Ruth's Profile
Update January 2024
Most recently I've been performing in a staged reading of a new play about the architect and artist Inigo Jones - it was done in the Banqueting House in Whitehall which he designed, so it was a privilege to be there. I've also been recording another couple of books for Audible and performing in some audio drama for Lucy Worsley's 'Lady Killers' series which is now on BBC Sounds: Click Here
Update January 2022
Happily, I've been doing some lovely recording work recently, including some work for English Heritage - a soundtrack for one of their beautiful houses, Marble Hill House in Richmond.
I'm also delighted to have recorded a couple of short extracts of Mary Shelley's beautiful and haunting writing for The Sunday Feature on Radio 3 this week - 'In Search of the Sublime' - put together by the award-winning producer Victoria Ferran. It is now available to listen to on BBC iPlayer and as a podcast.
Happily, since we last worked together I've been doing some more nice recording and theatre work - most recently, I've been recording lots of poetry and short stories for Cambridge University Press over the Summer, and performing at Shakespeare's Globe in a project on Shakespeare and Commedia dell'Arte at the beautiful, candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.
Ruth recorded for us the narration for the Amy Johnson Museum, she matched the original very well.
Most recently I've been playing Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream for a Shakespeare in Performance project for Cambridge University. I've also been doing some more recording for Naxos - a Georgette Heyer novel and a lovely book for children about the Planets and the Stars. Both have had nice reviews which I include below:
'The Masqueraders is a ‘caper’ story of the very best sort. It’s stylish, witty and evokes the period brilliantly. Ruth Sillers performs with great gusto, making the most of over-the-top characters like the Old Gentleman, and bringing subtle nuances to the sensible and meditative Prudence and her ‘mountainous’ hero. Naxos has, so far, not put a foot wrong in the choice of narrators for their growing catalogue of Heyer audios, and I’m eagerly anticipating whatever is coming next.'
Carol Sissons, AudioGals
THE PLANETS AND THE SOLAR SYSTEM
Jen Green, Read by Ruth Sillers • Unabridged
Naxos AudioBooks
Listeners are treated to an impressive scope of space information--from details about each planet to an overview of space exploration and the scientists who have contributed to our understanding of the solar system. While one could listen to this recording straight through, it also merits listening to chapter by chapter. Ruth Sillers is an unobtrusive narrator who lets the information speak for itself and is clearly unbiased in her presentation of the space race. Her melodious voice, leisurely pacing, and distinctive elocution make for easy listening. Given Sillers's lively sense of wonder, the listener can't help but be impressed by the vastness of the universe and our newfound knowledge of it. A.R. © AudioFile, Portland, Maine
http://n-ab.com/0156
I've also been doing some more performances of an anthology I researched and recorded of women's writing in the First World War for independent producers Crimson Cats called 'War Girls'. If you click directly on the production company's website
http://www.crimsoncats.co.uk/compact-disks/54-war-girls.html
you can hear extracts and listen to the BBC's Nicky Barranger talking to me about the project.
Another Review for Ruth
THE PLANETS AND THE SOLAR SYSTEM
Jen Green, Read by Ruth Sillers • Unabridged • AUGUST 2014
Naxos AudioBooks • Trade Ed.
Listeners are treated to an impressive scope of space information--from details about each planet to an overview of space exploration and the scientists who have contributed to our understanding of the solar system. While one could listen to this recording straight through, it also merits listening to chapter by chapter. Ruth Sillers is an unobtrusive narrator who lets the information speak for itself and is clearly unbiased in her presentation of the space race. Her melodious voice, leisurely pacing, and distinctive elocution make for easy listening. Given Sillers's lively sense of wonder, the listener can't help but be impressed by the vastness of the universe and our new found knowledge of it. A.R. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine
2 CDs | Running Time: 2h 39m | ISBN: 9781843797852 | Product ID: NA0156 | SRP: US $ 17.98 - Canada $21.98
And to listen to an extract click here
Ruth has recorded War Girls. It is now available as an MP3 download.
