Actors rely on techniques which help them to feel their body and its possibilities. Through practical exercises and concrete situations, this workshop focuses on three fundamental aspects: voice, expression and posture.

The training seeks to enlist the help of the body to ensure physical and emotional stability, freeing up movements and gestures and developing the subject’s inventiveness as a speaker. Work focuses on breathing patterns, the timbre and power of the voice to give words more punch, the ebb and flow of eye movements to remain in touch with the audience at all times.

The workshop takes place over three days: an initial two-day session, followed two to four weeks later by a third day. The interval between the two sessions allows participants to assimilate and experiment with the concepts learned during the first two days.

Speech is at the heart of this training. A filmed interview on the first day allows each participant to establish their own working basis and set up targeted physical and vocal exercises.

The training takes place in a small group (max. 6 participants) in an interactive dynamic where individual progress is useful to everyone. In three complementary stages, the training combines collective and individualized work, listening and speaking, to progress quickly and effectively.

Day 1: introduction to the practice

•     individual presentation followed by a first filmed interview
•     analysis and discussion of the interview
•     exercises on voice, gaze, and posture 

Day 2: practice and application of public speaking

•     in-depth exploration of the techniques covered on day 1
•     individual coaching
•     staging speech based on texts
•     putting speech into practice in interaction with an audience 

Day 3: achieving objectives and advice for improvement

•     review of learning and application of skills acquired
•     role-playing and individualized scenarios based on real-life experiences
•     final interview

The Manufacture's team of coaches is made up of performing arts professionals. Graduates of our Bachelor's programme or other theatre schools, they bring their experience as actors, directors and trainers to bear on your coaching. They have been specifically trained in public speaking coaching, so that their support closely matches the needs of each individual in their professional context. La Manufacture has been offering these public speaking workshops since 2010 and regularly works with companies.

- Prune Beuchat
- Alain Borek
- Baptiste Coustenoble
- Mélanie Foulon
- Jean-François Michelet