Alex Taylor

Alex Taylor is a Professor and Course Director for MA and MFA Acting at Birmingham City University’s Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, where he also serves as Head of Postgraduate Studies. With a career spanning the UK, USA, and Southeast Asia, he has directed over thirty productions and worked as a voice coach for prestigious institutions like the Royal Shakespeare Company. Previously, he led the School of Theatre at Manchester Metropolitan University (1984–1990) and taught at the Juilliard School in New York.

His expertise includes

• Acting pedagogy
• Voice specialization
• Theatre education

Alex has also conducted masterclasses in Acting and Voice at the Shanghai Theatre Academy and the University of Korea, and performed leading roles in Hong Kong, including Sweeney Todd in *Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street* and Albin in *La Cage Aux Folles*.