Want to give your cartoon voices a workout?

Work in-studio with 2 of Canada’s top cartoon voice directors who will run you through audition technique, storyboard, cartoon voice development, sustaining a performance, and more. Two 3-hour sessions with current cartoon scripts and lots of zany fun! Personal work in session will be recorded to CD for home review. Class size limited to 10 performers.

JESSIE THOMSON has been Casting and Voice Director at Nelvana for over 8 years. Her list of projects include Beetlejuice, Tin, Tin, Rupert the Bear, Franklin the Turtle, Babar, Pippi Longstockings, Dog City, Tales from the Cryptkeeper, The Never-Ending Story, Rolie Polie Olie, Red Wall.....

DEBRA TOFFAN Winner of 2 Emmy Awards for Voice Directing the popular animated series Arthur, Debra has directed over 50 series including Braceface, Rupert the Bear, Babar, Tin Tin, and works regularly in Toronto, Los Angeles and London England.

TIME: 10:30 - 5pm
DATE: SATURDAY MAY 31 - 3 SPACES LEFT !!
LOCATION: Clare Burt Studios, 211 Yonge Street, Suite 300, Toronto
COST: $225. + GST / ACTRA $195. + GST

Today was perfect! I enjoyed every minute of the day with Debra and Jessie. You have no idea how many pointers I picked up.....not just from having my work critiqued but also listening to others. I
certainly got my moneys worth! If you ever need a testimonial......I'm your girl.

Lovely workshop guys! Thank you.

I was part of the 9 at the workshop on Saturday and I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed the day. It was so great to learn from the best and Jessie and Debra truly are. Thanks again,

What a great workshop! Jessie and Deb gave me so much to chew on, I really do feel more prepared to head out to those auditions... Once again, thanks to Voiceworx for hosting such an invaluable class!

Just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed the workshop a couple of weeks ago. I learned such a great deal - it really opened my eyes so much wider to the nuances of voice work, but also acting in general. Jessie and Debra were great. Thank you again - it was great!

Just wanted you to know how much I enjoyed attending "The Cartoon Workshop", on Saturday. Both Jessie and Debra were enthusiastic, informative and what we learned from them will be valuable tools for the future. It was great!

"I thought the cartoon voice workshop this past Saturday was very good. Jessie and John were great and our group of 10 consisted mostly of experienced and committed actors. I'm glad I finally did it. Learned a lot. Thanks again."

"I just want to thank you so much for that wonderful workshop on Saturday. I really had a much better time than I could have anticipated. Everything ran so smoothly. Everyone was on time. We got a lot of work done. There was tons of information and a wonderful working atmosphere. I couldn't believe I got my receipt within 24 hours. Don't know how you did it. It's like magic. It worked!"

"Thank you for offering the 'Cartoon Voice Saturday' Workshop. I had the most incredible time! Jessie Thomson and Debra Toffan are fantastic directors. I learned so much from working with them in the studio and I have recommended the workshop to everyone I know!"

Excerpt from the book...

“You’re given a script, you start to read, and realize that in a few minutes you’re supposed to give a voice to an old black and white TV that’s desperately in love with a rather demure lap-top computer. Whaddya gonna do? Welcome to the world of voice acting for animation, where absolutely anything will happen. The trick, as you’ll soon discover, is to jump right in. You must peel off all those years of naturalistic, earnest acting experience and surrender yourself to the medium. For an Actor it is a very freeing and hugely enjoyable experience.”