British actor Antonia Beamish has recorded at
least 8 pages on the Audible website. She reads
fiction and nonfiction titles and enjoys the vitality
of horror stories even though she doesn’t read
them for pleasure. She talks about how to keep
the characters and their accents separate as she
makes her way through the hours of recording a
book. She believes acting with the full body as a
narrator is vital to bring voices to life. She’s lived
and worked in America and recalls the uncertainty
of making career plans on short term visas. She
explains that the life of a book narrator is
incredibly lonely and she asks Jude for advice
about how to do more radio drama in the UK.

Antonia’s influences and inspirations are:
Hanya Yanagihara (‘A Little Life’),
Raymond Carver
Tenessee Williams,
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Kathryn Hunter
Miranda July
Bryony Kimmings

Roisin Murphy
Anne Karpf
Sangeeta Mahajan
Maxi Jazz
Frances McDormand
The Entire Levy Family - especially Anne Margaret! otherwise known as Moira!
Angela Carter
Rachel Cusk
Fanny Herrero
Camille Contin

Each week in Creative Confidential Jude Kampfner chats to an independent professional performance or visual artist about how they survive and thrive. They share details of moving between projects, becoming more entrepreneurial, finding the best opportunities and developing a signature image and style. Her guests range from lyricists to novelists, videographers to sound designers.

A broadcaster, writer and coach, Jude gently probes and challenges her so that whatever your line of creativity you learn from her advice and the experiences of her lively guests.

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