Chubbuck Technique Coach · London & Online

Train with Rich. Get a process you can trust.

You trained. You've got the instinct. But when it counts, you're winging it. That's not a talent problem. It's a process problem.

I teach the Chubbuck Technique — the 12 steps Brad Pitt, Charlize Theron and Halle Berry rely on. In London, in small rooms, on your feet, on real material.

Max 6 actors·One full hour on the floor per scene·A new scene every fortnight

Next class Tuesdays in September, 6–9pm · Hackney Central · £195 · six seatsJoin class

Is this you?

You've trained. But nothing's stuck.

What you want is to know exactly what to do, when to do it, and how to do it — every time, on any script, under any pressure.

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"I'm winging it and hoping it lands."

"I freeze when it counts."

"I know I could be brilliant — I just don't know how to get there every time."

"I'm missing the instructions. Like — where do I go now?"

How I work

Small rooms. My eyes on you.

I work intensively and intimately. Six actors, maximum. One full hour on the floor with your scene — chosen for you, after your welcome call. Thirty minutes with me before you even start. And between classes? Email me. I answer.

We're all as individual as our fingerprints. So the lesson plan I make for you is built to target your weaknesses and turn them into strengths — and once we've done that, we work on broadening your range.

Ursula — “your personal coach, basically”

The technique

Used by the A-listers.

Brad Pitt. Charlize Theron. Halle Berry. Jake Gyllenhaal. These actors don't share agents, managers or studios. They share one technique — and at the Oscars, Halle Berry thanked Ivana Chubbuck from the stage.

A step-by-step process that gives you the exact way of working to lift the text off the page and create a living, breathing, dynamic character — every time. Twelve steps you can run on any script, so the words become your words.

1–5

Overall Objective · Scene Objective · Obstacles · Substitution · Inner Objects

6–9

Beats and Actions · Moment Before · Place and Fourth Wall · Doings

10–12

Inner Monologue · Previous Circumstances · Let It Go

In order

On any script, every time. That is the whole point of a process.

Halle Berry thanks Ivana from the Oscar stage

Charlize Theron on Ivana — Inside the Actors Studio

Other alumni and clients of Ivana include, to name a few

Jon Voight · Sylvester Stallone · Elisabeth Shue · Djimon Hounsou · Catherine Keener · Jim Carrey · Gerard Butler · David Boreanaz · Chris Pine · Gal Gadot · Meg Ryan · Judith Light · Jessica Alba · Eva Mendes · Craig Robinson · Kate Walsh · Damon Wayans · Kate Bosworth · Pamela Anderson · Isla Fisher · Liv Tyler · Mary J. Blige · Simu Liu · America Ferrera · Sienna Miller · Kat Graham · David Spade · Ali Larter · Aubrey Plaza · Beyoncé Knowles · Meagan Good · Ian Somerhalder · Chloe Fineman · Robert Townsend · Malin Akerman · Pink · Common · Morris Chestnut · Mary Elizabeth Winstead · Amy Smart · Eriq La Salle · Carrie-Anne Moss · Emilia Clarke · Patricia Velasquez · Neil Flynn · Jennifer Beals · Katja Herbers · Garry Shandling · Matthew Perry · Amy Brenneman · Jessica Biel · Travis Fimmel · David Ayer · Tasha Smith · Emily Deschanel · Mia Goth · Ivanna Sakhno · Maria Gabriela De Faria

Your coach

I'm Rich. I teach the twelve steps.

The Chubbuck Technique — the twelve steps made famous by Halle Berry, Charlize Theron and Brad Pitt. I trained under Ivana Chubbuck from 2016, and in 2021 she invited me to share her technique here in London. I've taught here ever since.

Small rooms. Six actors, maximum. One full hour on the floor with your scene. A few hundred actors so far, and I teach every class myself.

My students have gone on to ITV, BBC and Starz — to feature films and the West End. The steps give you the plan. You do the work.

Rich with Ivana Chubbuck

Teaching certificate signed by Ivana Chubbuck

Certified by Ivana Chubbuck to teach the technique in the UK — May 2021

Student story

Stevie joined class in 2022. Then he booked The Long Shadow.

Stevie Raine studied continuously for three months. Completely off his own back, he booked The Long Shadow on ITV. Before he went to set, we did 1-2-1s on his scenes — the analysis, the objectives, the personalisations. Then he went to set. And it held.

Since then: the West End alongside Bryan Cranston. Five further TV and film bookings. His first lead now lined up. We still work together whenever something tricky comes up.

"He always goes above and beyond… it's like, no — we are going in and this is getting done."

Stevie Raine Table work for The Long Shadow