The dubbing industry in Quebec is in need of authentic mature voices. This workshop is geared towards ‘’Mature” adult members of ACTRA Montreal who wish to improve their current dubbing skills and technique and increase their chances of being hired in this growing arena. In this workshop, performers will be introduced to the various techniques, symbols, attributes, and workings of the rythmo-band, in a safe and laid-back learning environment. 

Learning objectives

• Teach participants key dubbing techniques. 
• Instruct and guide participants in the formulation and rooting of their dubbed characters and teach them the rudiments of the “DubStudio” rythmo band to bring their character(s) to fruition in the recording studio. 
• Offer participants the opportunity to work with a highly experienced dubbing director and learn how to receive and interpret feedback on their vocal performance and dubbing technique regarding their “character choices” and mastery of the rythmo band. 
• Provide participants with the fundamental knowledge needed to audition for a dubbing project – with current industry standards and requirements at the forefront of their audition. 

Application process

• Submission of your most recent resume, detailing voice-related/acting experience.  
• Let us know when submitting your application if there are any additional barriers to access that you would like us to know about for this workshop. This will not affect your eligibility.  

If you need support with your application, please reach out to montreal@actra.ca / 514 844 3318

Key dates

• Thursday 10 July 2025 – Information session on Zoom – 17:00 to 18:30  
• Saturday 12 July 2025 – Group 1: 09:00 to 12:30 Group 2: 13:30 to 17:00  
• Sunday 13 July 2025 – Group 1: 09:00 to 12:30 Group 2: 13:30 to 17:00  
• Deadline to submit an application: Friday 27 June 2025 at 09:30am

Location: Difuze Studio – 640 Saint-Paul St Ouest Montréal, H3C 1L9

ACTRA thanks its industry partner, Difuze, for helping to make this workshop possible. 

Cost: $50  

Duration: 8.5 hours per group  

Language: English  

Number of participants: 12 participants 

Admission criteria:  

• Age range: 55+ 
• Proficiency in English  
• Students need to be comfortable reading English cursive. 
• Must be an active member of ACTRA  

Instructor

Richard M. Dumont  

With hundreds and hundreds of acknowledged voice-direction and dubbing credits, Richard M. Dumont is one of the industry’s most sought-after voice directors. Whether it be Montreal, Toronto, New York, London, or Los Angeles… Richard continues to voice-direct Dubbing, Original Animation, Gaming, and VoiceQ projects both on this continent and abroad.  

Richard has worked with scores and scores of performers on many award-winning projects (see resumé), including “Assassin’s Creed – Valhalla”, “Alice in Borderland 1”, “Alice in Borderland 2”, “Butterfly Tale”, “45 RPM”, “Arthur”, “Racetime”, “Snowtime”, and Gwen Stefani’s “KuuKuu Harajuku”. He has taught, and continues to teach, dubbing workshops in both Toronto and Montreal as well as “Voice-Acting For The Microphone” and “Voice-Acting For Gaming” in both of those cities .