Mhairi Morrison
Author: Alexandra Vasti
Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Runtime: 12h 17m
Mhairi Morrison has learned that characters live emotional lives, and in Ladies in Hating, she takes listeners on a journey through teenage infatuation in Regency England with a performance that is “absolutely fitting” for the setting. Mhairi’s care for the story translates well as she takes on “the emotions of the characters” and thrusts us into a duel of unmasking secret authors that demands she be at the top of her game.
For her NOD-winning performance, judges said you could feel and hear “the thoughts of the individual characters” as she moved between third person perspectives between Lady Georgina Cleeve and her enigmatic enemy, Lady Darling. Mhairi “gave a fantastic performance of these two characters,” with a “fun and engaging” take on the characters and the world as listeners move through classic romance tropes like close proximity and forbidden romance. With pacing that was “just right,” she “does a great job conveying emotional beats,” “making me feel every one.”
We’re honored to celebrate Mhairi Morrison in this award focused on the power of human performances, because she reminds us that when stories entangle and complicate, narrators have to adapt to the tone and setting, and with Mhairi’s delivery, you can “hear the narrator’s shifting urgency.” She “excels” in her technical control, creating a world that keeps her listeners “engaged until the last word.”