Louise breckon-richards bio

Louise Breckon-Richards , a performer who loses her voice to a rare condition and decides to overcome it by running the London Marathon. Louise embarks on a journey to re-find her voice and meets a host of characters along the way, from voice professionals to new age healers. In a visually engaging and innovative production, live music, video projection and storytelling are combined to theatricalise this intimate yet universal story about never giving up until the finish line.

Scarf on — my Dar always tells me to wear a scarf and protect my voice. Imagine losing something utterly fundamental to what you do, the very thing that defines who you are. Imagine that this is not an object or a relationship; it is something unique and irreplaceable.

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Now imagine that losing that thing is an unsettling, drawn-out and inexplicable process. A series of knock-backs, shocks and questions, with many moments when there is no positive outcome in sight. For me, that is what happened when I lost the ability to speak. As an actor, not being able to speak was a crushing situation. The way we speak is quite simple.

Two vocal cords. The inhalation and exhalation of breath. An involuntary exing of tiny muscles.

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More technically, the vocal cords are small folds of tissue which jut in at the sides of the larynx and form a slit across the glottis in the throat. The edges of the cords vibrate in the airstream as we breathe, which produces the voice. The thickness of the material and the size of the cords give us our voices.