ADRIENNE THOMAS

London Theatre Program

Adrienne Thomas read Modern History at Oxford University and then trained as an actor at The Central School of Speech and Drama.  She has appeared in a wide variety of modern and classical plays in the West End and throughout the UK, including Stephen Daldry’s production of ‘Search and Destroy’ at the Royal Court Theatre, and she was also in Charlton Heston’s film of ‘A Man for All Seasons’ for US Television.

She returned to The Central School of Speech and Drama to study on their postgraduate voice course, and now teaches mainly at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and The British American Drama Academy.  She has worked in the U.S., most recently as an artist in residence at Wellesley College, Massachusetts. She loves inviting students to explore the relationship between practical voice work and their imaginations, to see how language reveals character and emotion.

She also gives private coaching to actors and works with corporate clients on presentation skills and accent softening. She is a Kristin Linklater designated teacher and is proud to be one of the few practitioners of this work in the UK.