Paul Garnault

Paul Garnault (born 1961) is a Welsh actor, storyteller, theatre director, poet and educator. He was Head of Academy at Birmingham Metropolitan and was Principal Ruskin Mill College and Coleg Plas Dwbl.. He has also spent over 35 years in Further Education management and as a lecturer in Performing Arts and Media Production. He is Artistic Director for Wales Actors' Company.

Training Trained at Powys-Brecon: Ysgol Uwchradd Aberhonddu. Trained at London: East 15 Acting School. Trained at University of Wales. Post Graduate Certificate of Education (level 6)

Directorial Accomplishments

Wales Actors' Company

1998 Twelfth Night 1999 Hamlet 2000 Henry V 2001 Romeo and Juliet 2001 Macbeth 2002 Midsummer Night's Dream 2002 The Rover Aphra Behn 2003 Dr Faustus by Christopher Marlowe 2003 The Tempest 2004 Much Ado About Nothing 2015/19 Pope Head, Secret Life of Frances Bacon 2023/24 Chewdl Taliesin, The Taliesin legends, Peredur, Celtic Mythos Origins

Career He has worked as an actor, director and lecturer in Performing Arts in many parts of the UK and Europe.

Acting International Theatre Institute Royal Shakespeare Company Made In Wales Theatre Wales Actors' Company Sherman Theatre Company Cardiff Stadte Theater Erlangen Germany

BBC Television Credits Private Life of a Masterpiece EastEnders Oustside The Rules

Professional 2023: Principal Coleg Plas Dwbl and Ty'r Eithin. Ruskin Mill Trust 2019-23: Director of Development Wales and Performing Arts. Ruskin Mill Trust 2016-18: Principal Ruskin Mill College, Stroud. 2015-18: Principal Coleg Plas Dwbl, Wales 2010: Head of the Academy for Performing Arts, Birmingham Metropolitan. Also worked at University of Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil College (9 years) Coleg Gwent, Gloucestershire College, Kidderminster College. A founder of the Wales Actors' Company and Artistic Director for twenty years (The Company works in the Theatre Workshop style of Joan Littlewood and has been called "without doubt one of the most successful professional theatre companies in Wales".) 2006/7 Arts Council Of Wales, South Wales Committee.