Paul Bench provides private tuition and consultations as well as seminars and training courses in most aspects of performance and communication skills. He has a long established private client service based in and around the West Midlands, Shropshire, Cheshire, Staffordshire and Shrewsbury.
He works with people of all ages and backgrounds from children to mature adults including clients from Business, Teaching and the Law
Paul Bench is a voice and acting teacher as well as a complementary therapist.
He trained with Vera Tinsley in voice and dramatic art and qualified through The Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
He studied theatre and dramatic art at London University later, specialising for his master's degree in literary theory at Birmingham University.
He worked under the great Jungian teacher, Buntie Wills in St John's Wood, London, and subsequently became an International Bach Flower therapist, Reiki practitioner and advanced medical aromatherapist.
He is a qualified teacher with a long experience of teaching and lecturing and has been on the board of The London Academy and Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) as an examiner for many years with which he has an Associateship Diploma in Public Speaking.
His work as an examiner and adjudicator for the International and British Federation of Festivals has taken him to many parts of the world including India, Sri Lanka, Australia, Uganda, Kenya, South Africa, Kuwait, United Arab Republics, Singapore, California, Japan and to Hong Kong. He has also worked in various parts of Europe.
As a tutor for the Voicecare Network, he works with teachers and lecturers in the management of their vocal technique and has given many training sessions for educational authorities and for medical practitioners.
He is a member of The Society of Education Consultants and is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.