Types of coaching
Below you’ll find an overview of the most common types of coaching. If you don’t see your specific question here, feel free to suggest it. We’ll do our best to respond to your needs.
- Directing: Feedback for the director on artistic choices, or guidance for a first‑time director.
- Acting: Coaching actors on timing, believable acting and physical use of the stage.
- Improvisation: Using exercises and play to build spontaneity, courage, trust, imagination, and technique.
- Choreography: Creating and teaching a suitable choreography for the production.
- Stage combat: Teaching specific combat techniques and how to perform them safely.
- Makeup: Teaching make‑up techniques tailored to the production.
- Singing: Developing and teaching vocal parts and techniques.
- Music: Guiding musicians in composing and/or performing music, music theatre or musical work.
- Clowning: Clown‑based humour in scenes, facial expression and physical movement.
- Lighting: Support in creating a lighting plan and assessing the technical options in the venue.
- Sound: Training in using the sound system and suggestions for suitable equipment.
- Multimedia: Exploring projection options and the use of multimedia in a performance.
- Scenography: Translating scenographic ideas into concrete plans, placement of actors, and set pieces.
- Voice use and technique: Healthy voice use, breathing and articulation.
- Costuming: Costume design, choice of materials and guiding the costume team.
