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All our courses here at City Lit are taught by expert tutors such as published authors, academics, practising artists, and experienced professionals. Our friendly, supportive, and inspiring tutors are here to boost your confidence and motivate you at every step. We always ensure that your journey with us is enjoyable, positive, and thought-provoking.
We offer online courses and in-person courses. Our interactive online courses are taught live and in small groups. Read our guide to online learning for more information. In-person courses are delivered at our modern college campus in London near Covent Garden.
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If you can't decide which subject to study, why not try some of our short taster courses?
- Choir at lunchtimeCourse start date: Mon 22 Apr 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Richard Hartley WilsonCome and spend your lunchtime singing a range of music, in interesting choral arrangements. It's good for the mind, body and spirit. Sing music from across all genres, have fun and leave with a spring in your step. There's no better pick-me-up at lunchtime! Break weeks 6 & 27 May 2024.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £111.00 Concession £90.00 - Stanislavski: beginnersCourse start date: Mon 22 Apr 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Deirdre Strath ClydeDiscover the system of realistic acting that most professional actors use today — the approach to training, characterisation and rehearsal technique developed by the legendary Konstantin Stanislavski.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00 - Piano/keyboards 1ACourse start date: Mon 22 Apr 2024 (and 6 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ana Claudia MagalhaesThis is the beginning of our piano programme, designed for absolute beginners to both piano and music-reading. This classic course is the perfect way to start your piano playing. Break weeks: 6 & 27 May 2024 (Bank Holidays).Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £151.00 Concession £132.00 - Creative non-fictionCourse start date: Mon 15 Apr 2024 (and 9 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Paul LaffanExplore practical and imaginative approaches to creative non fiction, including travel writing, life writing and the essay. Analyse published work, produce your own pieces, and benefit from detailed feedback.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £110.00 - Irish Gaelic beginners: module 1Course start date: Mon 23 Sep 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Niall CulliganNote that we are running a taster in September if you would like to experience learning Irish, the course code is LRGT2.
Suitable for complete beginners wanting to learn this beautiful language.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - German beginners intensive: module 1 + 2Course start date: Mon 23 Sep 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Francine van den BergThe course aims to enable students to communicate with some fluency in a range of everyday situations.
This course is a bit faster than our regular courses. Homework is therefore mandatory. This is an intensive programme for beginners to German, with the emphasis on developing your speaking and listening skills. Suitable for complete beginners. Based on Willkommen Chapters 1-6 (Hodder Arnold).
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £249.00 Concession £162.00 - Russian beginners: module 1Course start date: Mon 23 Sep 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Marina De YongLearn to speak Russian on this communicative course . The emphasis is on speaking and understanding, and you will gain a basic grounding in Russian grammar. Suitable for complete beginners.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Full fee £649.00 Senior fee £519.00 Concession £422.00
- City Lit beginners' jewelleryCourse start date: Mon 9 Oct 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Noon MitchelhillEver wanted to try making your own jewellery but not sure where to start? Delve into this intricate and rewarding craft with our year long structured beginner's course. Pick up the basics in everything from research and design to technical skills including soldering, annealing, etching and stone setting.Full fee £1,849.00 Senior fee £1,479.00 Concession £1,202.00 - Modern Greek beginners: module 1Course start date: Mon 23 Sep 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Yannis PapalexandrisLearn Modern Greek on this lively online course.
Learn to speak Greek and develop your speaking and listening skills on this communicative course, which emphasises the practical use of the language. Suitable for complete beginners.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00 - Inclusive choir (for people with learning difficulties)Course start date: Mon 25 Sep 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Improve your vocal ability. Compose original group vocal pieces. Listen to music from different parts of the world. Perform to an audience.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £179.00 - Spanish beginners: module 3Course start date: Mon 15 Apr 2024 (and 8 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Gracia ChinchillaContinue learning to speak Spanish on this lively, communicative course for near beginners. Taught in Spanish with the emphasis on developing your listening and speaking skills. Based on units 11-15 of Ele Actual A1(IF) (libro del alumno) and exercise book (SM Publishers). Suitable if you have completed Spanish beginners: module 2.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £129.00 - Performance Art (for people with learning difficulties)Course start date: Mon 25 Sep 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Your body and everyday objects can be sculptures - use them to create a piece of performance art.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £179.00 - 50 films from the 50s: Hollywood's last standCourse start date: Mon 23 Sep 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: John WischmeyerThe 1950s was the beginning of the end for the Hollywood studio era, a golden age in place since the 1920s. The fifties are more difficult to pin down than the 1930/40s due to explosive diversity in both subject matter and cinematic technology, the profound influence of WWII, the development of European neorealism and the first signs of the French New Wave. An emphasis on teen culture emerged, represented by the brief career of James Dean. Film stars became anti-heroes. The moguls who founded Hollywood began to disappear. The studio business model was doomed. Hollywood reacted both defensively and creatively, going for broke—and producing some of the finest and most enduring films in its history, films that transformed the culture, from Sunset Blvd. (1950) to Some Like It Hot (1959)—both by Billy Wilder. From The Asphalt Jungle (1950) to The Misfits (1961)— Marilyn Monroe’s first and final films, both directed by John Huston. From Here To Eternity (1953 Fred Zinnemann) to A Place in the Sun (1951 George Stevens, part of his American trilogy). Fifties’ films reflected a darkening America. (See related courses on Fifties Musicals, Melodrama and Film Noir).Full fee £289.00 Senior fee £231.00 Concession £188.00 - Arabic beginners: module 1Course start date: Mon 23 Sep 2024 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Taïssir K MahmoudLearn to speak, understand, read and write Modern Standard Arabic on this lively course, which also refers to other Arabic dialects. Suitable for complete beginners.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00
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