Esi Acquaah-Harrison
Key details:
- Department:
- Drama (Acting)
- Role:
- Singing Tutor
Biography
Esi is a voice and dialects coach whose work includes Moreno (Theatre503); The High Table; and the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize-winning Lava (Bush Theatre); Punk Rock (Theatre Royal Stratford East); Sex Education Series 3 for Netflix; Beneatha's Place and Start (Mountview); Desert Boy; Love and Money (LAMDA); Pigeon English (Bristol School of Acting); and Stop Kiss (RADA).
Esi most recently worked on The House of Shades at Almeida Theatre featuring Anne-Marie Duff.
Her other experience includes an exciting ten-year world tour (2010-2019 inclusive) with Cirque du Soleil's show Totem, in which she was the lead female singer of the show and original cast member. This was preceded by a two-year stint as Rafiki in Disney's The Lion King at Disneyland Resort, Paris.
Some timely experiences that added to the portfolio include work with the likes of Luther Vandross, classical singer Jessye Norman, Michael Ball, Mariah Carey, Sir Tom Jones, and UK's London Community Gospel Choir.