Voice artists come in all shapes and sizes. Some like to avoid directed sessions and prefer self-records. Typical turnaround time and availability can vary from a few hours to a couple of days.
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Self-records

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Your normal turnaround with self-records

"Super fast": You can normally deliver self-records the same working day if booked in the morning, or by midday next working day if booked in the afternoon (e.g. scripts under 5 mins).

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You promote yourself as available for radio station sessions at standard rates.

You promote yourself as available on Sunday mornings for Middle Eastern clients (UAE etc.) (Take enquiries and make recordings).

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You promote yourself as an in-person announcer for events (typically evening events/dinners).

Laura Shavin

Multi-award winning...

Assured, warm, intelligent, British voice, age range 30's-70's, and BBC Radio Comedy regular.

Heard on numerous ad campaigns & corporate projects worldwide, plus the voice of Channel 4's primetime show QUIZMAS.

Dual British & EU citizenship so no extra paperwork for companies in Europe.

Experienced live announcer for award ceremonies and Voice of God work.

Click "show all" at the bottom of the demos for further accents and characters

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Example Audio

Natural Conversational

New

Corporate Videos

New

Commercials

New

Impressions

eLearning

BBC TV trailer for Bake Off

Medical

Voice of God - Live Events Announcer

New

Promos & Imaging

Documentary

Story/Audiobook Narration

Singing

French - national TV ad

Speed Read (Disclaimer)

Tom (son) 18 in 2024

New

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Description

Laura can deliver many different styles of read - from calm and relaxed to authoritative and corporate: natural and chatty to dynamic and enthusiastic - as well as multiple impressions, accents and characters. She has been an impressionist on many BBC radio comedies and was a team regular for 10+ years on Radio 4's primetime comedy The Now Show.

She can currently be heard on commercials and corporate projects for some of the biggest companies in the world, plus TV documentaries, station imaging, radio comedy and drama, telephone on-hold, elearning, IVR, games and animation.

Complicated medical, legal and technical scripts are also a speciality.

She is one of the few female announcers regularly working live at events and award ceremonies, and as a Voice of God announcer she has worked alongside Stephen Fry, Rob Brydon and Jimmy Carr and many more.

Laura has dual British and EU nationality so if you need someone with permission to work in Europe without a visa or extra paperwork get in touch.

Videos

France national TV ad for BYD in French

Sudacrem TV Ad

Capital FM Mockumentary

Barry M Lash Vegas TV Ad

Orangutan Jungle School - Channel 4 Documentary

The Cotswold Company - TV Ad

very.co.uk TV Ad

Availability

The following availability is estimated based on this artists normal availablity.

Day

Directed (AM)

Directed (PM)

Undirected turnaround

U/D

Wed 4th

Wednesday 4th

Good

Fast

Thu 5th

Thursday 5th

Good

Fast

Fri 6th

Friday 6th

Good

Fast

Sat 7th

Saturday 7th

None

Sun 8th

Sunday 8th

None

Mon 9th

Monday 9th

Good

Fast

Tue 10th

Tuesday 10th

Good

Fast

Wed 11th

Wednesday 11th

Good

Fast

Thu 12th

Thursday 12th

Good

Fast

Fri 13th

Friday 13th

Good

Fast

Sat 14th

Saturday 14th

None

Normal working hours are:
Mon-Fri: from 9am til 6pm

Upcoming out of studio/holiday dates:

From

Type

Booking Information

Client List

Laura's clients include:

Adobe, Boohoo, Paypal, BT, Ford, BA, Mercedes, Argos, Tesco, Apple, The Sunday Times, Nescafe, Revlon, Air Canada, Clairol, Pantene, Microsoft, Rolls Royce, Nat West, Rowenta, Vileda, Max Factor, Asda, Ebay, Ted Baker, National Express, Qatar Airways, Vogue, Dell, Pepsi, Google, Vodafone, British Gas, Ford, and HSBC.

Other Info

Laura trained and worked as a classical actress including a stint at the Royal National Theatre, and still performs live as a comedian and as an actor in radio dramas, as well as an occasional BBC and ILR radio presenter.

You can currently hear her on BBC Radio 4Extra as a regular team member in the comedy series "The Now Show".

Multi-award winning...

Assured, warm, intelligent, British voice, age range 30's-70's, and BBC Radio Comedy regular.

Heard on numerous ad campaigns & corporate projects worldwide, plus the voice of Channel 4's primetime show QUIZMAS.

Dual British & EU citizenship so no extra paperwork for companies in Europe.

Experienced live announcer for award ceremonies and Voice of God work.

Click "show all" at the bottom of the demos for further accents and characters