“Her time in the rehearsal space with us was nothing but a great energy and presence and welcome input.”
— Michelle Terry, Artistic Director, The Globe (All's Well That Ends Well)
“Deborah is a delight in the rehearsal room. Her expertise, enthusiasm and positive vibe was invaluable - to the actors, and also to me.”
— Christopher Lustcombe, Director, Royal Shakespeare Company (Twelfth night)
“I worked with Deborah for three years, privately and in rehearsal as my dyslexic acting coach. She understands the industry. She understands what it is to be dyslexic and she has a knack of unblocking parts of me and my craft that are blocked.”
— Tanika Yearwood-Hines, The Globe Theatre
“Deborah has worked with me for over 6 years in rehearsal and with script, text and character work for TV and Theatre. Quite honestly, her knowledge of being Dyslexic and how to find a strategy for every challenge, is amazing. ”
— Kara Tointon, Eastenders, Mr Selfridge, Halcyon
“I was a disorganised disaster fumbling around to organise myself. Now the strategies we have in place work so well I achieve twice as much as before. ”
— Alex Pullinger, Counter Tenor Opera Singer
“Deborah worked with me to improve my text work and line learning. Her patience and belief in what she does, makes her the expert she is in her subject. ”
— Humaira Akbar, Arcola Theatre
“Employing Deborah as our casting director and coach at shoots provides a calibre in acting second to none. Her understanding of the craft and of people is exceptional. ”
— Blackfish Productions
“My agent in Los Angeles found Deborah online. I came to the UK and have never looked back. I’ve just shot my first feature film so couldn’t be happier. ”
— Tom Prior, Film actor
“We were incredibly lucky to have Deborah with us at Mountview.”
— Stephen Jamieson, Principal, Mountview Academy of Performing Arts
“Dyslexic, Dyspraxic and despairing Deborah found ways to support my processing speed and recall that completely altered how I function. ”
— Tom Varney, Dancer, Central School of Ballet
“The Dyslexic awareness presentation to staff was an excellent foundation to begin working from. Everyone went away far better prepared to work with Dyslexic and Dyspraxic actors.”
— Italia Conti Academy
“Working with Debs literally changed my life. Drama school was hard, I didn’t know my Dyslexic identity and it was hell. She showed me ways to improve my sight reading and line learning. She gave me a process. Her coaching is amazing. A sort of kindness, enthusiasm and sense of fun, that at the same time demands really high standards. ”
— Rakhee Sharma, Macbeth, National Theatre
“She is inexplicably unique, deeply human. Her manner and care to work my way, always bringing my gifts to the fore, have made my time at the Arcola beyond beneficial.”
— Colette Dalal Tchantcha, Arcola Theatre
“Debs is an educator like I’ve not met before. Wow – she changed my thinking! I immediately wanted to work like I’ve not worked before.”
— Matt Willis, Actor/Singer-Songwriter
“After three months with Debs as my Mentor, my productivity was 100% increased. I had more energy and enthusiasm that my agent didn’t recognise!”
— Hannah Tointon, TV and Film actress
“I worked with Deborah for just over 5 years. She’s a crazy legend!”
— James Bourne, Musician, singer songwriter/Busted
