, Birkbeck College, Imperial College.

RSC Assistant W/S Facilitator - Cicely Berry Directors’ Course

Resident Text and Voice Coach, Matilda the Musical
Aug 2010 – Sep 2014
Courtyard Theatre, Stratford and Cambridge Theatre

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE
Resident Voice Coach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Jan 2013 - Jan 2017

LEICESTER CURVE
Voice and Dialect Coach
Adrian Mole the Musical,
2015

ROSE BRUFORD COLLEGE
Lecturer/Director
October 1999-Sep 2009

CLEAN BREAK THEATRE CO
Lecturer/Director
Sep 1997-Sep2004

Director/Actor/Musician/Playwright
Freelance 1988 – 2012

voice and text coaching

Private Voice Training

Includes audition skills, singing technique or business presentations

Whether you have an important work presentation, an audition or a concert that's coming up, we can look at the tools you'll need to prepare your voice to show you at your best.

Business Training

Whether this is in the form of a group workshop, or individual upskilling to support a promotion, I can draw out the necessary attributes for individuals to feel secure in their ability to communicate effectively in the work place.

Supporting Vocal Health

There are many reasons that voices can change through our lifetimes and I can help support people through vocal issues that have been diagnosed clinically or have come about through natural aging process.

Theatre Work

My work enables actors to convey the writer's words and director's vision through their character's voice. Working on clarity and vocal energy, we explore ways for the actor to magnify the authenticity of the rehearsal room into a huge auditorium.