Gurkiran Kaur
Gurkiran Kaur is a professionally trained actor, a certified authentic yoga teacher and a qualified voice and dialect coach from London. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Drama and Theatre Studies from Royal Holloway, University of London before training as an actor at The Bridge Theatre Training Company in London. She has a Master of Arts degree in Voice Studies from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
Gurkiran has worked at a number of drama schools and with private and corporate clients and has coached over 90 professional productions.
Gurkiran serves as a Board Member for the Voice and Speech Trainers' Association and was the 2024 UK VASTA Symposium Director.
Gurkiran appreciates each unique requirement and therefore works flexibly and is adaptable. She works in detail; her approach is accurate, yet practical and offers simple and tangible deliverables for actors and clients. She honours Ancient practices to approach voice work and believes in serving the people in the space ensuring inclusivity, equity and accessibility.
Credits Include:
2025
Come Fall In Love. Playful Productions & Yash Raj Films. Director: Aditya Chopra
Marriage Material. Lyric Hammersmith & Birmingham Rep. Director: Iqbal Khan
Millennium Girls. Brixton House. Director: Jade Lewis
The Da Vinci Code. Wiltshire Creative. Director: Chelsea Walker
Sophia. Easter Angles Theatre Company. Director: Mandeep Glover
Bangers. SH Productions Touring. Director: Vicky Moran
...blackbird hour. Bush Theatre & Touring. Vital Xposure. Director: malakaï sargeant
Tina: The Musical UK & Ireland Tour. Supporting Dialect Coach under Hazel Holder. Director: Katherine Hare
2024
Springboard 2024. Lyric Hammersmith. Director: Emma Baggot
Expendables. Royal Court Theatre. Director: Esther Richardson
Wolves On Road. Bush Theatre. Director: Daniel Bailey
Ghost Stories by Candlelight. High Tide Theatre. Director: Emily Ling-Williams
King Troll. Kali Theatre & New Diorama. Director: Milli Bhatia
The Buddha of Surburbia. The Royal Shakespeare Company. Transfer to The Barbican. Director: Emma Rice
A Tupperware of Ashes. Dialect Consultant. The Royal National Theatre. Director: Pooja Ghai
The Real Ones. Bush Theatre. Director: Anthony Simpson-Pike
A Midsummer Night's Dream. Royal Exchange Theatre Manchester. Director: Stef O'Driscoll
Dylan Mulvaney: FAGHAG. Soho Theatre & Assembly George Square Studios Edinburgh Fringe 2024. Director: Tim Jackson.
Refugee! Key Theatre Peterborough & Summer Hall Edinburgh Fringe 2024. Directors: Maisie Newman
Peanut Butter & Blueberries. Kiln Theatre. Director: Sameena Hussain
The Secret Garden. Regents Park Open Air Theatre. Director: Anna Himali Howard
Dugsi Dayz. Royal Court Theatre. Director: Poppy Clifford
Sweat. Royal Exchange Manchester. Director: Jade Lewis
The Buddha of Surburbia. The Royal Shakespeare Company. Director: Emma Rice
Frankie Goes To Bollywood. Rifco Arts, Watford Palace Theatre & HOME Manchester. Director: Pravesh Kumar
The Cord, Bush Theatre. Director: Bijan Sheibani
Red Pitch, Soho Place, Director: Daniel Bailey
2023
Hotel Portofino, Eagle Eye Drama, PBS, ITV, Director: Jon Jones
This Much I Know. Hampstead Theatre. Director: Chelsea Walker
The Enormous Crocodile: The Musical, Leeds Playhouse. Directors: Emily Lim & Toby Olié
A Poem For Rabia, Tarragone Theatre Toronto, Directors: Clare Pruess & Donna Michelle St. Bernard
The Full Monty, Everyman Theatre Cheltenham & Buxton Opera House, Director: Michael Gyngell
Great Expectations, Royal Exchange Manchester & Tamasha Theatre Company, Director: Pooja Ghai
Red Pitch, Bush Theatre, Director: Daniel Bailey
Brassic FM, Gate Theatre, Director: Stef O'Driscoll
Falkland Sound, The Royal Shakespeare Company, Director: Aaron Parsons
The Empress, The Royal Shakespeare Company, Director: Pooja Ghai
A Playlist For The Revolution, Bush Theatre, Director: Emily Ling Williams
I Wanna Be Yours, Melbourne Theatre Company, Director: Tasnim Hossain
Wuthering Heights, China Plate Theatre & Inspector Sands, Director: Lucinka Eisler
Sleepova, Bush Theatre, Director: Jade Lewis
Unexpected Twist, Royal & Derngate Northampton, Director: James Dacre
Anansi The Spider, Unicorn Theatre, Co-Directors: Justin Audibert & Alice Wordsworth
Othello, In Development, Riverside Studios, Director: Sinéad Rushe
2022
Good Karma Hospital, Tiger Aspect Productions, Director: Nimer Rashed
Paradise Now, Bush Theatre, Director: Jaz Woodcock-Stewart
I Wonder If..., Young Vic, Director: Daniel Bailey
A Dead Body In Taos, Fuel Theatre & Bristol Old Vic, Director: Rachel Bagshaw
Silence, Donmar Warehouse & Tara Theatre , Director: Abdul Shayek
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Simon Friend Entertainment, Director: Lucy Bailey
The P Word, Bush Theatre, Director: Anthony Simpson-Pike
Finding Home, Curve Leicester, Director: Mandeep Glover
Chasing Hares, Young Vic, Director: Millie Bhatia
Favour, Bush Theatre , Co-Directors: Róisín McBrinn & Sophie Dillon Moniram
The Climbers, Theatre by The Lake, Director: Guy Jones
Marvin’s Binoculars, Unicorn Theatre, Director: Hannah Quigley
Offside, Futures Theatre, Director: Caroline Bryant
Henry VIII, Shakespeare’s Globe, Director: Amy Hodge
Lotus Beauty, Hampstead Theatre, Director: Pooja Ghai
Red Pitch, Bush Theatre, Director: Daniel Bailey
Queens of Sheba, Soho Theatre, Director: Jessica Kaliisa
2021
Young Company, Theatre Royal Stratford East, Director: Toby Clarke
Best of Enemies, Young Vic & Headlong Theatre, Director: Jeremy Herrin
How To Save The Planet When You're A Young Career & Broke,Boundless Theatre. Director: Stef O’Driscoll
NW Trilogy, Kiln Theatre, Co-Directors: Susie McKenna & Taio Lawson
Queens of Sheba, Soho Theatre, Director: Jessica Kaliisa
Extinct, Theatre Royal Stratford East, Director: Kirsty Housley
Pronouns: She/Her
Website: www.gurkirankaur.com
Contact: gurkiran_kaur@hotmail.com