Gem hails from a farm in Mukinbudin, Western Australia, but has lived in the UK for nearly ten years. She is a designated Linklater Teacher, professional voice coach, experienced educator in higher education, and head of department. Over the last nine years in the UK, she has been fortunate enough to work with renowned professionals on legendary stages and teach at highly regarded Acting schools.
Recent places of work include; RADA, the Collective Acting Studio, the Higher Education Department at Shakespeare’s Globe, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, LAMDA, Rose Bruford, Mountview and Arts Ed.
Some of her recent professional theatre voice coaching credits include; Operation Mincemeat (Southwark Playhouse & West End) A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Covent Garden- Actors Church) Trouble in Butetown, Love and Other Acts of Violence and Force Majeure (Donmar Warehouse) Matilda The Musical (West End & UK Tour); Strictly Ballroom (West Yorkshire Playhouse & West End), The Railway Children & In The Heights (Kings Cross Theatre).
Gem’s work is quite physical with a heavy emphasis on “play”. Everything is also through the lens of a neurodiverse practitioner, being dyslexic with a very visual learning brain. Gemma, by her nature, is a magpie, collecting ideas and methods to cater specifically to the room rather than a preconception of what is needed or what has always been done.
Gem is the Head of Voice and teaches on the One and Three Year Courses