Ms Patsy Rodenburg, OBE

Career: voice coach RSC 1981-90; formed The Voice and Speech Centre 1988; head of voice: Guildhall Sch of Music and Drama 1981-, RNT 1990-; LGSM (The City of London) 1982, distinguished visiting prof Southern Methodist Univ Dallas 1989, hon memb VASTA 1995; assoc: The Michael Howard Studios New York 1996, Royal Court Theatre London 1999; works extensively in theatre, film, TV and opera incl: Europe, USA, Canada, Asia and Aust; coached many leading theatre and opera cos incl: Stratford Festival Theatre Canada, Kabuki Theatre Japan, NT of Greece, Lithuania, Norway, NT Sch of India, The Market Theatre Johannesburg, Peking Opera, Ex Machina (Robert Lepage); for GB: Royal Opera, ENO, Opera North, English Shakespeare Co, Cheek by Jowl, Theatre de Complicité; RNT 1990-2006

Books and Publications: em> The Right to Speak (1992), The Need for Words (1993), The Actor Speaks (1996), Speaking Shakespeare (2002), Presence (2007), Power Presentation (2009); DVDs Shakespeare in the Present (2011)