About us.

In our classes and coaching sessions our values are:

  • Our students are free from judgement

  • Our students are equals

  • Our students are heard

  • Our students work to make their fellow performers look good 

  • Our students strive to be in the moment as much as possible

  • Our students focus on the work

  • Our students give themselves permission to leave the day at the door

  • Our students learn there are no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ ways to act, just ‘interesting’ and ‘more interesting’

  • Our students have fun!

Coach with Riley is audition, acting and career coaching by Riley Nottingham (IMDb).

Based in Los Angeles, Riley works with creatives and performers in Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Tasmania, Cape Town, Dubai.

COACH BIOGRAPHY

Riley Nottingham is an Australian actor, singer/songwriter and producer recently known for being part of the ensemble cast of the reboot of Thank God You’re Here (Ten/Paramount+), starring as Tom in four seasons of Toybox (Seven Network), Dr Langdon Marsh in Metro Sexual (Nine Network) and Constable Woods in The Gods of Wheat Street (ABC).

He can be seen in his debut feature Strange Creatures which previewed at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.

Riley is co-founder of production company Humdrum Comedy and has created, co-written, produced and acted in three TV series under the Humdrum banner: We are Darren and Riley (Screen QLD, ZPTV), Hitstroke FM (TVNZ, Virgin Australia) and Metro Sexual (Nine Network, Virgin Australia), one feature film Strange Creatures (Nine Network), and two five-star live productions His Ghostly Heart and Gilligan’s Island: The Musical.

In 2019 Riley was identified as one of Screen Producers Australia's 'Ones to Watch'. Other producer credits include The Mole, Beauty & The Geek, Junior MasterChef Australia, Hamish & Andy's 'Perfect' Holiday, True Story with Hamish & Andy, Australian Survivor, Married at First Sight, Take Me Out, Love Island Australia, The Weekly with Charlie Pickering, The Yearly with Charlie Pickering, Your Call is Important to Us and The Bus to Birra Birra.

Since 2016, Riley has taught thousands of students at various schools, aged 5 through to 18, and adult classes:

  • Working Actors Academy

  • APO Arts Academy (Children & Adults)

  • Stage Left

  • Centre Stage

  • Stage School Australia (VYT, YABC & Beginners on Stage)

  • Coach Music Academy (Children & Adults)

Now based in sunny Los Angeles, Riley offers one-on-one audition coaching, career coaching and private lessons.

Trailer for Riley’s debut Feature Film “Strange Creatures”

Kitty Flanagan and Riley Nottingham in a Hotel Scenario (Season 5 Season FinaleThank God You’re Here)
Photography: Hwa Goh

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Acting Credits

Riley Nottingham is an actor, writer and producer originally from Brisbane, Australia, now based in Los Angeles. Riley has been acting professionally since he was 10. You can see a lot of the stuff he’s done here: imdb.me/rileynottingham

Showrunning/Producing/Writing/Directing Credits

In 2019, Riley was named as a ‘Ones to Watch’ Producer by Screen Producers Australia (SPA). His is the co-founder and CEO of Australian production company Humdrum Comedy.

Riley has worked in the producing team for: True Story with Hamish & Andy, The Yearly with Charlie Pickering, Married at First Sight, Hamish & Andy’s ‘Perfect’ Holiday, The Weekly with Charlie Pickering, Love Island and Tomorrow Tonight.

Riley has been a Casting Producer for: Survivor, Junior MasterChef, Ultimate Tag, Beauty & The Geek, Netflix’s The Mole, Hunted, Beauty & The Geek, My Mum Your Dad and Headliners.

As a Field Producer/Director, Riley has worked across six seasons of smash hit Gogglebox Australia and the BDC project for Paramount+. Riley has produced music videos and short films like TJ Power’s Your Call is Important to Us and The Bus to Birra Birra.

Riley has also produced the Australian professional premiere of Gilligan’s Island: The Musical, the Victorian professional premiere of His Ghostly Heart, co-composed, produced and performed in original musical Super Elusive Condom: The Musical and toured his two solo shows around Australia Manifesto and Needs Your Help.

As a showrunner, Riley has created, written for, produced and acted in: We are Darren & Riley (for ZPTV and Roku), Hitstroke FM (for TVNZ and Virgin Airlines) and two seasons of the smash hit sitcom Metro Sexual (for Crackle, OUTtv and the Nine Network).

Riley produced and acted in his debut feature film Strange Creatures which was invited to preview a 12 minute excerpt at Cannes Film Festival: https://variety.com/2024/film/global/queer-screen-mardi-gras-festival-cannes-1235994639/

Now based in Los Angeles, Riley is writing, developing, acting, producing and coaching.

Other Interesting Stuff

In the business world, Riley has held senior positions at the Australian Institute of Music, the Yarraville Club and Ensight. He also founded stationery business ThePen and DoneItNow Transcription, one of Australia’s largest transcription businesses, in which he sold his stake in 2014. Riley also co-founded the bands Unlikely Superheroes and Little Buffalo, releasing two EPs during that time.

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Our Purpose

Coach with Riley is dedicated to providing artists with all the tools they need to feel great about their career (and any auditions or projects at hand), all whilst being done within a fun, safe and inclusive environment - no matter where in the world you are!