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
Some of our courses are delivered online. For more information about our live online courses, please see our guide to online learning .
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
- Great works: Handel's SemeleCourse start date: Wed 6 Jul 2022
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Pauline Greene, Daniel UnruhExplore Handel’s ever-popular oratorio from Ovid’s original tale to William Congreve’s English libretto, and discover key features of Handel’s musical language.
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 £31.00 Concession £25.00 - Great works: Strauss's ElektraCourse start date: Fri 8 Jul 2022
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Karen Betley, Justin MurrayExplore the title figure of Strauss’s trail blazing opera from ancient Greek mythology to Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s German libretto, and discover key innovations in Strauss’s musical language.
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 £31.00 Concession £25.00 - Summer choirCourse start date: Mon 11 Jul 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Richard Hartley WilsonSinging with others is great fun, and has been proven to be good for your health. Join us for this short course and get started over the summer to see how it can benefit you. Suitable for all levels, no audition required.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £48.00 - Classical music: an introductionCourse start date: Tue 12 Jul 2022
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Katy HamiltonAre you interested in finding out more about classical music but not sure where to start? This taster course will
introduce you to the history of music through a careful choice of works.
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 - Storytelling: TasterCourse start date: Thu 14 Jul 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Ariella EshedAll cultures respect the world of Story. We all like to hear stories! This short taster class will help you to tell them. Traditional, anecdotal, personal, fairytales, fables…they all require the key ingredient of confidence, and a basic understanding of structure. The class 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 £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Wagner's Ring Cycle: an overviewCourse start date: Thu 14 Jul 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Katy HamiltonWagner’s ‘Ring’ Cycle is a mighty epic lasting many hours, full of armies of characters and multiple plot twists – not to mention the musical labels, or ‘leitmotifs’, that Wagner assigns to various people and ideas throughout. This course is intended for those who are keen to find out about Wagner and the Ring, and navigate the action across its four constituent operas.Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £23.00 Concession £18.00 - Music history book clubCourse start date: Mon 18 Jul 2022 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street (other locations are available)
Tutors: Pauline GreeneThe music history book club meets towards the end of each term to discuss novels and biography with musical themes and references relevant to the music history programme. This term’s book is a biography.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £12.00 - Contemporary dance intensiveCourse start date: Wed 20 Jul 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Francis AngolThis is a three-evening intensive in contemporary dance fusion. Learn how to express your physicality in a dynamic fashion and gain basic knowledge of the main principles of contemporary dance, with influences from other techniques. General level - suitable for both beginners and improvers.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £42.00 - Acting for wellbeingCourse start date: Sun 24 Jul 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Juliet PragueIncrease your physical and emotional well-being through playful and fun acting exercises in this one day course. Connect, take notice, be active, learn new skills, become more present and engaged with others using tools drawn from actor training.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £36.00 - Opera appreciation: an introductionCourse start date: Mon 25 Jul 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Pauline GreeneWhat is opera? And how do you approach it? Explore the ostentatious, sometimes overwhelming, world of opera through study of two major works and styles.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £47.00 Concession £36.00 - Great works: Parry's Songs of FarewellCourse start date: Tue 26 Jul 2022
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Patrick AlliesSongs of Farewell by Hubert Parry (1848-1918) were written in the last 10 years of the composer’s life. This course will explore the personal and historical context of this choral work, and examine how Parry, at the height of his expressive powers, combined moving musical language with poignant texts.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00
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