"Nick Curnow is one of the most skilled accent coaches around." BEL DELIÁ (The Tunnel, Love of My Life)
Need to learn a new accent? Improve your skills?
Or just have a check up before that big audition?
"Working with Nick allows me to be calm about the technicality of the accent
being done and opens doors for me to focus on what I want to do with the character"
MOJEAN ARIA (See, The Enforcer, Reminiscence, The Bronx Bull)
Have you ever seen a movie, TV show or play with an actor you know is doing an accent, and you know they're doing it BADLY? Take a moment to think: How did you know that it wasn't up to scratch? What gave it away?
Some people will tell you getting an accent right is all about getting the "music." This is half true; an authentic accent is more than just breathiness, an upward inflection or some kind of indefinable "twang".
being done and opens doors for me to focus on what I want to do with the character"
MOJEAN ARIA (See, The Enforcer, Reminiscence, The Bronx Bull)
Have you ever seen a movie, TV show or play with an actor you know is doing an accent, and you know they're doing it BADLY? Take a moment to think: How did you know that it wasn't up to scratch? What gave it away?
Some people will tell you getting an accent right is all about getting the "music." This is half true; an authentic accent is more than just breathiness, an upward inflection or some kind of indefinable "twang".
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"I highly recommend Nick to get you up to industry standard without much fuss."
STEPHEN PEACOCKE (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Hercules, Home & Away) Rather than repetitive drilling and vague directions about your tongue or your jaw, I combine my training as an actor and director with my postgraduate study of PHONETICS (how we pronounce things) and most importantly PHONOLOGY (how we think about how we pronounce things) to show you what you ARE doing, what you are CAPABLE of doing, and equip you with the tools you need to ultimately teach yourself after our sessions are done. |
"Nick's got the magic ear for sound." STEPHANIE DRAPEAU (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Leftovers, Day 5, StartUp)
"I can only marvel at Nick’s acute ear for sounds, his thorough preparation, his gentle and reassuring manner, and his insightful follow-through as the season progresses." HENRI SZEPS, OAM (Mother & Son, Colditz, A Country Practice)
Basically, I can't move your tongue, lips, jaw and palate for you, so I target how you are THINKING ABOUT the sounds rather than how you are physically making them. Accents are much more about mental gymnastics than you would expect.
Most importantly, I make learning accents and exploring your voice about having fun - not the headache so many actors fear!
Most importantly, I make learning accents and exploring your voice about having fun - not the headache so many actors fear!
If you want to take your work to another level - talk to Nick!" AARON GLENANE (Snowpiercer, Shantaram, Interceptor)
"I highly recommend you spend time with Nick before your next big audition." DEMITRIOS SIRLAS
"Nick softly imparted sounds in one ear whilst the director shouted action in the other. It all seemed to fall in place." PETER ROWLEY
"Nick’s guidance allows me to approach my work with confidence and freedom." ANDREA SOLONGE (Time Bandits, Prosper)
"I highly recommend you spend time with Nick before your next big audition." DEMITRIOS SIRLAS
"Nick softly imparted sounds in one ear whilst the director shouted action in the other. It all seemed to fall in place." PETER ROWLEY
"Nick’s guidance allows me to approach my work with confidence and freedom." ANDREA SOLONGE (Time Bandits, Prosper)
Current Rates as at January 2025*
Private Coaching - $150 per hour (or part thereof)
Production Coaching - $150 per hour (or part thereof)
Consultancy (casting, on set, studio, ADR, etc) - based on applicable Equity Award rate (Level 6), please contact for details
Foreign Accent Reduction for Performers - $180 per hour
Prices for sessions longer than 1 hour or with 2 or more students can be negotiated based on requirements.
A fee is negotiable for independent production attachment (including but not limited to casting, rehearsal, and/or on set attendance) depending on requirements and resources.
*prices subject to change
Cancellation policy
Please be aware that any session or engagement cancelled by the client LESS THAN 24 hours prior to the agreed time is forfeited and payment must be made in full. Sessions cancelled by me naturally incur no charge and I will do my utmost to accommodate a new time convenient to you. Once the session is booked these terms are considered agreed to. If you have any questions or concerns about this please raise them at the time of booking.
