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  1. Great works: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
    Last Few Places
    Course start date:  Thu 14 Nov 2024

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Sophie Oxenham
    This course explores Mary Shelley’s iconic novel, Frankenstein. We will consider the novel’s literary, socio-political, philosophical, and scientific contexts, alongside thinking about its narrative themes and techniques. We’ll also touch upon its rich ‘afterlife’, thinking about some of the ways the novel has been reimagined in later adaptations, and asking why this story continues to have such resonance today.
    Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £51.00
  2. Yoga: mixed levels
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 13 Jan 2025 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Biljana Cacic
    Whether you are a beginner who has done little yoga before, or you have more experience, this course will help you to unwind and relax after work. Learn postures and breathing exercises, improve your body and breath awareness, strength and flexibility, and practise relaxation techniques to help you release tension.



    This course is delivered in-person at City Lit.
    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £199.00
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  3. Improve your speaking voice
    Course start date:  Thu 20 Feb 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Giles Abbott
    Improve the quality of your voice and standard of speech through relaxation, stance, breath capacity/control, articulation, forward placing and expression. This course will be delivered in the college.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £104.00
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  4. Painting: oil techniques and mediums
    Course start date:  Fri 7 Mar 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Mario Lautier Vella
    Oil paint is a medium with a long historical tradition, capable of heavy impasto effects and delicate transparent colour films. Working practically, in the studio, this course will expand your understanding of approaches to building a variety of surfaces in your paint working with mediums and expanding your use of texture and glazing This course is for all levels – both beginners and more experienced painters.
    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00
  5. Painting: mixing for skintones
    Course start date:  Thu 13 Mar 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    This course will teach you the skills you need to paint naturalistic skin tones when working from life which will make your figure and portrait paintings more convincing.
    Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00
  6. An introduction to European decorative arts at the V&A
    Course start date:  Thu 1 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Off Site

    Tutors:  Andreas Petzold
    The Victoria and Albert Museum has one of the finest and most comprehensive collections of European decorative arts in the world. This course aims to provide an introduction to these rich collections. It will focus on the period 1500 to 1900, but references later developments. The main media will be explored including textiles, ceramics, glass, metalwork, and silver.
    Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £64.00
  7. An introduction to stained glass at the V&A
    Course start date:  Thu 5 Jun 2025

    Location on this date:  Off Site

    Tutors:  Andreas Petzold
    Stained glass has been described as the most original and important medium in the high Middle Ages. The Victoria and Albert Museum has one of the finest and most comprehensive collections of stained glass in the world, spanning the twelfth century to the modern period. The course will provide an introduction to this medium and the collection of it in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00
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