Filters
- DSLR filmmakingCourse start date: Sat 6 Dec 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lyndon IvesThink quality video production needs a whole film crew? Think again! Discover how you can easily shoot
professional-level video on your own digital SLR camera and find out why DSLRs have become the camera of choice for many broadcast professionals.Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00 - French 1/2: sing to improve your French (chants de Noel)Course start date: Sat 6 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Trista Selous’Tis the season to be jolly, so let’s sing some Christmas songs in French!
Sing your way to better French pronunciation and cultural knowledge with this fun workshop based on simple songs that French speakers learn as children. Suitable if you have recently started studying French or have an equivalent knowledge of the language.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Whispering ASMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response)Course start date: Sat 6 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Kate MontagueA one-off workshop on this worldwide phenomenon, delivered in the college. How can the impact of what we hear and feel enhance our connection to our voices? Through body-mind connection and the use of vocal sounds, gestures, rhythms and touch, you can not only reset your nervous systems, and better manage stress, but also find a deeper connection to your voice.Full fee £39.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £39.00 - Quantum physics: an introductionCourse start date: Sun 7 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Radmila TopalovicLearn about the failure of classical mechanics (everyday laws of physics) to explain particle behaviour and the emergence of the quantum revolution. Consider interpretations of these unusual phenomena and the use of quantum physics in current technology.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00 - Magic workshopCourse start date: Sun 7 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Paul AbbeyCome and see what performance magic is all about through our one day experience masterclass. Here you will explore a range of magic techniques and acts. - Studying Film: A TasterCourse start date: Sun 7 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Jon WisbeyThis taster of forthcoming film courses at City Lit in 2026 offers you the chance to think about which ones to take while also providing an opportunity to explore some of the key areas in film studies more generally.
Learn how to evaluate and discuss films while enjoying a working example of a City Lit film studies class.
We will view clips from a wide variety of films, exploring themes and technique in British, European and modern American cinema. There will be a chance to review term two film courses at City Lit (January - July 2026).Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00 - Explore: zine making
Course start date: Sun 7 Dec 2025 (and 1 other date)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Pam WilliamsIn this Zine Making course, you will create your own zine from start to finish, from curating the content and designing the publication, exploring typography and experimental approaches to paper folding and zine creation.
Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £89.00 - Study day: Rembrandt and 17th century printmaking Course start date: Sun 7 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Caroline RaeRembrandt, one of the most famous painters of the Dutch Republic, was also an innovative printmaker. He produced a large oeuvre of printed works, which in their expressive effect and astounding use of light can be considered artworks which rival his paintings. This course will offer a deep dive into Rembrandt’s practice and the seventeenth century Netherlands to explore how he experimented with the medium. Rembrandt as a collector of prints will also be discussed.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00 - Picture book writing: a taster Course start date: Mon 8 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Andrew WealeFind out more about writing a picture book text in this practical and interactive, short taster session. - Write a short story in a week Course start date: Mon 8 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Jonathan BarnesTurn your great idea into a short story on this fun practical course. Through a series of inspiring exercises, you'll be introduced to some key fiction writing techniques and encouraged to draft a short story from beginning to end. Suitable for beginners who are comfortable learning at a fast pace.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £65.00 - Ballet Christmas intensive: Nutcracker Course start date: Mon 8 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Dilek TaptikIn perfect sync with the season and an all-time Christmas favourite ballet we offer this fun 3-day intensive exploring the repertoire of the ‘Nutcracker’. You will explore some of the Nutcracker characters and dance sequences and have an opportuity to perform all learned material on the final day. To beneift from this course you should have attended regular ballet classes for at least 6 to 12 months.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £69.00 - Great works: Bach's Christmas OratorioCourse start date: Mon 8 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Edward BreenDiscover Bach’s Christmas Oratorio. Learn about the forms of this work and the history behind the first performances.Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00 - Make a willow basket in two evenings Course start date: Mon 14 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: John PageMake a small bread or fruit basket over two evening sessions. Suitable for beginners as an introduction to traditional willow basketry techniques, or for those with some experience wanting to refresh their skills.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00 - In Scrooge's Footsteps: A Christmas Carol & Dickens WalkCourse start date: Tue 9 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Eleanor JacksonJoin us for a festive walk in the footsteps of Scrooge, looking at the locations and impact of Dickens’s most famous work. We will also examine how Dickens’s story has influenced our ideas of Christmas.
Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £23.00 Concession £19.00 - Lunchtime lecture: William Blake, a life of innocence and experienceCourse start date: Wed 10 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sarah JaffrayExplore the art of William Blake from a political perspective, looking at his social and cultural context as a working-class artist working in a rapidly changing world.
Full fee £14.00 Senior fee £11.00 Concession £9.00
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