JESSICA HIGGS

London Theatre Program

Jessica began life as an actor, singer and musical director working in the West End, Off West End, Rep theatre and national touring.  She retrained at Central School of Speech and Drama (CSSD) on their specialist Voice Studies course and for the last 30 years her work has focused on voice coaching and teaching. Jessica has worked widely in actor training at CSSD, Rose Bruford College, Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, Poor School, City Lit, Northampton University, British-American Drama Academy (BADA), Syracuse University London Centre and the Actors Centre. Theatre includes work with the Royal Court, Prince Edward Theatre, Salisbury Playhouse, Bolton Octagon, Nottingham Playhouse, Barbican, Arcola, Old Red Lion and Soho Theatre. She has also worked extensively in Disability Arts with Graeae, Ramps on the Moon, Extant and Deafinitely Theatre.  Jessica is also a director whose work is made in collaboration with artists who are culturally different to herself and is co-founder of Unfinished Histories, a major oral history project documenting British Alternative theatre, 1968-88.