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Knight-Thompson Speechwork (KTS) is a skills-based approach to speech and accent training for actors that places emphasis on developing the speaker’s detailed awareness of—and deep engagement with—the precise physical actions which make up speech. By combining a rigorous investigation of those actions with playful, experiential exercises, this work moves efficiently past the usual interference that can make speech training difficult for many students.

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KT SpeechWork EXPERIENCING SPEECH #28

Experiencing Speech is the introductory Knight-Thompson workshop, and is designed for actors, voice/speech teachers, clinicians, and coaches. A six-day intensive, Experiencing Speech delves deeply into the work laid out in Dudley Knight’s Speaking with Skill. The workshop is structured in two parts. The first three days focus on the physical actions that produce all the […]

KT SpeechWorks Phonetics Intensive #14

This intensive three-day workshop, for actors, voice/speech teachers, clinicians, and coaches, will offer focused instruction on narrow phonetic transcription, consistent with the approach laid out in Dudley Knight’s Speaking with Skill and the six-day Experiencing Speech workshops. Knight-Thompson Speechwork places special emphasis on the physical actions that produce speech sounds, and this intensive is designed to develop […]

KT SpeechWorks Experiencing Accents #16

This intensive six-day workshop carries the techniques of the previous workshops into the acquisition of accents.  This takes the KTS methodology from its focus on increasing awareness through a descriptive approach, to looking at a specified set of accent features as a prescriptive target. What keeps this shift to the prescriptive from becoming limiting for […]

KT SpeechWorks Experiencing Speech #29

Experiencing Speech is the introductory Knight-Thompson workshop, and is designed for actors, voice/speech teachers, clinicians, and coaches. A six-day intensive, Experiencing Speech delves deeply into the work laid out in Dudley Knight’s Speaking with Skill. The workshop is structured in two parts. The first three days focus on the physical actions that produce all the […]

KT Speech Works Phonetics Intensive Australia

This intensive three-day workshop, for actors, voice/speech teachers, clinicians, and coaches, will offer focused instruction on narrow phonetic transcription, consistent with the approach laid out in Dudley Knight’s Speaking with Skill and the six-day Experiencing Speech workshops. Knight-Thompson Speechwork places special emphasis on the physical actions that produce speech sounds, and this intensive is designed to develop […]

KT SpeechWorks Building the Accent

Working with Stuart Rogers’ Studios in North Hollywood, CA, Tyler leads an eight-hour workshop on understanding accents and how to develop them. Through a tailored blend of discussion, exercises, and context-building, you’ll walk away with the tools you’ll need to adopt any accent. Yes, any accent! This introductory workshop builds the strength and flexibility of […]

KT SpeechWorks Building the Accent

Working with Stuart Rogers’ Studios in North Hollywood, CA, Tyler leads an eight-hour workshop on understanding accents and how to develop them. Through a tailored blend of discussion, exercises, and context-building, you’ll walk away with the tools you’ll need to adopt any accent. Yes, any accent! This introductory workshop builds the strength and flexibility of […]

KT SpeechWorks Building the Accent

Working with Stuart Rogers’ Studios in North Hollywood, CA, Tyler leads an eight-hour workshop on understanding accents and how to develop them. Through a tailored blend of discussion, exercises, and context-building, you’ll walk away with the tools you’ll need to adopt any accent. Yes, any accent! This introductory workshop builds the strength and flexibility of […]

KT SpeechWorks Experiencing Speech #30

Experiencing Speech is the introductory Knight-Thompson workshop, and is designed for actors, voice/speech teachers, clinicians, and coaches. A six-day intensive, Experiencing Speech delves deeply into the work laid out in Dudley Knight’s Speaking with Skill. The workshop is structured in two parts. The first three days focus on the physical actions that produce all the […]

KT SpeechWorks Phonetics Intensive #15

This intensive three-day workshop, for actors, voice/speech teachers, clinicians, and coaches, will offer focused instruction on narrow phonetic transcription, consistent with the approach laid out in Dudley Knight’s Speaking with Skill and the six-day Experiencing Speech workshops. Knight-Thompson Speechwork places special emphasis on the physical actions that produce speech sounds, and this intensive is designed to develop […]

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