If Leeches Ate Peaches - one-shot radio drama/podcast
EurasianRob for Dr. Charlie Sharpe
Charlie Sharpe is Annabelle's ex-fiance. Charlie Sharpe is also Annabelle's new psychiatrist. Do you see the problem here?
He is still in love with her and, despite having assaulted her, does not think he's done anything to hurt her. He truly believes he is helping Annabelle 'get better,' but is really doing whatever he can to keep her contained alongside him. If he can't have her in the real world, he'll have her in the hospital. Because he is so good at being manipulative, he is surprisingly charismatic and sometimes understated in his mannerisms, but has truly sinister moments where he can even become unhinged entirely. It's questionable whether he is even as sane as some of the patients he treats.
Voice notes:
Pitch - medium
Accent - North American
Age - late 20s/early 30s
(manipulative, calm) I do have a private practice, and I do have plenty of time for you, outside of this hospital. Let me help you, Bells. Let me fix you... (beat) You know how broken you are.
(quiet, loving, sinister undertones) I’d never hurt you, Bells. I love you.
(aggressive, shouting, fast) I said get back here! Stop it – stop it, you bitch! OW! I’m not a bad man! I was giving you something to make all this go away. Just – go away! I’ve been good to you, so good to you! Couldn’t have just been grateful, been a good girl like you used to! Well I’m – I’m not the villain here! Are you suffering? Are you suffering?! STOP TAKING THIS MOMENT AWAY FROM ME!
Really great job, thanks so much for your interest! I really enjoy the subtle manipulation in the first take of line 1, especially on that last bit of the line, and you have a really great handle of the slightly sinister quality of line 2. I think the final take of line 3 was most effective, but regarding critique I think it might help if you incorporated some physical movement behind the microphone on lines like that? It feels a little rigid in performance at the moment, when it's meant to be a moment of Charlie 'letting go,' but whenever that happens for me I find it helpful to psyche myself out physically and move my hands a lot and generally feel a lot looser in my body so my voice is more fluid too - if that makes any sense, and isn't an imposition! Overall I love your tone, and always nice to see a fellow Brit on here, and this audition was real nice to listen to :)
Very concise, considerate critique! Thank you so much for your honesty and pointers on improvement, I really appreciate it. Also many thanks for your positive comments, it makes me happy!