Private Coaching - $150 per hour (or part thereof)
Production Coaching - $150 per hour (or part thereof)
Consultancy (casting, on set, studio, ADR, etc) - based on applicable Equity Award rate (Level 6), please contact for details
Foreign Accent Reduction for Performers - $180 per hour
Prices for sessions longer than 1 hour or with 2 or more students can be negotiated based on requirements.
A fee is negotiable for independent production attachment (including but not limited to casting, rehearsal, and/or on set attendance) depending on requirements and resources.
*prices subject to change
Cancellation policy
Please be aware that any session or engagement cancelled by the client LESS THAN 24 hours prior to the agreed time is forfeited and payment must be made in full. Sessions cancelled by me naturally incur no charge and I will do my utmost to accommodate a new time convenient to you. Once the session is booked these terms are considered agreed to. If you have any questions or concerns about this please raise them at the time of booking.
"My default 'go-to' guy for dialect coaching." NOEL HODDA
(Neighbours, A Country Practice, Water Rats, Janet King)
(Neighbours, A Country Practice, Water Rats, Janet King)
Some of the people I've worked with...
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Robert Alexander
Caleb Alloway Nisrine Amine - Testimonial Mojean Aria - Testimonial Briden-Starr Aspinall Gayle Ballantyne - Testimonial Chloe Bayliss Jeremy Brennan Casey Burgess Tina Bursill Zoe Carides Cheree Cassidy Les Chantery Tyler Coppin Peter Cousens Laurence Coy Caroline Craig Jeanette Cronin Katherine Cullen Valentino del Toro - Testimonial Bel Deliá - Testimonial Shannon Dooley Stephanie Drapeau - Testimonial Tim Draxl - Testimonial Jordan Dulieu - Testimonial Harriet Dyer Taryn Fiebig Julian Garner - Testimonial Belinda Giblin Aaron Glenane - Testimonial Douglas Hansell Nancye Hayes OAM Andrew Henry Noel Hodda - Testimonial Chantelle Jamieson - Testimonial Kim Knuckey Peter Kowitz Hannah Levien |
James Lugton
Lucy Maunder Peter McAllum Lulu McClatchy - Testimonial Josh McConville - Testimonial Garry McDonald AO - Testimonial Todd McKenney Simon Brook McLachlan Ian Meadows Brian Meegan Sharon Millerchip Lizzie Mitchell Tara Morice Libby Munro Mansoor Noor Helen O'Leary - Testimonial Jamie Oxenbould Nicholas Papademetriou Georgie Parker Stephen Peacocke - Testimonial Adrienne Pickering Olivia Pigeot Fiona Press Kate Raison Matilda Ridgeway Steve Rodgers Peter Rowley - Testimonial Demitrios Sirilas - Testimonial Kate Skinner - Testimonial Andrea Solonge - Testimonial Alyssa Sutherland Henri Szeps OAM - Testimonial Jeremy Lindsay Taylor - Testimonial Anne Tenney Merrick Watts Elijah Williams Bruno Xavier - Testimonial Bill Young |
"Nick has a knack for not only nailing the finer phonetic details, but also giving very apt insight into the placement, rhythm and tone of each dialect." CHANTELLE JAMIESON (Crownies, Doctor Doctor)
"If you need to nail an accent get a personal session with Nick. Trust me it will be money very well spent."
HELEN O'LEARY (Fireflies, Murder Call, All Saints)
"If you need to nail an accent get a personal session with Nick. Trust me it will be money very well spent."
HELEN O'LEARY (Fireflies, Murder Call, All Saints)
Some of the projects I've worked on...
Aside from the productions below, I was the co-ordinator and lecturer in voice, dialect, and script analysis for the Elder Conservatorium's Bachelor of Music Theatre from 2020-2022. I am also a regular tutor for NIDA's Open Program, was the principle voice teacher for the NSW Department of Education's Arts Unit , and have taught classes, workshops, or terms for AFTT, AADA, Federation University, Ensemble Studios, Screenwise, and The Actor's Pulse. I've also been invited to present workshops as part of the NSW State Drama Conference, and specialised courses for voice actors at King Sound Studios.
