Just to share a little news from the booth. The start of 2021 was a little bitter sweet for me! The one and only Rachel Kershaw who, if you don’t know is a brilliant FVO, left my studio at the Pride Media Centre in Gateshead which we’d shared for the best part of two years.
Rach, as well as being a brilliant mate and voice over – had always set her heart on building a brilliant home studio in her new house, and she’s only gone and done it now.
Rach (and her Fox Terrier Pat) won’t just be missed by me, but all the other businesses at the Pride Media Centre, so I suppose even though she’s deserted me I’ll begrudgingly wish her all the best in her fancy pants gaff.
But they do say when one door closes, another one opens.
So introducing my new studio buddy here, the very talented Zoë Hakin. Zoe, an actress by trade but also an incredibly good VO, joins me here from January as she embarks on taking her VO career to the next level. The first time I heard about Zoë was when she beat me to a gig voicing an ITV documentary series, so let that show I definitely don’t hold grudges! She also plays the part Marian in Hood: Outlaws and Legends’ a video game due to come out later this year in which I play the part of Robin Hood – so we had crossed paths in the audio world without actually meeting each other, until recently!
Zoë, if you don’t know, has a great North East lilt to her delivery – you can check her reel out here. https://www.mandy.com/uk/voice-artist/zoe-hakin-2 and Rachel who is a North West FVO – her reels are here too https://rachelkershaw.com/voiceover/ Best of luck to both of them!
