Private Acting Coaching
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Ready to take your acting to the next level?
Whether you're a complete beginner or an experienced performer preparing for auditions, private coaching offers focused, personalised training designed around your goals.
In each 45-minute session, you'll receive individual guidance to build confidence, sharpen your technique, and unlock your full potential as a performer.
Sessions start at $60 and run across a 9-week term.
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Every lesson is hands-on, engaging, and tailored to your individual needs, with a focus on practical skills and performance. Areas of study can include:
Script Work & Text Analysis – explore scenes in depth, uncover subtext, and make strong, authentic performance choices.
Improvisation – develop confidence, creativity, quick thinking, and trust in your instincts.
Character Development – create believable, layered characters that connect with audiences.
Movement & Physicality – strengthen stage presence and use your body as a powerful storytelling tool.
Audition Preparation – build confidence for monologues, cold reads, screen auditions, and self-tapes.
Voice & Communication – improve vocal clarity, emotional expression, and connection with your audience.
Performance Confidence – overcome nerves, self-doubt, and creative barriers to perform at your best.
Whether you're preparing for a role, an audition, or simply looking to grow as a performer, sessions are designed to meet you where you are and help you take the next step.
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No two actors are the same, and neither are these lessons.
Rather than following a one-size-fits-all approach, each session is tailored to your goals, strengths, and areas for growth. Combining practical technique, creative exploration, and industry-informed guidance, lessons are designed to help you develop your craft with confidence, authenticity, and impact.
You'll be supported every step of the way while also being encouraged to challenge yourself, take creative risks, and make bold performance choices in a positive and focused learning environment.
These sessions are ideal for:
Emerging actors looking to build strong foundational skills
Students preparing for auditions, drama school applications, or performance assessments
Experienced performers wanting to refine and deepen their craft
Anyone seeking to develop confidence, creativity, communication, and storytelling skills
Whatever your experience level, the goal is the same: to help you grow as a performer and discover what makes your work uniquely yours.
James Chapman is an award-winning theatre maker, director, and acting coach with more than ten years of professional experience preparing performers for stage, screen, and live performance.
He has collaborated with respected youth and independent arts organisations including Hunter Drama, Tantrum Youth Arts, Young People’s Theatre, Aspire, and Knock And Run Theatre, helping to create acclaimed productions, artist development programs, and innovative contemporary work. His experience spans classical and contemporary theatre, new writing, improvisation, and screen acting, with an emphasis on strong technique, clear storytelling, and authentic performance.
His acting credits include Hangmen, School of Rock: The Musical, Things I Know To Be True, Ideation, Puffs, The Cleanists, Banging Denmark, Trevor, Circumference Of A Squirrel, Year Of The Rooster, and Suicide, Incorporated.
As a coach, James is passionate about helping actors develop not only strong technical skills, but also the confidence, creativity, and artistic courage needed to create truly memorable performances. Combining industry experience with a personalised approach to training, he challenges performers to make bold choices, deepen their craft, and build the tools needed to succeed both in the rehearsal room and on stage. Every session is designed to leave actors with greater confidence, sharper instincts, and a stronger understanding of their unique strengths as performers.
