Debra Leigh

My voice is resonant RP British Neutral. I can also add a hint of warm northern, having been brought up in Manchester until the age of 16, although I have spent the majority of my life in London........ or I can add a touch of London (Estuary), full on Manchester, comic Liverpool or even Cockney, having spent 15 years as an actress in Professional theatre and TV.

DEBRA LEIGH Clients include: Disney (Hong Kong Disneyland), Channel 5,The Gate Films, Challenge TV, Living, Eezee TV, UK Style, HSE, BBC TV Autumn Press launch, Paramount Comedy Channel, Keymed, Olympus Audio messaging & telephone on hold includes: Expedia; Curry’s; Debenhams; House of Fraser; Costa Coffee; National Express; National Blood; Primark, M&S; Dealerships for Mercedes Benz, Mini Cooper, BMW, Range Rover etc; Vision Express; Bluewater; Whiteleys; Brent Cross; McArthur Glen Designer Outlets; West One, Lowry Centre; Esprit Holidays; Superbreak; Keycamp; Blue Square; Next Generation Health Clubs, Westfield London. I have voiced for over 250 shopping centres in the UK. I have also worked as a TV Continuity announcer for BBC ONE, and BBC TWO in London, writing my own copy; and also as a traffic and travel radio announcer for AA Roadwatch, broadcasting traffic news to Classic FM, Jazz FM, BBC GLR, BBC Radio Northampton, BBC Kent, BBC Cambridgeshire, BBC Thames Valley FM, BBC Three Counties Radio, BBC Essex, BBC Southern Counties Radio and Essex FM. Other voice work includes: CBC television introducing and chairing talk by Dr Luigi di Bella, cancer specialist for Breast Cancer awareness week ; ‘Cable Bell-Media’; Corporate DVD's including the Barclays Premier Banking Event; TV Promos including Channel FIVE's ‘Milkshake’ and 'Where Do We Come From?' and UK Style's – lead feature for Sophie Grigson’s Feasts for a Fiver. I have an MA in Voice Studies from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (University of London) having studied under Jane Boston, with tuition from Kristin Linklater, Catherine Fitzmaurice, Christina Shewell, Barbara Houseman, Annie Morrison, Frankie Armstrong, Joanna Weir Ouston, Penny Dyer, Charmian Hoare, Elspeth Morrison, Jan Haydn Rowles, Helen Ashton, and Alex Bingley. I am also a Master Practitioner of NLP. Lamda Gold, Silver and Bronze medals in acting and verse and prose. Arts Foundation Course with the Open University. R.A.D.A. course in acting technique Full radio training for Travel News by AA Roadwatch Full training as a TV Continuity Announcer for BBC Television in London followed by two years experience Full training at HSN Florida as a TV host presenter. Macbook Pro computer Blue Yeti Studio USB Compressor Mic Audacity software SE Electronics Reflection Filter & Pop Shield I also have easy access to other studios as I live 20 minutes from central London, including Soho - the heart of the voice over community in the UK. I have worked in radio, TV and theatre, so I understand how delivery can change a whole presentation. I have voiced for many years for TV Promos, IVR, Commercials, TV Continuity, Radio Travel News and Idents both live and recorded. I have nerves of steel! I have also and continue to work as a presenter for TV, both live and recorded, and for many corporate clients. I have my own company 'Brighter Voice' and I coach business people and actors in voice and communication skills, including business presentations for individuals, workshops, accent softening for international clients and voice for media. For more info see www.brightervoice.com. I also work for Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London and the Lir Academy in Dublin as a Visiting Lecturer delivering Masterclass Workshops for the business community (corporate), in education and the public sector both in person and online. I spent 15 years in musical theatre training under the guidance of Mary Hammond (head of the musical theatre course at the Royal Academy of Music in London), so I sing too. I have also released a couple of tracks I wrote over the past year which have been produced by TORS and are on Spotify - Heart Shaped Face (2022) and also Kitchen Samba (2023). I have also written my own copy for TV Continuity work. I am useful when you need to edit a script down a bit but keep all the relevant info, if that's needed at all. Most of all, I really enjoy being in the studio and would welcome the chance to work with you.