Click here for more info including an interview of Ruth by Nicola Barranger.
There has also been some very good reviews on War Girls': click here
Ruth has been very busy and she recorded the Masqueraders by Georgette Heyer.
For the chance listen to a short extract and read a review click here
More links for Ruth here is what she says
I also did a talk at Chawton House in June, originally the house of Jane Austen's brother and now an international library for women's writing with talks and events. I'm sending you a link to there as they did some publicity and interviewed me about the War Girls project and event we did which went very well. It's an absolutely stunning place and they kindly put me up as well, so it was a bit like being in a Jane Austen novel! Click here to discover more
RADIO & AUDIO DRAMA EXPERIENCE
Role Production Company Producer
Mrs Crimsworth The Professor BBC Radio Drama Tracey Neale
Girl at the Party Easy Virtue BBC Radio Drama Maria Aitken
Mary Medical Detectives BBC Radio Drama John Taylor
Hannah The York Mystery BBC Radio Drama John Taylor
Emma The Mysteries of the Underground BBC Radio Drama John Taylor
Mrs Graham The Body in the Barge BBC Radio Drama John Taylor
Maid/ABC Girl The De Genneville Peerage BBC Radio Drama John Taylor
Kimberley Todd Dr Who BBC Radio Drama Gary Russell
Duchess of Devonshire Small, Gifted and Black BBC Radio 4 Heather Forrester
Frederica Vernon Lady Susan Naxos AudioBooks Nicolas Soames
Anna Magdalena Bach The Life & Works of J.S. Bach Naxos AudioBooks Nicolas Soames
Eugenie Schumann The Life & Works of Brahms Naxos AudioBooks Jeremy Siepmann
The Maid The Rape of Lucrece Naxos AudioBooks David Timson
Beatrice Much Ado About Nothing Listening Books Tim Brown
Millicent Fawcett Votes for Women Listening Books Tim Brown
Also reader for ‘Poetry Please’ on BBC Radio 4 and BBC World Service’s ‘Write On’.
AUDIOBOOK EXPERIENCE
Numerous books for BBC AudioGO/Audiobooks, Clipper Audio, Oakhill Publishing, including most recently:
Reader Poetry Please BBC Radio 4 Mark Smalley
Regular reader Feedback BBC Radio 4 Viv Black
Regular reader Write On BBC World Service Nick Baker
Reader My Name Is Rose BBC AudioGO Jo Thompson
Reader Velvet BBC AudioGO Jo Thompson
Reader At the House of the Magician BBC AudioBooks Alec Reid
Reader Footprints in the Sand BBC AudioBooks Alec Reid
Reader Those Who Serve BBC AudioBooks Alec Reid
Reader Saving Finnegan BBC AudioBooks Sue Dalziel
Reader The White Darkness BBC AudioBooks Sue Dalziel
Reader Beware, Princess Elizabeth BBC AudioBooks Sue Dalziel
Reader The Faithful Heart BBC AudioBooks Sue Dalziel
Reader Deception BBC AudioBooks Sue Dalziel
Reader The Whispering Princess BBC AudioBooks David Bell
Reader The Fairytale Princess BBC AudioBooks David Bell
Reader All My Sisters BBC AudioBooks Hilary Field
Reader The Drowning Pond BBC AudioBooks Kate Thomas
Reader Claudia, Daughter of Rome BBC AudioBooks Veronica Gardiner
Reader Summer of Secrets BBC AudioBooks Veronica Gardiner
EDUCATIONAL & CORPORATE AUDIO EXPERIENCE
Reader ESAP readings Garnet Publishing Peter Walton
Reader Longman Dictionary of Englis Pearson Education Stuart Owen
Reader TEFL readings Cambridge University Sue Thompson
Reader RBS Idents Actors World Productions Daniel Pageon
Reader Glocal Media Actors World Productions Daniel Pageon
TRAINING
University of London (Queen Mary & Westfield College) - BA Hons English and Drama
University of California (Berkeley College) - Drama Scholarship
The Drama Studio - Postgraduate course for Actors
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