Private Coaching
FOCUSED ON YOU. FOCUSED ON THE WORK.
Targeted one-to-one training for actors preparing for drama school auditions.
Sometimes you don't need another programme. You need focused time on a particular piece of work.
Private Coaching gives you the space to work individually with an experienced Actor's Nest tutor — exploring your material in depth, testing choices and addressing the specific areas that will make the greatest difference to your work.
Whether you're developing a new monologue, working through something that isn't quite connecting or preparing material for an upcoming self-tape or audition, each session is shaped around where you are now and what you need next.
ONE-TO-ONE TRAINING
TARGETED DEVELOPMENT
TARGETED DEVELOPMENT
Focused entirely on your work.
TARGETED DEVELOPMENT
TARGETED DEVELOPMENT
TARGETED DEVELOPMENT
Work on what will make the greatest difference.
BUILT AROUND YOU
TARGETED DEVELOPMENT
BUILT AROUND YOU
Coaching shaped around your stage of preparation.
ENQUIRE ABOUT PRIVATE COACHING
WHEN PRIVATE COACHING MAKES SENSE
Not every actor needs the same thing at the same time.
You might have found a monologue that excites you but aren't sure how to unlock it.
You might know that something in the performance isn't quite connecting but can't identify why.
You may have received direction or feedback and want time to explore it properly.
Or an audition may be approaching and there is one particular piece of work that needs your attention.
Private Coaching creates space to focus entirely on you, the material and what needs to happen next.
Rather than following a predetermined session structure, the work responds to the actor in the room.
WHO PRIVATE COACHING IS FOR
Private Coaching can be particularly valuable for:
- Year 13 students preparing for drama school auditions
- gap-year actors approaching or reapproaching the application process
- actors developing a particular classical or contemporary monologue
- applicants who have identified a specific area of their work they want to strengthen
- actors preparing for an upcoming self-tape, audition or recall
- students wanting individual work alongside an Actor's Nest programme
- actors who respond particularly well to focused one-to-one training
Not sure what you need yet?
If you're at the beginning of the application process and aren't yet sure what you should be working on, we recommend starting with the Drama School: Strategy Session.
WHAT WE MIGHT EXPLORE
Every session is different because every actor arrives needing something different.
Depending on you and your stage of preparation, we might work on:
TEXT & INTERPRETATION
Digging more deeply into the circumstances, language, objectives and possibilities within your material.
CHOICES & ACTION
Moving beyond generalised performance and finding choices that are specific, playable and alive.
CONNECTION & TRUTH
Identifying where work feels genuinely connected — and where performance may have become fixed, indicated or overly rehearsed.
VOICE & PHYSICALITY
Exploring how vocal and physical choices support rather than obscure the work.
CLASSICAL TEXT
Developing greater confidence, clarity and freedom when approaching Shakespeare and other classical material.
SELF-TAPE & AUDITION PREPARATION
Adapting developed work for the particular demands of camera or the audition room.
We won't necessarily work on all of these. That's the point.
Private Coaching is about identifying what you need and spending the session there.
HOW PRIVATE COACHING WORKS
Before the Session
Tell us what you're preparing, where you are in the process and what you want to work on.
Where appropriate, we'll ask you to send material or relevant information beforehand so that your session can focus on the work itself.
During the Session
You'll work one-to-one with an Actor's Nest tutor for 60 minutes.
We'll explore the material practically — questioning choices, testing alternatives and working in detail on the areas that need your attention.
After the Session
You'll leave with clear priorities for continuing the work independently.
If further coaching would genuinely be useful, we can identify what that should focus on. If you don't need another session, we'll tell you that too.
CHOOSE THE SUPPORT YOU NEED
SINGLE SESSION — £110
60 minutes
Focused one-to-one training addressing a particular piece of material, challenge or stage of your preparation.
Ideal when you know what you want to work on or need targeted support ahead of an audition or self-tape.
THREE-SESSION DEVELOPMENT PACKAGE — £300
Three 60-minute sessions
For actors who want time to develop one or two pieces of material across several stages rather than trying to solve everything in one session.
Allows you to work, develop independently and return with the material further progressed.
Save £30 compared with individual sessions.
FIVE-SESSION DEVELOPMENT PACKAGE — £475
Five 60-minute sessions
For actors who would benefit from sustained individual development across a longer period of their audition preparation.
Suitable for working across multiple pieces, responding to different audition requirements or developing particular areas of acting technique alongside your application work.
Save £75 compared with individual sessions.
WHAT YOU'LL LEAVE WITH
The specifics will depend on what you bring into the room, but you should leave with:
✓ a deeper understanding of the work you've explored
✓ clearer, more specific performance choices
✓ practical discoveries you can continue developing independently
✓ greater understanding of what's working and what still needs attention
✓ clear priorities for what to do next
The aim isn't simply to make one monologue better.
It's to help you become better at developing the work yourself.
WHERE PRIVATE COACHING FITS
TARGETED SUPPORT — PRIVATE COACHING
Private Coaching doesn't sit at one fixed point in the Actor's Nest pathway.
That's deliberate.
You might use a session while developing material after a Strategy Session, alongside an Audition Intensive, during your preparation for a Self-Tape Assessment, or ahead of a Mock Audition Panel or live drama school audition.
Use Private Coaching when you need individual attention on something specific.
RESULTS THAT MATTER
THREE YEARS. 100% SUCCESS.
Every student we've supported through the drama school application process over the past three admissions cycles has secured a drama school place.
Our students have received offers from many of the UK's leading drama schools.
“She's learnt more in her three sessions with you than she had in a year of college drama.”
- Parent of Private Coaching & Drama School: Unlocked student 2025
NEED SOME FOCUSED TIME ON YOUR WORK?
If you know what you want to develop — or you know something isn't quite working yet — Private Coaching gives you the space to explore it properly.
One actor. One tutor. One hour focused on what will make the greatest difference.
Not ready for assessment yet?
If you're at the beginning of the drama school process and aren't sure what you need, start with the Drama School: Strategy Session.
If you're looking for a more intensive practical training experience, explore the Audition Intensive.