Acting Courses & Classes in London
Enjoy our part-time acting short courses with classes available for all levels at City Lit, in the centre of London's theatreland. Our courses, which take place in Covent Garden, are taught by experts who are brilliant at communicating their enthusiasm. Choose a course in the daytime, evening or at weekends.
Sharpen your skills or get qualified
We offer a range of courses to help you achieve your goals in acting. Whether you're a beginner who is just starting out, or you have some experience and even wish to gain a recognised acting qualification. Our certified diploma courses are a great way to strengthen your skills and boost your chances of success in acting. While our short courses for beginners offer a solid introduction to acting on the stage and on screen.
With our part-time acting courses, making time for your passion has never been easier. Browse our courses below and book your place today!
18 courses available
Acting for funAn acting class purely for the joy of it! This course is suitable for complete beginners and those with a little experience. Enjoy acting exercises and scenes, gain confidence, make friends, and develop new skills in a fun environment.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £125.00- City Lit Theatre Company: Cinderella
A wonderful opportunity to be part of a theatre company working with an experienced professional director to stage a full production of the pantomime Cinderella in the John Lyons Theatre. Please check all days and times below to ensure you are available for the whole course.
Keeley Street
Mon 26 Oct 2026Vernon ThompsonFull fee £399.00 Senior fee £399.00 Concession £399.00 - Acting: beginnersExplore the fundamentals of acting on this practical course, designed for people with little or no experience of acting. Increase your confidence and discover your potential in a safe and supportive environment.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £160.00
- Introduction to acting
A fun encounter with the acting process. Increase your confidence and discover your potential in a safe and supportive environment.
Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £90.00 - Acting: advanced
Practise and develop your acting skills by rehearsing scenes with an experienced tutor and actor. This course is suitable for students who have completed a broad range of our acting courses at beginners and improvers level or who have gained suitable experience elsewhere.
Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £160.00 - ImprovisationEnrich and develop your skills in this improvisation course. Working in a safe and supportive atmosphere, you will learn and practice the key techniques needed for performing effective improvisations.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £125.00
- City Lit Theatre Company: Cinderella (Dance)
A wonderful and unique opportunity to be part of a theatre company working with an experienced professional director to stage a full production of the pantomime Cinderella in the John Lyon's Theatre.
Keeley Street
Sun 22 Nov 2026Clinton GoldsmithFull fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £139.00 - Acting: scenes to performancePractise and develop your acting skills by rehearsing in depth scenes from contemporary plays or a whole short play. These will be performed in the college's John Lyons Theatre to an invited audience at the end of the course. This course is suitable for students who have completed a broad range of our acting courses at beginners and improvers level or who have gained suitable experience elsewhere.Full fee £399.00 Senior fee £319.00 Concession £279.00
- Acting: improvers
Continue your development as you explore a range of exercises and acting techniques that will illuminate and enliven your scene work. Consolidate techniques and deepen your understanding in a safe and supportive atmosphere.
Full fee £329.00 Senior fee £329.00 Concession £230.00 - Stanislavski: beginnersDiscover 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 £329.00 Senior fee £263.00 Concession £230.00
- Method acting
Discover and practice some of the key exercises from the Method. Drawing on Uta Hagen’s work in A Challenge for the Actor, you will develop core acting skills gaining relaxation, confidence and authenticity in your performance ability as well as an understanding of the principles of method acting.
Keeley Street
Tue 12 Jan 2027Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £160.00 - Acting Shakespeare
Rehearse scenes and speeches from a Shakespeare play, creating a vivid performance that is both true to life and true to Shakespeare’s language.
Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £160.00 - Comedy improvisationHave fun acting, with theatre games and character exercises. Build your confidence, meet new people while you will learn and practice the key techniques needed for performing improvised comedy scenes.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £104.00
- Acting: scenework
Develop your acting skills and build confidence on this improvers course. Using both improvisation and text, we will explore various techniques for building distinctive characters, with an emphasis on playful discovery and fun!
Keeley Street
Fri 15 Jan 2027Lawrence LambertFull fee £349.00 Senior fee £349.00 Concession £244.00 - Acting workshop
Explore, rehearse and perform scenes from several modern plays in this lively acting course. Develop your stagecraft skills and meet like-minded people as you work together on scripts and acting exercises.
Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £174.00
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