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Noah Pikes has written the first book on an iconoclastic band of experimental singers who live together in southern France and practice techniques that expand the range of the human voice... It is theatre, it is sex, it is music; it was a wild place to be, and Pikes describes it with a probing seriousness. Parabola Quarterly Dark Voices is a major document for voice practitioners. The influence of Wolfsohn and Hart on voice teaching, theatre, and vocal performance has been felt during the last 25 years... Noah Pikes has assembled a marvellous tapestry of documents, memories, and reflections to creat a story which does immense service to the achievments of these men and the legacy they have left us. David Carey Senior Lecturer, Central School of Speech and Drama, London Enthralling, absorbing, educative, and readable. I begrudged having to this book down as I was completely drawn intoe the excitement, pain, and soul of the drama. Read it and perhaps, you too will be inspired to find your voice as Wolfsohn, Hart, and Pikes have done. Judi Smith vocalist, Brighton Peter Brook has said 'The voice is like a mountain with many caves; go into all the different caves there are.' No group of performers has done this more consistently than Roy Hart Theatre which, over several decades, has devoted itself to the exploration of the human voice both in theatre and as a therapeutic tool. Noah Pikes, himself trained by Roy Hart, here tells for the first time the remarkable story of this unique group. James Roose-Evans award-winning theatre director, author of Experimental Theatre The Roy Hart Theatre was the most interesting single place in the theatre world for a while back in the 1970s--the place where any actor with brains and/or a voice (I mean a real voice) had to be--especially after its charismatic founder died so tragically and the whole company had to learn all over again what theatre is all about. They did, and DARK VOICES tells their story superbly. It's a real page-turner. Charles Boer Professor Emeritus, The University of Connecticut, USA

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