Richard Ryder comes from an acting background with great experience of teaching and training. With an MA in Voice Studies from the Central School of Speech and Drama he is Assistant Head of Voice at E15 Acting School and a visiting Lecturer in Voice at the Central School of Speech and Drama working with graduates as well as postgraduate students.

He is always in demand as voice coach for professional theatre productions, as voice and verse coach or dialect and accent coach, and is accent consultant for the BBC's television series 'Casualty'.

Richard has worked successfully with corporate clients, health professionals and academics who require work on articulation especially international clients who have English as a second language. Richard has been trained by Frances Parkes in the "Speak English Clearly" programme.

Central School of Speech & Drama, M.A. Voice Studies 2004
Open University, Diploma in Literature