Head of Voice and Acting at QUT for 23 years Dianne has nurtured two generations of Queensland actors. She has been recognised for her extraordinary commitment, with an Alan Edwards Lifetime Achievement Award. Dianne is Australia’s first Designated Linklater voice teacher and works regularly at Shakespeare & Company, Massachusetts. Her post graduate work includes voice, acting and text studies with Fran Bennett and Robert Benedetti (California Institute of Arts), Mel Shapiro (University of California and Los Angeles) Patsy Rodenburg (at Guild Hall, and National Theatre, London); and Cicely Berry (Royal Shakespeare Company).