The Chubbuck Technique · London & Zoom
The 12-step Chubbuck Technique helped Halle Berry, Charlize Theron and Brad Pitt build A-list careers. What could it do for you?
Six places per block. When they’re gone, it’s next month.
Know exactly where to start. Never walk in blind. Get the play and the joy back.
Is this you?
Gleb Daniels — “I’ve been looking for this kind of thing for years and I finally found it.”
Lizzie Davies — playing a pregnancy she’d never lived.
Step 12 Studio
When I was a jobbing actor I did every class I could to get ahead, and nothing really changed until I got to Ivana. So I created the class I always needed: small, intensive and personal.
We’re all as individual as our fingerprints, so I work with everyone personally in every class. As I guide you through the 12 steps, you’ll develop a process you can rely on for anything that comes through the door next.
Step 12 is “let it go.” That’s what the studio is named after.
Ivana invited me into her teacher-training programme. Accredited in 2021. Actors from my classes are on ITV, BBC, Starz and in the West End. More about Rich →
Proof
When Stevie joined class he worked really hard for three months and — completely off his own back — booked a role on The Long Shadow.
We took the scenes into 1:1s and worked every layer: the analysis, the objectives, the personalisations, the emotional drive. Then he went to set, and we spoke while he was there.
Since then: two feature films, three TV shows, the West End with Bryan Cranston, and a first lead lined up straight after the play. He hasn’t needed group class in over a year.
I don’t take any credit for it. We worked together, but he put in the hours.
RichThe steps give you the plan. The exercises give you the way. You’re the one who puts the time in. When you do, everything shifts.
Stevie Raine — The Long Shadow, ITV. Viewer note: includes sensitive subject matter connected to the Yorkshire Ripper case.
Group classes, monthly
This is Ivana’s L.A. studio system — the one she’s used for forty years to help actors build A-list careers — that I offer here in monthly four-week blocks.
Tom committed to every single class for a year. Look what happened.
Month one — finding the process
Month two — muscle memory
Six months — casting directors are noticing
One year — playing to win
The studio system means intensive training that’s always available. Book a job, go away, come back to the gym to keep improving and refining. No long-term fees, subscriptions or memberships.
When you’re learning anything new it’s the same process for everyone. Making the unfamiliar familiar. Then practice, and time under tension.
When you know you know what you’re doing, stress, anxiety and decision paralysis start to melt — and you get to offer your best work. Which generally leads to bookings.
How it works
Register. Mondays or Tuesdays, 6–9pm, Hackney Central.
Your assignment. One week before class, a scene chosen to target your weaknesses.
A week to prepare. Rehearse with your scene partner. Bring in your best.
Class. Perform it as prepared. I ask about your choices, show you the analysis, we run the exercises and get it back on its feet. Then a homework email.
What you get
Every actor starts with a welcome call. Included. Thirty minutes with me on Zoom before your first class. I work with everyone personally, so let’s say hi and chat about where you are, what you’re struggling with, and where you want to get to.
In class you’ll always be assigned material specifically for you, and I have an exercise for everything. Whether it’s an experience you’ve had before or not, I’ll teach you how to make it real for you — so it’s real for the audience.
£45 secures your place. Payment plans available.
A block costs less than a day’s pay on a TV job. If you’re a self-employed actor, training in your trade is a tax-deductible expense — keep your invoice.
Where it goes from here
Join the Studio Class. Six actors, a full hour on your scene every week, monthly.
The Studio Class →Book a 1-2-1. Send me the sides and I’ll have read them before we start.
Audition & Job Prep →Join the Intensive. One to one, on Zoom, six weeks or ten.
The Private Intensive →The technique
George Hannigan — “I meant what I said. And it feels great.”
Lizzie Davies — a huge difference in her work.
Harrison Booth — embodying the work.
Before you book
Mondays and Tuesdays are the quietest shifts in hospitality — that’s why those are the nights.
Tell me when you book and you’ll be assigned a monologue. Just as vital to your training as a scene.
You’ll be alongside actors further along than you. That’s the fastest way to learn.
No. We work with unresolved issues, not trauma — and you go home as yourself.
Step 12 Studio
Registration opens on the 1st of every month. The mailing list hears first — get the free guide and you’re on it.