Alex Taylor

Alex Taylor has worked extensively in the UK, USA and South East Asia as a director, an actor and as a voice specialist. From 1984-1990 he was the Director of the School of Theatre, Manchester Metropolitan University and, at thirty, was the youngest drama school principal in the UK. He created one of the first honours degree courses for intending actors in Britain. Subsequently, he became one of the Master Teachers at the Juilliard School, New York.

In 1993 he joined the School of Drama at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. While in Hong Kong, Alex starred as Sweeney Todd in Stephen Sondheim’s 'Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street' and as Albin in Jerry Herman’s 'La Cage Aux Folles' at City Hall.

He also directed productions for the Academy, the National Theatre of Korea and led masterclasses in Acting and Voice at the Shanghai Theatre Academy and the University of Korea. Now living and working in the UK at Birmingham School of Acting, he has directed over thirty productions.

He has recently worked for the Royal Shakespeare Company as a voice coach on a range of productions and directed productions of 'Once On This Island' and Martin Sherman’s 'Bent' for professional theatre companies in Hong Kong.