Performing arts

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)danceradio and screen, and voice, speech and communication as well as a full range of music courses, such as pianosingingstrings and wind instruments to jazz and popmusic technologymusic 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

Courses available both in-person and online

Join us in the heart of London for in-person classes. Our modern campus in Covent Garden is easy to reach and buzzing with creativity. With modern purpose-built facilities and state-of-the-art equipment, it’s the perfect space to support your learning journey. Explore our facilities >

Prefer learning online? Our live online courses bring expert teaching to you, wherever you are.

Whether you choose to study in-person or online, all our courses are live, interactive, and taught by expert tutors. Wherever and however you want to learn, we’re here for you.

Courses available both in-person and online

We offer a range of long and short courses allowing you to choose between in-person and online learning.

Learn in the centre of London with our in-person courses. Our purpose-built facilities in Covent Garden mean we are ideally located and easy to get to. 

See our guide to online learning for more information about accessing our live online courses.

All our courses are live, interactive, and taught by expert tutors. No matter how you prefer to learn, we've got the class for you.

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  1. Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £179.00
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  2. Screen acting: auditioning and self-taping for TV and film
    Last Few Places, Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 11 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Gary Grant
    Expert advice and guidance on how to prepare for auditions. This practical course covering techniques and tips on how to prepare for auditions with opportunity to practice in putting those into action.
    Full fee £299.00 Senior fee £299.00 Concession £209.00
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  3. Exploring the music of Gabriel Fauré
    Last Few Places
    Course start date:  Wed 26 Feb 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Katy Hamilton
    Gabriel Fauré was born twelve years after the birth of Johannes Brahms, and died six years after the death of Claude Debussy. In his long life he witnessed a remarkable series of aesthetic changes in the music of France, Austro-Germany and beyond, and his own career as a composer, teacher, pianist and organist embraced a tremendous range of influences – as well as having a huge impact on the next generations of Ravel, Nadia Boulanger and Georges Enescu. We explore his life and music in celebration of the 180th anniversary of his birth. * this course has a break week: 4th March.



    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 £103.00 Concession £90.00
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  4. Contemporary dance: intermediate
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 26 Feb 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Orley Quick
    Push your physicality, stamina and strength through technical exercises, dynamic travelling and fluid phrases. Be challenged mentally and physically, take risks and work with full body awareness. This class is appropriate for people who have lots of experience in Contemporary dance and are confident with floor work.
    Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £69.00
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  5. Screen acting: improvers
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 26 Feb 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Robert Cavanah
    Build your confidence and strengthen your camera technique in this improvers class. Work towards creating more truthful screen performances.
    Full fee £299.00 Senior fee £299.00 Concession £209.00
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  6. Contemporary dance: general level
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 26 Feb 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Orley Quick
    Develop your physicality while further enhancing your understanding of contemporary dance, through technical exercises, dynamic travelling and fluid phrases. This class is appropriate for people who are ready to move on from the beginners course or who have previous dance experience.
    Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £69.00
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  7. Acting for radio and podcast dramas: advanced
    Last Few Places
    Course start date:  Wed 26 Feb 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  David Gooderson
    Seeking work in Radio Drama? Explore microphone techniques and acting skills for radio at a higher level. For those who have completed Acting for Radio Beginners and/or Improvers courses or have previous relevant industry experience. This course will be taught in our media studio.
    Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £249.00 Concession £174.00
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  8. Debating: improvers
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 26 Feb 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Gavin Illsley
    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 term the course will be taught in the college.
    Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £90.00
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  9. Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £139.00
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  10. Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £199.00
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  11. Audition ready
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 19 Mar 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Simon Darwen
    Learn how an audition panel sees you in order to maximise your chances of success. Work on your audition speeches in this workshop so your pieces are solid. Ideal if you applying for drama school or preparing for industry castings.
    Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £69.00
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  12. Great works: Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges
    Course start date:  Wed 2 Apr 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Trish Shaw
    The fantastical opera L'Enfant et les sortileges, by Maurice Ravel, was first performed in March 1925 at the Monte Carlo Opera. Come and explore this delightful work, with plot and libretto by the novelist Collete, and its magical characters and even more magical music.
    Full fee £39.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £39.00
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  13. Great works: Smetana's Ma Vlast
    Course start date:  Wed 9 Apr 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Katy Hamilton
    Among the numerous operas, piano pieces, choral and chamber works composed by Bedrich Smetana, surely the best known is his depiction of the river Vltava from his cycle of symphonic poems, Má Vlast. This session explores the origins of Smetana’s six-movement cycle composed across several years, the stories that he conjures in such vivid orchestral colours, and its meaning for Czech national identity in the later nineteenth century.



    This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £39.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £39.00
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  14. Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £160.00
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  15. Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £160.00
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