Private Acting Coaching in Scotland

I am an acting coach. My job is to prepare actors of all levels to better do their job. But levels of experience really matter when it comes to private coaching. For instance, if you’re looking to LEARN to act, a class is probably the best solution for you. Acting coaching, which is one on one by nature requires that the coach have something to work with. If you do not have any experience of acting, private coaching can be difficult. Not impossible, but it is harder than working with someone who has not got something to offer the coach to improve.

Coaching, unlike teaching, is about helping the actor to improve and refine what they already have. It’s about building upon an existing level of experience. Coaching isn’t teaching: teaching isn’t the same as coaching.

Coaching for drama school auditions is slightly different. We have a target, a goal to achieve and the acting coach can assist the actor in improving their audition skills. This is precisely the point of acting coaching, coaching requires a goal. You need to define what you want to achieve and let the coach help you work out how best to achieve it.

If you go to an acting coach for private sessions, you need to have a clear goal of the desire outcome that you are aiming for. You cannot learn to act in a private one to one session. Acting requires the presence of others. When you approach an acting coach be clear about what you want to achieve and a good coach will help you put in place the steps to attain your goal. If you don’t have a goal, how will you know if the coach is helping you?

To you, the Best

Mark