My full resume is available on request.
2024 - The Room Below (feature film), directed by Kurt Martin; Primitive War (feature film), directed by Luke Sparke; Ink, directed by Louise Fischer; The Front Page, directed by Nicholas Papademetriou; The Cripple of Inishmaan, directed by Kirsten Jowsey; The Correspondent (feature film), directed by Kriv Stenders; Grain in the Blood, directed by Victor Kalka.
2023 - Loot , directed by Johan Walraven; Oil, directed by Paige Rattray; The Turn of the Screw, directed by Richard Hilliar; Fear Below (feature film)
2022 - The Enforcer (feature film), directed by Richard Hughes; Legally Blonde, directed by Nikki Snelson; 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, directed by Joseph Simmons; Les Miserables, directed by Erin James;
2021 - Triple X, directed by Paige Rattray; Interceptor (feature film), dir. Matthew Reilly; Cabaret, directed by Erin James
2020 - THE GREAT PAUSE...
2019 - The Odd Couple, directed by Mark Kilmurry; John, directed by Craig Baldwin; The Last Wife, directed by Mark Kilmurry; A View from the Bridge, directed by Iain Sinclair; Murder on the Wireless, directed by Mark Kilmurry; Pygmalion, directed by Deborah Mullhall; My Night with Reg, directed by Alica Livingstone
2018 - DIANA, directed by Tait de Lorenzo; Broadway Bound, directed by Rosane McNamara; An Ear to the Edge of Time, directed by Nadia Tass; Luna Gale, directed by Susanna Dowling; The Girl / The Woman, directed by Dino Dimitriadis; My Fair Lady, directed by Dan Craig;
2017 - Taking Steps, directed by Mark Kilmurry; A View from the Bridge, directed by Ian Sinclair; Sense & Sensibility, directed by Taibi Maghar; Lip Service, directed by Nicole Buffoni; Dry Land, directed by Claudia Barrie; Outback (Feature Film), directed by Mike Green; Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, directed by Claudia Barrie; Wild Woman (Feature Film), Under Milk Wood, directed by Ylaria Rogers; Blink, directed by Luke Rogers; Vincent River, directed by Andrew Langcake;
2016 - Rip Tide (Feature Film), directed by Rhiannon Bannenberg; Next Fall, directed by Andy Leonard; e-baby, directed by Nadia Tass; Disco Pigs (remount), directed by Andrew Langcake; A History of Falling Things, directed by Nicole Buffoni; No Exit, directed by Andrew Langcake; Belleville, directed by Claudia Barrie; Blonde Poison, directed by Jennifer Hagan; Metamorphosis, directed by Andrew Langcake; The Ritz, directed by David Marshall-Martin; Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, directed by Sandra Bates; Disco Pigs, directed by Andrew Langcake
2015 - Mothers and Sons, directed by Sandra Bates, Blonde Poison, directed by Jennifer Hagan; Educating Rita, directed by Mark Kilmurry, Orphans, directed by Anthony Gooley, Coming to Meet Aunt Sophie, directed by Moira Blumenthal
2014 - Haus, directed by Neil Khare; The Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew, directed by Philip Wood; Through These Lines, directed by Mary-Ann Gifford; Dark Voyager, directed by Anna Crawford; Distance, directed by Aimee Long; To Kill a Mockingbird, directed by Annette Rowlison; Proof, directed by Sandra Bates; The Weir, directed by Mat Lee
