Performing Arts Courses & Classes in London and Online
City Lit offers performing arts courses in the heart of Covent Garden in Central London during the evening, daytime and at weekends. Explore our range of subjects including acting, (including accredited acting courses), dance, radio and screen, and voice, speech and communication as well as a full range of music courses, such as piano, singing, strings and wind instruments to jazz and pop, music technology, music theory and history
Our courses are labelled clearly for beginners or those with previous experience and you can speak to a specialist advisor to help you choose the right level. If you would you like some help or advice:
For music courses email music@citylit.ac.uk. You can also view our music auditions and advice page.
For drama, dance and speech courses email drama@citylit.ac.uk
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- Character voices (intensive)Course start date: Sat 5 Apr 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: David ThorpeCharacter voices aren’t just for cartoons. Learn the tools and techniques you need to create new and unique character voices or to accurately imitate a historical or contemporary voice for animation, stage and screen. This course will be delivered in the media studio.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £104.00 - Viola workshopCourse start date: Sun 6 Apr 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Robert PuzeyFocus on technique and musicianship especially for viola: on playing on the C string, reading alto clef fluently, left-hand work and more. For viola players, and violin players who wish to add an extra string to their bow!Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £69.00 - Come and sing: Andrew Lloyd WebberCourse start date: Sat 12 Apr 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Siobhan Blake, Richard Hartley WilsonJoin us for a day of singing the songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber! From Phantom of the Opera to Cats, we will be learning some of the big ensemble numbers from some of his biggest West End and Broadway hits.Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £62.00 - Drumming: advanced
Course start date: Sun 27 Apr 2025Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Mark HuggettOur advanced class is a great chance to practise all the essential popular grooves. Enhance and maintain your technique, reading and stamina. Sessions will be delivered online so you will use your own kit, acoustic or electronic.
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 £249.00 - Saxophone 4Course start date: Tue 29 Apr 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: David HarrisonFor experienced saxophone players, come and extend your technique, musicianship and performance skills in this workshop. We will play jazz and pop music, solo and as an ensemble, developing musicianship skills, and improvisation.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £139.00 - Contemporary dance: beginnersCourse start date: Tue 29 Apr 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Orley QuickThis Contemporary dance class is a dynamic and fun experience based on the principles of Release-technique and some playful explorations. Simple movement phrases and tasks are built upon to develop greater awareness of the body in space and in relation to others. Floor, centre and travelling exercises lead to efficiency of movement, rhythmical and free-flowing dance sequences.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £139.00 - String ensemble Course start date: Tue 14 Jan 2025 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Robert PuzeyCome and play string repertoire in a friendly group, and develop your confidence in ensemble playing. Suitable for those who have been playing violin, viola, cello or double bass for at least two years, playing at Grade 3 standard or above. Please click the 'start interview' button to apply. This is to make sure we have a balanced array of instruments for our ensemble. Break week 18th Feb 2025.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £139.00 - Sing jazz 1Course start date: Wed 30 Apr 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Emzee HaywoodeImprove your singing technique and solo performance and learn some standard repertoire and jazz protocol. Explore style, develop good timing and phrasing, breath control, and extend your vocal range. Not suitable for beginner singers.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £181.00 - Acting: improvers Course start date: Thu 1 May 2025 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lawrence LambertContinue your development as you explore a range of exercises and acting techniques that will illuminate and enliven a variety of scripts and scenes. Consolidate techniques and deepen your understanding in a safe and supportive atmosphere.Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £279.00 Concession £195.00 - City Lit Big BandCourse start date: Sat 18 Jan 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Simon HenryAn ensemble for proficient jazz players to improve and maintain sight reading and section work, playing music from the classic era of Big Bands plus contemporary and original arrangements. Check with the music department that a place is available for your instrument. No meeting on 22nd February.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £139.00 - Saxophone 5Course start date: Sat 3 May 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sarha MooreMaintain and extend your playing skills and musicianship in our advanced course. Repertoire is pop, jazz, and world music, and you will rehearse sax ensemble arrangements.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £139.00 - Sing jazz 3Course start date: Sat 3 May 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Laura ZakianA performance class for singers who have completed Sing jazz 1 and 2. Develop and maintain your vocal technique, jazz and blues style, presentation of repertoire, and learn relevant musicianship.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £181.00 - Flamenco: beginners and improvers Course start date: Sat 3 May 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Danielle AllanA friendly intensive class, that focuses on the confident execution of Flamenco dance with pleasure, passion and panache. This course is geared towards beginners (more experienced students wishing to revise the basics are also welcome). Performance opportunities throughout the year.Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £189.00 Concession £132.00 - Jazz harmony and ear training 3CCourse start date: Sat 3 May 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Della RhodesIn this 3rd term of the year we will focus on developing improvisation, applying our theoretical understanding to practical situations and performance. We will learn jazz standards and unusual repertoire. This is musicianship training at a high level. Entry by audition: apply to della.rhodes@citylit.ac.uk. Break week 31st May.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £125.00 - Contemporary dance: improversCourse start date: Sun 4 May 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Francis AngolThe course aims to give you a further embodied understanding of Contemporary dance that is underpinned by Somatics practice, and other contemporary dance techniques, to bring greater flow and dynamics to your expression as you allow yourself to move from your inner space and to negotiate the flow of weight, rhythm, breath, space and time.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £69.00
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