REVIEWS for BILLY ELLIOT
San Diego Musical Theatre
Dialect Coach
San Diego Union-Tribune: Pam Kragen
"Liverpool-raised director Neil Dale and English-born dialect coach Vanessa Dinning have restored much of the story’s Britishness."
Times of San Diego: Pat Launer
"The distinctive North England accents are strong but authentic, thanks to the dialect coaching of British-born Vanessa Dinning"
San Diego Story: Kris Eitland
"English-born dialect coach Vanessa Dinning keeps the dialogue authentically Durham, which is tricky, but more understandable than Geordie."
San Diego Gay and Lesbian News; Jean Lowerison
Stage and Cinema: Milo Sharp
REVIEWS for OUTSIDE MULLINGAR
Scripps Ranch Theatre & Oceanside Theatre Company
Rosemary Muldoon (actor)
Carol's Theatre Reviews: Carol Davis
"The prize of this production goes to Vanessa Dinning’ Rosemary as she leads Anthony on a path to reality giving him every reason and chance to either accept her as she is, letting her love him as deeply as she knows how or giving him the option to walk away. She bares her soul, her love and is ready to give him her heart. It’s a gift, a love story and a winning production."
San Diego City Beat:
"...the Scripps Ranch cast is great. Stephen Schmitz and Vanessa Dinning play two lonely neighbors approaching middle age, and both ideally suited to the prevailing sentimentality, right down to spot-on Irish accents."
The Vista Press: TR Robertson
"...Dinning’s Rosemary creates a driven, strong willed presentation of a woman who has had enough of the nonsense that has brought a rift between these families and her search for love."
San Diego Gay and Lesbian News: Jean Lowerison
REVIEWS for KING CHARLES III
Coronado Playhouse
Dialect Coach
San Diego Union-Tribune: James Hebert
""The influence of dialect coach Vanessa Dinning is also evident in the cast’s well-practiced, natural-sounding accents."
StageAndCinema.com: Milo Shapriro
"Tyler Richards Hewes’ direction and Vanessa Dinning’s dialect coaching have led to a performance caliber quite high for a purely non-equity show."
REVIEWS for ONCE
Lamb's Players Theatre
Dialect Coach
Times of San Diego: Pat Launer
"The dialect coaching of Grace Delaney (two Irish dialects… one for Dublin and one for the looked-down-upon Cork resident) and Vanessa Dinning (England-born, but she did one heckuva job on the Czech)."
San Diego Union-Tribune: James Hebert
San Diego Story: Martin Westlin Jones
Carol's Theatre Reviews: Carol Davis
REVIEWS for A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE
Coronado Playhouse
Dialect Coach
San Diego Theatre Reviews:
"...his Dublin accent (excellent dialect coaching by Vanessa Dinning, well-known for her expert dialect coaching at Moonlight, Cygnet, San Diego Musical Theatre, and Lambs Players) is consistent and natural."
REVIEWS for ALL IS CALM
San Diego Opera
Dialect Coach
San Diego Union-Tribune: Pam Kragen
San Diego Story: Ken Herman
Opera Wire: Maria Nockin
Broadway World: Ron Bierman
ARTICLES & INTERVIEWS for ALL IS CALM
San Diego Opera
Dialect Coach
KPBS: Beth Accomando
San Diego Union-Tribune: Pam Kragen
Performances Magazine: Pat Launer
"There’s a variety of accents—upper class and working class, Cockney, German and French, which will be managed by our dialect coach, Vanessa Dinning. It’s a good fit for us. I’m very excited about it.”.."
San Diego Story: Ken Herman
La Jolla Light: Lonnie Burtstein Hewitt
San Diego Jewish Journal: Pat Launer
Broadway World: Ron Bierman
"... Vanessa Dinning has taken on the challenge of coaching in nearly 20 different dialects."
San Diego City Beat:
Vanguard Culture: Rebecca Romani
"... However, the most difficult thing and the thing that our cast likely worked the hardest to accomplish was the different accents required ranging from upper class British, to Cockney, to Irish, German, and Scottish. Vanessa Dinning (our dialect coach and a member of the San Diego Opera staff) worked tirelessly to get the cast (of mostly opera singers) to speak with accurate accents..a fantastic job.”..."
REVIEWS for PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
Cygnet Theatre Company
Dialect Coach
San Diego Union-Tribune: James Hebert
Broadway World: E.M. Reiter
Carol's Theatre Reviews: Carol Davis
Talkin' Broadway: David Dixon
SDGNL.com Theatre Reviews: Jean Lowerison
DavidCoddon.com: David Coddon
REVIEWS for MATILDA
Moonlight Stage Productions
Dialect Coach
San Diego Union-Tribune: James Hebert
San Diego Story: Kris Etland
"But in fully committed performances, Miss Rose and the incredible young cast, along with some famous adults, nail the British accent, thanks to dialect coach Vanessa Dinning. They successfully carry the message that children must be brave and a little naughty."
Broadway World: E.M. Reiter
Shout out to Vanessa Dinning the Dialect coach for getting the entire cast to sound natural with the accent work the show calls for as well!
Times of San Diego: Pat Launer
SDGNL.com Theatre Reviews: Jean Lowerison
REVIEWS for AN EXPERIMENT WITH AN AIR PUMP
Backyard Renaissance Theatre Company
Dialect Coach
Carol's Theatre Reviews: Carol Davis
"and woman of many talents Vanessa Dinning dialect instructor. When these ears can understand many dialects, we’re in good shape."
SDGNL.com Theatre Reviews: Jean Lowerison
Talk Theatre To Me: E.M. Reiter
KSDS Jazz 88.3: Pat Launer
San Diego Story: Bill Eadie
San Diego Union-Tribune: David Coddon
REVIEWS for HANDBAGGED
Moxie Theatre
Dialect Coach
San Diego Union-Tribune: James Hebert
Times of San Diego: Pat Launer
"Macke’s superb Ronald Reagan is a hoot, and Murray matches him with a ruffled, adoring Nancy. All the others, in a wide range of accents and dialects (special kudos to dialect coach Vanessa Dinning) seem excellent, too; we could tell just how accurate the impressions were if we were more familiar with the originals. You can’t beat Mackey, as Thatcher’s high-voiced puppydog husband, Dennis, trailing her and calling her “Boss.” "
Carol's Theatre Reviews: Carol Davis
"...the wonderfully talented Vanessa Dinning acted as dialect coach."
Broadway World: E.M. Reiter
"A shout out to the entire ensemble and to the dialect coach Vanessa Dinning on the excellent accent work."
SDGNL.com Theatre Reviews: Jean Lowerison
"...And credit Vanessa Dinning with the coaching of all those accents."
San Diego Story: Bill Eadie