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  1. How to read a film: a beginners' guide to cinema
    Last Few Places, Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 18 Feb 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Paul Sutton
    This course will develop your critical appreciation of the cinema by teaching you how to read and understand film texts. We will look at the elements that underpin film form – narrative, mise en scène, cinematography, editing and sound – alongside its historical development. We will consider film style by exploring classical, post-classical and art cinema and we will examine influential critical modes of analysis, such as genre, authorship and spectatorship.



    This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £84.00
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  2. Ways into creative writing: intensive
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 24 Feb 2025 (and 6 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  KR Moorhead
    Not sure whether creative writing is for you? Give it a try on one of these fun and supportive short courses covering the basics of fiction and poetry. Increase your confidence and produce work through guided exercises and discussion.



    This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £75.00
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  3. Performance anxiety workshop for singers
    Last Few Places
    Course start date:  Tue 25 Feb 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Katherine Strohmaier
    A workshop designed to help singers overcome barriers to performing thorugh a series of reflective and practical exercises. Learn how to manage your Music Performance Anxiety (MPA) and be on your way to becoming a more confident and assured performer!
    Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £90.00
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  4. Electronic music: a brief history
    Course start date:  Tue 25 Feb 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Edward Henderson, Trish Shaw
    From the sound you phone makes to wake you up in the morning to pop, club music and concert music – electronic music is everywhere an available to everyone. This course tells the story of electronic music from computers as big as rooms in the WDR studios in Cologne to GarageBand on your iphone and the music that was made along the way.
    Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £90.00
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  5. Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £75.00
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  6. Return to French (lower intermediate)
    Course start date:  Tue 25 Feb 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Stephanie Radet
    Learn French in the heart of London. Come and join this lively interactive course to refresh your lower intermediate French. After attending this course you will be able join a level 2 course starting soon.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £97.00
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  7. Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00
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  8. Art of medieval empires
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 4 Mar 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Richard Plant
    This course will explore a range of arts, painting, metalwork sculpture and architecture of the lands ruled, sometimes rather tenuously by the German Kings and Emperors, from the time of Charlemagne to the 15th century. For much of the period this was the dominant political entity in Europe, and the geographical reach will be broad: though focussing on central and northern Europe, some works in Italy will also be considered.
    Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £84.00
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  9. Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £90.00
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  10. Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £129.00
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  11. Voiceovers: improvers
    Evening
    Course start date:  Tue 29 Apr 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  John Eastman
    Develop your microphone skills and knowledge of the Voiceovers sector. Open to those who have completed a beginners' course or have previous industry experience. This course will be delivered in our media studio.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £104.00
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  12. Silver Swans ballet class improvers
    Course start date:  Tue 29 Apr 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Abigail Bulfin
    This improvers course will focus on expanding existing knowledge of ballet technique and vocabulary and is designed to enable you to learn and execute more varied and complex movement sequences. There is an emphasis on delivering ballet technique to facilitate healthy joints, flexibility, movement quality and core strength.



    Silver Swans® classes have been specifically designed for the over-55s and the improvers course is suitable for older leaners with at least 1 year of foundation ballet or Silver Swans experience.
    Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £151.00 Concession £132.00
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  13. Ballet pointe: beginners
    Course start date:  Tue 29 Apr 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Abigail Bulfin
    This short course offers you the opportunity to get introduced to pointe work at a pace that allows you to understand how to execute the basic exercises correctly. Working with correct alignment and safely are a focal point and to address any issues and concerns you may have. To get the most out of this course you should have attended regular ballet classes for at least 6 to 12 months. There is no class on 06/05/25.
    Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £95.00 Concession £83.00
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  14. Writing for magazines
    Course start date:  Wed 30 Apr 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Susan Grossman
    Get inspired to write on this practical course for freelance journalists and bloggers. Learn to carry out research, interview people, pitch and publish stories, and build your presence on social media.



    This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £75.00
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  15. Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £149.00
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