Michael Livesley

My natural voice is a traditional Lancashire accent, with more 'nowts' and 'owts' than you can shake a stick at! However, aside from my natural brogue, my voice is able to travel the British Isles, being as scouse as 'ya like mate', before taking in the deep valleys and high peaks of Wales then crossing the Avon for a Bristol burr in any register. Travelling east my vocal chords adapt to the green and pleasant shires of Devon, Cornwall and Wilshire before finally shaking the soil off its' boots and entering London. Here my voice can really go to town taking in all the avenues and alleyways of the Metropolis, East, West, North, South and also enough upperclass tones to fill the Houses of Parliament. Heading back up North it takes in all the many and varied accents of the Midlands and Black Country, including Brummie and even the crazy voices found around Burton-on-Trent. Next we take in the brown mucky tones of Yorkshire and crossing the pennines in either direction shows the ease with which I can slip into Manc or Geordie. Next over Hadrians Wall to Scotland, for acccents as rich and varied as the Highlands, islands and lowlands of that marvellous land! Finally we cross the Irish Sea for a range of warm and mellifluous emerald tones that range from the harsh North to the Sweet South. Oh I can also do American, Aussie and lots of others, but I'm sure that you don't wanna travel the whole globe with me? Are you still with me? Good!

Over the years I have done a lot of work for BBC3, supplying my versatile and comedic Northern tones to shows such as 2004's 'Glastonbury Calling', the 2008 coverage of the 'Reading Festival' and also 'T in the Park'. I am now wishing to broaden my horizons and transfer my predominately stage work, more to V/O work. In my work I have included many impersonations, the most popular of which always seem to be Tom Baker and the late, great John Peel I have over 20 years of experience in all sorts of areas of the performing arts. I trained at LIPA and have provided V/O's to many college and university productions over the years. I've also recorded many local theatre safety announcements. As I mentioned I have voiced a lot of TV coverage of live music events, but I have also done many interviews for BBC Radio 4Extra's 'Comedy Club' and have also conducted many interviews as myself due to my one man theatre show, in which I voice 15 characters, 'Sir Henry at Rawlinson End' I utilise a PowerMac machine running Logic Pro X and a Konnekt 8 sound module and a Rode NT1000 microphone to record my voice. I am known by all who work with me and those I know as an easy going person, always motivated by a desire to provide excellence in all I do, and a willingness to