Alexandra Whitham

Alexandra Whitham is a voice & dialect coach, theatre director, and university lecturer with over 25 years of international experience in the fields of education and the performing arts. Her recent faculty roles have included Specialist in Voice at the Victorian College of the Arts (University of Melbourne, AU), and Senior Lecturer in Voice and Discipline Leader of the BA Acting Programme (Te Whare Wānanga o Wairaka/ Unitec Institute of Technology in Auckland, NZ). She holds an MA in Voice Studies from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (UK), and is a Designated Linklater Voice Teacher. Her credits as a dialect coach include feature films Pike River (31 Films), A Mistake (GFC Films), Joika (Four Knights Films), and 25 April (GFC); TV Shows Our Flag Means Death (HBO Max) and Will (TNT); advertising campaigns for Good Oil/ Cadbury (2021), Xero Accounting Software (2019) and Electric Kiwi (2019-20); and theatre shows The Heartbreak Choir (Auckland Theatre Company), Once (Peach Theatre Company) and Gwen in Purgatory (Twist Productions). Alexandra also teaches and coaches for communities such as The University of Melbourne, Federation University, Adelaide University, Collarts, JMC, 16th Street Actors’ Studio, the Auckland Theatre Company, The Actors’ Program, InTouch Talent, Creating Artists, Toi Whakaari, MEAA Australia, and Equity NZ. Alexandra is delighted to join the team at the Actors Lab!