Voice and Speech Courses & Classes in London and Online
Choosing your course
Voice Training for Actors and Professionals at City Lit is offered by some of the highest qualified voice specialists in the industry today. Voice skills are not just for actors, they are for anyone who wishes to unlock the full expressive potential of their voice.
Many of our courses are delivered online. For more information about our live online courses, please see our guide to online learning.
Expert tutors
The majority of our tutors have an MA in Voice Studies from Royal Central School of speech and Drama, the highest international qualification. Our classes are taught by professional performers and practitioners, many of whom also teach at leading London drama schools. We also offer advanced masterclasses focusing on different voice practitioners. Please refer to individual course outlines for individual staff biographies.
Studying at City Lit
Our media studio in the heart of Covent Garden is fully equipped for study of voice in media, including Acting for Radio; Radio Presenting, Voiceovers and how to approach Character Voice for Animation. Our performance studios at City Lit’s Covent Garden headquarters are ideal spaces for working on the technical aspects of voice such as breath and articulation, crucial for any type of public speaking.
Find a course
Browse our range of voice courses in London and online below to choose your perfect option: both complete beginners and returning students are equally welcome at City Lit.
- Debating: improversCourse Date: Wed 2 Jun 2021
Location on this date: Online
For those who have some experience in debating or related courses, you will progress quickly in areas of content, strategy and style, while honing your articulation and enunciation.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £73.00 - Using your voice for audio books and talking newspapersCourse Date: Wed 2 Jun 2021
Location on this date: Online
Would you like to narrate audio books? Are you interested in community work such as talking newspapers for the blind? Explore vocal skills and techniques required in these areas and identify what style works for you.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 - Clear Speech
Course Date: Wed 2 Jun 2021Location on this date: Online
This intensive course is ideal if you seek greater clarity and confidence in how you communicate. Suitable for anyone for whom English is the first language. Non- native speakers should attend English Pronunciation Stage 1.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £95.00 - Practical voiceCourse Date: Wed 2 Jun 2021
Location on this date: Online
Improve the quality of your voice and standard of speech through relaxation, stance, breath capacity/control, articulation, forward placing and expression. This course will be online.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £95.00 Concession £73.00 - Voice technique: improversCourse Date: Thu 3 Jun 2021
Location on this date: Online
This course will support your extended vocal development with a focus on resonance, tonality and pitch. Open to those who have completed at least one voice course previously as well as professionals looking to refresh their skills.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £54.00 - Improve your speaking voiceCourse Date: Fri 4 Jun 2021
Location on this date: Online
Come and improve your vocal skills through voice production and speech exercises. Learn about self presentation, develop spontaneity and gain greater confidence by improving your communication and speaking skills in the workplace and outside.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £109.00 - Sight reading skillsCourse Date: Fri 4 Jun 2021
Location on this date: Online
Sight reading can often be daunting, but with the right practice, it can be exhilarating, creative, and fun. Learn simple techniques to bring your sight reading to life and develop the confidence to make bold choices in auditions, voice over work, weddings and other celebrations – just about every time you may need to do a live readings of text.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £73.00 - Actor's voice: improversCourse Date: Sun 6 Jun 2021
Location on this date: Online
This thorough and fun improvers' course will benefit your further vocal development as an actor or professional speaker. You will consolidate work on breath support and explore pitch and resonance.
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 £79.00 - Use your voice assertivelyCourse Date: Mon 7 Jun 2021 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Do you want to sound more confident, grounded, self-assured and assertive? Improve your vocal skills through a series of exercises that will support you to become more vocally confident, expressive and dynamic without appearing arrogant.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £60.00 - The Art of NegotiatingCourse Date: Mon 7 Jun 2021 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Negotiation is a communication skill essential in solving problems and reaching your goals. Learn to prepare well and to feel confident using logical and emotional tools to achieve great outcomes. The course will be delivered online.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 - Core energeticsCourse Date: Sat 10 Jul 2021
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Develop a deeper connection to your voice and body by removing blocks through unique play and movement exercises. Free up impulses that lie hidden and unexpressed and unleash your own unique power and creativity.
You can expect a creative, immersive experience that will deepen inner growth, creating consciousness about yourself, and the way you relate to others. This is a workshop held over two Saturdays in the summer.
This course takes place in the classroom, please follow this link to find out what we are doing to keep you safe: Staying COVID-19 secure at City LitFull fee £109.00 Senior fee £87.00 Concession £66.00 - Debating: intensiveCourse Date: Thu 15 Jul 2021
Location on this date: Online
Debating requires the ability to speak English persuasively in public and, crucially, to respond rapidly to other people’s objections to what you say. In this shorter, intensive version of our highly popular course, we will cover the theory and practice of debating, and you will progress quickly in areas of content, strategy and style. A great mental workout.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £54.00 - Whispering ASMR: workshopCourse Date: Sun 18 Jul 2021
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
How can the impact of what we hear and feel enhance our connection to our voices? Through body-mind connection and the use of vocal sounds, gestures, rhythms and touch, you can not only reset your nervous systems, and better manage stress, but also find a deeper connection to your voice. A one- day Whispering ASMR summer workshop exploring this popular phenomenon.
This course takes place in the classroom, please follow this link to find out what we are doing to keep you safe: Staying COVID-19 secure at City LitFull fee £55.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £34.00 - Vocal anatomy: masterclassCourse Date: Mon 19 Jul 2021
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Learn which bits of your body do what to produce your own unique voice and speech.
This course takes place in the classroom, please follow this link to find out what we are doing to keep you safe: Staying COVID-19 secure at City LitFull fee £39.00 Senior fee £31.00 Concession £24.00 - Working with methods of great voice practitioners: Patsy RodenburgCourse Date: Tue 20 Jul 2021
Location on this date: Online
The former Head of Voice at LAMDA takes you through the great Patsy Rodenburg's celebrated work in an intensive voice and speech workshop.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £23.00 Concession £18.00
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