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
- Narration for podcast and documentaryCourse start date: Thu 31 Oct 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: David SpencerA fun and intensive course about the incredible world of narration. This enormous and lucrative area of the voiceover world includes podcasts, e-learning, documentaries, audio books, medical/technical narration, explainer videos and more. You’ll learn how to deliver great reads from the inside out. It’s not just about the sound of your voice! The course will be delivered in the media studio.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £160.00 - Piano/keyboards 5BCourse start date: Mon 13 Jan 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Simon AtkinsFor pianists with around four years' experience. Improve your finger technique, coordination, phrasing, music
reading, and your confidence.
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 £160.00 - Piano/keyboards 4CCourse start date: Tue 14 Jan 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Andriana MinouFull fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £160.00 - Aural training (solfa) 3B
Course start date: Thu 16 Jan 2025Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Selena KayFurther develop your aural awareness with solfa in this practical course based on the famous Kodály method. Suitable for those with fluent music reading skills and previous knowledge and experience of the Kodály method. Break week: 20 Feb 2025.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £174.00 - Dance 60+ improversCourse start date: Thu 16 Jan 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Francis AngolOur improvers class is an exciting new dance class for people over 60 who would like to engage their body in a more challenging and dynamic manner, to further develop their skill and knowledge of dance cultures.
We aim to improve stamina, coordination, balance, confidence and musicality. The class will consist of a mixture of exercises and dance sequences set to great music.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £160.00 - Flamenco: improver and intermediate Course start date: Thu 16 Jan 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Danielle AllanA friendly, intensive class, with live guitar accompaniment, that focuses on the confident execution of Flamenco dance with pleasure, passion and panache. Performance opportunities throughout the year. These classes are suitable for those who have danced Flamenco for at least a year.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £174.00 - Musicals: the Gershwins and Irving Berlin Course start date: Thu 16 Jan 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Pauline GreeneThese sons of Russian Jewish immigrants chased away European operetta from Broadway, and revelled in American jazz harmonies and syncopation to produce great musicals - and an opera - overflowing with joy and pizzazz. break week: 20 Feb 2025.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £249.00 Concession £249.00 - Piano/keyboards 4BCourse start date: Thu 16 Jan 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: David FrankelFor pianists with around three years' experience. Improve your finger technique, coordination, phrasing, music
reading, and your confidence.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £160.00 - Storytelling for business and pleasure 1Course start date: Thu 3 Oct 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Ariella EshedAll cultures respect the world of Story. The ability to tell Stories, in a variety of settings, is a skill that has seen a strong resurgence both in the workplace and in contemporary performance. Come to gain greater confidence in your communication skills and wider experience. This course will be taught online.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information. - Aural training (solfa) 3C Course start date: Thu 1 May 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Selena KayFurther develop your aural awareness with solfa in this practical course based on the famous Kodály method. Suitable for those with fluent music reading skills and previous knowledge and experience of the Kodály method. Break week 29 May 2025.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £174.00 - Operas in production Course start date: Thu 1 May 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Pauline GreeneLooking at five of the operas coming up in the 2025–26 season, we will discuss their composition, context, controversies and style, and then hear the story of the opera through musical examples. NB Break week: 29 May 2025.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £167.00
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