DEEP DIVE
Breath, Body, Voice & Performance
With Barbara Houseman
Learn the techniques I employ with my A-List clients
Have you worked with Barbara before and would like to take your work even deeper?
Are you new to working with Barbara and would like to remove blocks, build confidence and grow skills so that you can take your work to the next level?
Each retreat has a maximum of 10 people and is tailored to the needs and interests of the participants - so there is plenty of opportunity for individual work and feedback in a safe and supportive environment.
It takes place in beautiful North Wales with time to enjoy the outdoors, to rest, breathe and slow down as well as a time to play and grow.
A chance to profoundly transform breath, body, voice and performance.
Barbara's work starts with voice, passes through the physical
and results in a character.
Her teaching helps total performance.
Jude Law
Who is it for?
ONLY 10 participants
Any actor, performer, voice over artist or other industry creative, no matter their ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, shape or size, who has big dreams but wants to gain greater skill or confidence to accomplish those dreams.
18+
When?
ONLY ONCE a year
Next Dates:
Sun 18 - Mon 26th July 2027
Registration closes:
9th May
Bodlondeb Studio & Retreat
Dinmael, Corwen, North Wales, UK, LL21 0NY
How to apply
Step 1: Register your interest now.
Step 2: Once you've been contacted to start your application process there are two rounds including written and spoken.
Step 3: If you're accepted you'll be given 2 weeks to confirm your place.
Price
£989 Save by paying in full at point of acceptance
£1089 if using a flexible payment plan
Once you've received a conditional offer you will be able to choose best payment method for you.
Payment Plans available
What we'll cover
This retreat will enable you to explore and deeply connect with your inner and outer self physically, vocally and emotionally. It will help shift any blocks that stop you from fully expressing your authentic and creative self with confidence and ease whether speaking your own words or the words of a script and whether you are communicating/performing in person or on screen.
There will be a mixture of deeply organic work and practical, tangible technical work which you can easily carry into your life and work. The first four days will dive deeply into physical, vocal and emotional release from limiting habits and beliefs as well as building your skill set. The last two days will focus on individual work.
This retreat leads to lasting real world change. An actor from the last retreat landing a leading role in a West End Musical soon after and a female TV director was able to work with actors on set with greater confidence and authority.
What's included
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Shared accommodation at our custom built studio and retreat space in the rolling hills of North Wales
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Off-site private room available, get in touch (£35/night)
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Food package for arrival evening and first morning and kitchen basics ie tea, coffee, spices, oils etc (the rest you’ll order with local delivery)
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Tailored and specialist coaching with Barbara over 6 full days, and an evening or two.
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An outdoor activity like stand up paddleboarding on the day off supported by Steph and/or Barbara to integrate the learning
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Wild swimming and country walks with Steph to awaken the senses
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Open flame dinner on the Welsh moors on the final evening
"What I love so much about Barbara's work is her understanding of the voice not only as a performance tool but as a door to a person's culture, their upbringing and the story of who they are.
Barbara's work has guided me through that door and onwards to performances where I have been able to fuse together our British classical and my Black British cultural present and take it out into the world with pride.
She is the best of the best."
Cush Jumbo
Barbara Houseman
Barbara Houseman has worked in theatre for over forty years. After dividing her time between Directing and Voice Work, she spent six years in the world renowned Voice Department at the Royal Shakespeare Company, working alongside Cicely Berry and then became Associate Director at the Young Vic working on Grimm’s Tales & Comedy of Errors.
For the last 22 years she has worked freelance as a Voice, Text and Acting coach and Associate Director and Director. Among other private clients she coaches Daniel Radcliffe, Jude Law, Clive Owen and Jessie Buckley on various projects. Click here to read more about Barbara.
Stephanie Morgan
Stephanie Morgan is a certified Neuro Linguistic Programming Practitioner and mBIT (Multiple Brain Integration Techniques) Master Coach and have worked and coached all over the UK and across the seas.
Whilst Steph won't be with you in the studio, she'll be holding space and supporting you during all the outdoor activities including wild swimming, walks, tubing or Stand Up Paddleboarding and making dinner up on the moors.
Accommodation
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You'll be staying in our custom built studio and retreat nestled in the rolling Welsh countryside.
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Sleeping up to twelve people, our accommodation is the perfect place to relax and bond with your group.
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We have a patio garden and balcony for moments of calm and boundless countryside to explore.
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Want to find out more about the accommodation? Click here!
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Getting here is easier than you think. You can drive or we can help with car sharing / collection from Chester/Ruabon if someone's not passing your route. And the T10 bus stops right outside our door!
Are you ready to let go of the stories and take your work to the next level?
Let's Jump!