2013 - Neighbourhood Watch, directed by Anna Crawford; Equus, directed by Michael Campbell; Empire - Terror on the High Seas, directed by Leland Kean; The Crucible, directed by Ian Zammit; Fango Negro, directed by Paul Ellis; Our Town, directed by Belinda Wright; The Crucible, directed by Dan Graham; iiNet Life Upgraded TVC by BWM; Beautiful Thing, directed by Brandon Martignago
2012 - A Picasso, directed by Nikki Selby; All the Rage, directed by Leland Kean; Canstar Award - Centrum Advance TVC by WHYBIN\TBWA; Reasons to be Pretty, directed by James Beach; Yes, Prime Minister, directed by Tom Gutteridge (cast member Caroline Craig); The Shoe-horn Sonatta, directed by Ian Zammit; Emily (short film), directed by Mehran Rowes; Time Stands Still, directed by Kim Hardwick; The Paris Letter, directed by Stephen Colyer; The Weir, directed by Alice Livingstone; The Gingerbread Lady, directed by Sandra Bates; Venice, directed by Miro Bilbrough (cast member Garry McDonald)
2011 - God's Ear, directed by Jonathan Wald; Four Flat Whites in Italy (Roger Hall) At Any Cost? (David Williamson) directed by Sandra Bates; The Coming World, directed by Caroline Craig; Drake the Amazing, directed by John Kachoyan; The Laramie Project, directed by Jonathan Llewellyn, Canary, directed by Nick Curnow
2010 - Murderers directed by Mark Kilmurry; Between Us, directed by Jennifer Don; The Party directed by Ann-Maree Magi; Atomograd, directed by Nick Curnow; The God Committee, directed by Andrew Doyle; Halpern & Johnson directed by Mark Kilmurry; Through These Lines, directed by Cheryl Ward; Sexy Tales of Paleontology, directed by Ann Maree Magi;
AND BEYOND - Ruben Guthrie, directed by Wayne Blair; My Fair Lady, directed by Stuart Maunder; Codgers, directed by Wayne Harrison; Don Juan in Soho, directed by Luke Rogers; Alaska, directed by Janice Muller; Cherry Smoke, directed by Michael Dahlstrom; The Chronic Ills of Robert Zimmerman, directed by Lucinda Gleeson; The Sneeze, directed by Kate Revs, Morgan Dowsett, Imara Savage, Dave Harmon and Sarah Giles; Angels in America: Part 1, directed by Alex Galeazzi; As Bees in Honey Drown, directed by James Beach; Ball Game: Power Lunch, directed by Anthony Skuse; Airsick, directed by Augusta Supple; Oh, What a Lovely War, directed by Edith Podesta; Money and Friends, directed by Tony Knight; The Crucible, directed by Cameron Malcher.
My full resume is available on request.
2024 - The Room Below (feature film), directed by Kurt Martin; Primitive War (feature film), directed by Luke Sparke; Ink, directed by Louise Fischer; The Front Page, directed by Nicholas Papademetriou; The Cripple of Inishmaan, directed by Kirsten Jowsey; The Correspondent (feature film), directed by Kriv Stenders; Grain in the Blood, directed by Victor Kalka.
2023 - Loot , directed by Johan Walraven; Oil, directed by Paige Rattray; The Turn of the Screw, directed by Richard Hilliar; Fear Below (feature film)
2022 - The Enforcer (feature film), directed by Richard Hughes; Legally Blonde, directed by Nikki Snelson; 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, directed by Joseph Simmons; Les Miserables, directed by Erin James;
2021 - Triple X, directed by Paige Rattray; Interceptor (feature film), dir. Matthew Reilly; Cabaret, directed by Erin James
2020 - THE GREAT PAUSE...
