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
- The art of negotiatingCourse start date: Wed 26 Apr 2023 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Gavin IllsleyNegotiation 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 taught online.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £99.00 - Comedy improvisationCourse start date: Wed 5 Jul 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Mark PhoenixHave 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 £129.00 - Reading English literature aloud: 19th centuryCourse start date: Wed 20 Sep 2023
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Vernon ThompsonCome and enjoy reading aloud prepared passages from novels by Thomas Hardy and Charles Dickens, while using your voice to provide narrative and create character. This unique course also contains technical vocal warm up and sight reading elements each week. The course will be held online, and the set novels are The Mayor of Casterbridge and A Christmas Carol.
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 £84.00 - Floor barre: general levelCourse start date: Wed 26 Apr 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Dilek TaptikFloor barre is a wonderful conditioning programme for everyone, regardless of age and ability. Work through all the important muscle groups while safely supporting the body on the floor. All levels welcome.Full fee £109.00 - Exploring Samuel and Avril Coleridge-TaylorCourse start date: Wed 20 Sep 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Katy HamiltonCome and discover the music of a brilliant father and daughter writing in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: Samuel and Avril Coleridge-Taylor. These two conductor-composers enjoyed prestigious careers in the UK and America. We explore their lives and works.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £95.00 Concession £77.00 - Accents: London, General American and British regionalCourse start date: Wed 26 Apr 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Jonathan MulquinExpand your skillset as an actor or as someone with an interest in speech and phonetics by mastering regional and international accents, including London; General American, and at least two regional British accents. This course will be delivered in the college.Full fee £159.00 - Using your voice for audio books and talking newspapersCourse start date: Wed 26 Apr 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Richard HollingworthWould 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 in the college.Full fee £109.00 - Play-readingCourse start date: Wed 25 Oct 2023
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Simon BowenCome together with others to explore the work of different playwrights, share the spoken word and gain insight into different plays. These fun and friendly sessions are for people who would like to read and discuss plays under the guidance of a theatre professional. Working in a supportive atmosphere you will read out loud and discuss the main themes of a range of both contemporary and classic texts.
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 £84.00 - Exploring Brahms’s symphoniesCourse start date: Wed 1 Nov 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Katy HamiltonBrahms wrote just four symphonies over the course of his career and found the genre a difficult one to engage with. We investigate the ways in which Brahms constructed his symphonies: the debt they owe the past, and their innovative and unusual characteristics.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £95.00 Concession £77.00 - Speak Shakespeare monologues and scenes: tragediesCourse start date: Wed 1 Nov 2023
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Vernon ThompsonWhether you are preparing a Shakespearean monologue for audition or simply have an interest in their structure, rhythm and poetry, this course enables you to work on and speak monologues from the Tragedies with confidence, with full focus this term on Hamlet. We will also rehearse duologues from the play.
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 £84.00
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