Clare Cairns

Hello

I’m Clare Cairns.

Award-Winning Drama School Director and Bestselling Author

About Me

I'm an Award-Winning Drama School Director and a bestselling author who has been featured in Forbes and other global news publications.

I'm also a professional singer-songwriter and a mum of two young children.

I'm Scottish bred with influences from all over the world.

My specialty is empowering professionals, entrepreneurs, and performers to enhance their communication, public speaking, and acting abilities.

Whether you're preparing for a high-stake presentation, seeking to refine your presenting skills for career advancement, or looking to deepen your acting skills, I offer tailored coaching to meet your needs.

Public Speaking & Communication Coaching

For professionals and entrepreneurs, I provide expert coaching to enhance your public speaking and presentation skills. Whether you're preparing for a critical presentation, seeking to improve your communication and vocal technique, or looking for strategies to cope with fear or anxiety while captivating your audience, my coaching will give you the tools and confidence to better yourself.

My unique Pressure System, developed over 10 years, is designed to refine your delivery, presence, and impact, ensuring you hit the mark in any setting, while remaining relaxed and happy.

Actors don’t just “have it in them", they LEARN vital skills for many years.

I use these specific techniques and much more to help 1000s of people with their presentations, meetings, interviews and speeches.

With many years of experience and a proven track record of helping thousands of clients, I also train other public speaking coaches to use my system, empowering them to better serve their clients too.

Acting & Performance Coaching

For performers, including actors, singers and dancers, I offer in-depth coaching in acting and characterisation. Whether you're preparing for auditions, perfecting a role you've already been cast in, or building your professional acting career, my coaching will help and support you.

As the Founder of the Professional Performance Association and the CEO of an Award-Winning Drama School, I provide personalised mentoring to guide you through the nuances of the acting business, helping you break into the industry and sustain success.

If you're ready to get support and take your public speaking or acting skills to new level, let's work together to achieve your goals.

What I Do...

I help people to act, speak and present with confidence and professionalism. I nurture my clients to find their voice, their energy and their passion through a variety of acting techniques including breath and voice work, stage presence, improvisation, characterisation and script-work. I also use other techniques such as mind-patterning, meditation and the art of story-telling. For actors, I also provide support and techniques for building a successful acting career. No acting experience is necessary for ANY of my training.

I work with over 200 clients & students each month.

I have over 20 Years Experience

I have mentored and trained all over the world

Private Mentoring

Personalised one-on-one coaching with me, to fast-track your success

My books are currently open for new clients for a limited time.

*** LIMITED TIME SPECIAL OFFER ***

6 Weeks Private Mentoring

Ideal if you are serious about improving your public speaking or acting. You'll have my exclusive attention to achieve your goals faster, either for a specific event or to improve your skills and confidence.

~~1499~~ £995

or 2 smaller monthly payments

Includes an in-depth analysis of your consultation form (sent prior to your session)
A Kickstart Onlie Call all about you so I can plan your training for the next 6 weeks
5 X Weekly private online calls or face-to-face sessions (if you can travel to Peebles, Scotland) for 60 minutes.
FREE access to any module in my popular online programs that I feel will help your progression right now, including templates and done-for-you elements.
Take-away practices after your sessions
Support (via email) in-between calls, so you won’t need to wait until our next session to get quick answers and help.
I promise to support your journey and help you succeed.

Let's Start Now...

Online Courses

Study through Acting Out Drama School, at your own pace, from anywhere

Corporate Training

Communication is the most important skill to master for all leadership and management roles. But I feel it's important for EVERYONE. No matter what one's role or place may be, we all need to deliver clear messages, in order to thrive. Whether you want to increase team communication, group cohesion, confidence, presenting or public speaking skills, or just want a fun day planned with a mix of everything, all corporate and event training is unique and tailored to what you need.

Corporate & Event Workshops

1/2 day and full day training on public speaking skills, communication skills, leadership skills, networking skills, interview skills, relaxation skills and acting classes for the entire team delivered in your workplace or online. A fast, effective and fun way to build your team's confidence and morale as well as improve a variety of skills.
Guest Speaker

Let me motivate, inspire and delight your team as the guest speaker at your event. I can talk about acting skills, public speaking training, my books or my own journey and how I became a successful female entrepreneur in the creative world of the performing arts (which is anything but stable). Let me know what you would like to get out of the event, and we can take it from there.
Personal Mentoring Training

Private, one-on-one mentoring with me which is designed to help you or your team member master their presenting, speaking or communication skills as well as learn how to relax during stressful events. Highly customised for your unique situation to help you or your business and team prosper for a specific event or general skill development. Can be done in person or online.
Online Courses

I've created online programs which are accessible 24/7 to help with public speaking. If you would like special company access for your team or organisation, please contact me.
Send me your Speech

If you want feedback on your team's presentation or speech, you can film it and send it to me to gain my professional feedback and guidance as to how you can improve it.
CONTACT ME

For more information about my Corporate Packages and Training, just email me at the drama school I still own and manage today: hello@actingoutdramaschool

Memberships

Continuous support and guidance to enhance your public speaking or acting skills.

This exclusive membership is for actors striving to become professional or take their acting up to the next level. Get personalised feedback on your monthly submissions.

This is a FREE membership for speakers and presenters. I'll send public speaking tips and tricks straight to your inbox each month. If you ever need more help, you can contact me.

Workshops and Courses

Upcoming in-person sessions, workshops and courses with me or my team

UK-based Public Speaking and Presenting courses, led by one of my expert, Pressure System Trained, Public Speaking Coaches

Fully Funded Course, FREE to attend. Enroll via the Scottish Government's Website or click on the graphic above.

UK-based Acting and Performance courses, led by one of my award-winning Directors and expert Acting Coaches

Fully Funded Course, FREE to attend. Enrollment will be live from Friday 20th September 2024.

Testimonials

For all my services, I am delighted and deeply moved to gain so much positive energy and gratitude from people all over the world. It keeps my heart light and my mind happy. I have been allowed to share some of them below. I hope it gives you the courage to trust me too!

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I was in a position where I needed to put together and deliver a powerful presentation to a large group, fast. This program helped me go from terrified, to speaking on the spot with confidence and impact!

Jane Copeland

CEO, Business Made Beautiful Academy

(Australia)

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I work in sales at LinkedIn and the majority of my job is speaking confidently to clients and peers. Clare provided practical steps to help me hone in on my craft to deliver empowering and engaging presentations that made me stand out from the crowd at work and most importantly have a meaningful impact on my bottom line. Furthermore Clare's energy, passion and knowledge is what makes this engaging and fun. You'll certainly finish on a high!

Laura White

Account Director, LinkedIn

(London)

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Thank you very much for your brilliant training - it was a really enjoyable, enlightening, positive and fun experience. My presentation went really well. One of the things I really noticed about myself was how much I was looking forward to speaking, instead of the usual dread. I even got asked a couple of questions at the end instead of the usual gaped silence. I have taken away some very valuable techniques and strategies that will stay with me always. The training has even helped me talk to colleagues and managers with more confidence.

Moira Willis

Council Manager

(Scotland)

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I created an online gaming software that I had no idea how to pitch or sell. I didn't have the confidence to attend a course so I tried online. This really helped me develop skills that I needed and had never even considered before. It gave me confidence to attend a few small seminars, where I took Clare's advice and got stuck in. I started small and now I am presenting to larger audience and selling my software.

Neil Davis

System Developer

(US)

Get in Touch

Just drop me an email through Acting Out Drama School (the drama school I still own and manage today) for more details on how to work with me or book me.

Email

hello@actingoutdramaschool.com