2019 - The Odd Couple, directed by Mark Kilmurry; John, directed by Craig Baldwin; The Last Wife, directed by Mark Kilmurry; A View from the Bridge, directed by Iain Sinclair; Murder on the Wireless, directed by Mark Kilmurry; Pygmalion, directed by Deborah Mullhall; My Night with Reg, directed by Alica Livingstone
2018 - DIANA, directed by Tait de Lorenzo; Broadway Bound, directed by Rosane McNamara; An Ear to the Edge of Time, directed by Nadia Tass; Luna Gale, directed by Susanna Dowling; The Girl / The Woman, directed by Dino Dimitriadis; My Fair Lady, directed by Dan Craig;
2017 - Taking Steps, directed by Mark Kilmurry; A View from the Bridge, directed by Ian Sinclair; Sense & Sensibility, directed by Taibi Maghar; Lip Service, directed by Nicole Buffoni; Dry Land, directed by Claudia Barrie; Outback (Feature Film), directed by Mike Green; Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, directed by Claudia Barrie; Wild Woman (Feature Film), Under Milk Wood, directed by Ylaria Rogers; Blink, directed by Luke Rogers; Vincent River, directed by Andrew Langcake;
2016 - Rip Tide (Feature Film), directed by Rhiannon Bannenberg; Next Fall, directed by Andy Leonard; e-baby, directed by Nadia Tass; Disco Pigs (remount), directed by Andrew Langcake; A History of Falling Things, directed by Nicole Buffoni; No Exit, directed by Andrew Langcake; Belleville, directed by Claudia Barrie; Blonde Poison, directed by Jennifer Hagan; Metamorphosis, directed by Andrew Langcake; The Ritz, directed by David Marshall-Martin; Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, directed by Sandra Bates; Disco Pigs, directed by Andrew Langcake
2015 - Mothers and Sons, directed by Sandra Bates, Blonde Poison, directed by Jennifer Hagan; Educating Rita, directed by Mark Kilmurry, Orphans, directed by Anthony Gooley, Coming to Meet Aunt Sophie, directed by Moira Blumenthal
2014 - Haus, directed by Neil Khare; The Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew, directed by Philip Wood; Through These Lines, directed by Mary-Ann Gifford; Dark Voyager, directed by Anna Crawford; Distance, directed by Aimee Long; To Kill a Mockingbird, directed by Annette Rowlison; Proof, directed by Sandra Bates; The Weir, directed by Mat Lee
2013 - Neighbourhood Watch, directed by Anna Crawford; Equus, directed by Michael Campbell; Empire - Terror on the High Seas, directed by Leland Kean; The Crucible, directed by Ian Zammit; Fango Negro, directed by Paul Ellis; Our Town, directed by Belinda Wright; The Crucible, directed by Dan Graham; iiNet Life Upgraded TVC by BWM; Beautiful Thing, directed by Brandon Martignago
2012 - A Picasso, directed by Nikki Selby; All the Rage, directed by Leland Kean; Canstar Award - Centrum Advance TVC by WHYBIN\TBWA; Reasons to be Pretty, directed by James Beach; Yes, Prime Minister, directed by Tom Gutteridge (cast member Caroline Craig); The Shoe-horn Sonatta, directed by Ian Zammit; Emily (short film), directed by Mehran Rowes; Time Stands Still, directed by Kim Hardwick; The Paris Letter, directed by Stephen Colyer; The Weir, directed by Alice Livingstone; The Gingerbread Lady, directed by Sandra Bates; Venice, directed by Miro Bilbrough (cast member Garry McDonald)
2011 - God's Ear, directed by Jonathan Wald; Four Flat Whites in Italy (Roger Hall) At Any Cost? (David Williamson) directed by Sandra Bates; The Coming World, directed by Caroline Craig; Drake the Amazing, directed by John Kachoyan; The Laramie Project, directed by Jonathan Llewellyn, Canary, directed by Nick Curnow
2010 - Murderers directed by Mark Kilmurry; Between Us, directed by Jennifer Don; The Party directed by Ann-Maree Magi; Atomograd, directed by Nick Curnow; The God Committee, directed by Andrew Doyle; Halpern & Johnson directed by Mark Kilmurry; Through These Lines, directed by Cheryl Ward; Sexy Tales of Paleontology, directed by Ann Maree Magi;
AND BEYOND - Ruben Guthrie, directed by Wayne Blair; My Fair Lady, directed by Stuart Maunder; Codgers, directed by Wayne Harrison; Don Juan in Soho, directed by Luke Rogers; Alaska, directed by Janice Muller; Cherry Smoke, directed by Michael Dahlstrom; The Chronic Ills of Robert Zimmerman, directed by Lucinda Gleeson; The Sneeze, directed by Kate Revs, Morgan Dowsett, Imara Savage, Dave Harmon and Sarah Giles; Angels in America: Part 1, directed by Alex Galeazzi; As Bees in Honey Drown, directed by James Beach; Ball Game: Power Lunch, directed by Anthony Skuse; Airsick, directed by Augusta Supple; Oh, What a Lovely War, directed by Edith Podesta; Money and Friends, directed by Tony Knight; The Crucible, directed by Cameron Malcher.
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