Accents on stage: when and why to use them

Accents are an important aspect of the actor’s arsenal but when is it time to fire with both barrels versus declaring a ceasefire?

14 Aug 2015 12:00

Richard Watts

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MTC Assistant Director and Voice and Dialect Coach Leith McPherson with actor Ian Meadows on the set of the The Weir. Photo by Pam Kleemann.

If your intention is to honour a play and its author as well as the world in which it’s set, accents are essential, according to actor Ngaire Dawn Fair.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts