AVA Webinar: Dealing with anxiety & stress and their effect on learning and performance

Dealing with anxiety & stress & their effect on learning & performance

Tapping into Barbara's knowledge of the Polyvagal theory, her experience as a somatic therapist and her 45 years teaching and coaching voice and acting, Barbara will share ways to help clients, and ourselves, understand the roots of anxiety and stress and how to manage these effectively so they don't affect performance.

Barbara Houseman has worked in theatre for over 45 years. She spent six years in the world renown Voice Department at the Royal Shakespeare Company, working alongside Cicely Berry. She was then Associate Director at the Young Vic, alongside Tim Supple. For the last 26 years she has been freelance. Among other clients she has coached Jessie Buckley, Cush Jumbo, Jude Law and Daniel Radcliffe. She was Season Associate Director-Voice & Text at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre from 2014 to 2022.

She has worked on numerous…