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
Most of our courses are currently delivered online. For more information about our live online courses, please see our guide to online learning . For face-to-face classes at the college, see our information about staying COVID-19 secure at City Lit.
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
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- Singing online (beginners): tasterCourse start date: Tue 7 Dec 2021
Location on this date: Online
Would you like to like to join a singing class but are not sure what is involved and how a singing class can work on zoom? This fun and interactive taster for complete beginners will give you a chance to find out before committing to a longer course.
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 - Comedy writing and performing: tasterCourse start date: Tue 7 Dec 2021
Location on this date: Online
Explore your comedy writing and performance potential under the guidance of an Emmy-award winning comedy producer/director. Alan Nixon shares the skills behind creating powerful comedy using classic and modern techniques.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00 - Great works: Saint-Saëns's Carnival of the animalsCourse start date: Tue 14 Dec 2021
Location on this date: Online
Explore Saint-Saëns's Carnival of the animals, the comical musical microcosm of zoology.
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 £29.00 Concession £18.00 - Acting: beginnersCourse start date: Tue 22 Feb 2022 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Explore the fundamentals of acting on this practical course, designed for people with little or no experience of acting. Increase your confidence and discover your potential in a safe and supportive environment.
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 £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £140.00 - Tap dance: improversCourse start date: Tue 14 Sep 2021 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Practise and improve your basic tap skills and increase your vocabulary of steps and sequences. Gain a greater understanding of rhythm, tempo and syncopation. Suitable for students of all ages with good general fitness. Tap shoes are essential.
We've changed some of our teaching arrangements in response to the coronavirus outbreak. You'll get the same great learning experience with lots of support but with adjustments to keep us all safe for your return to the studio.
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 £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £109.00 - Piano/keyboards 1E
Course start date: Tue 14 Sep 2021 (and 3 other dates)Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street (other locations are available)
This is the second year of our beginners piano programme and repertoire will be of a pre-grade 1 standard. Improve your eye/hand coordination, your reading and finger technique.
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 £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £121.00 - Silver Swans ballet class improversCourse start date: Tue 14 Sep 2021 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
This improvers course will focus on expanding existing knowledge of ballet technique and vocabulary and is designed to enable you to learn and execute more varied and complex movement sequences. There is an emphasis on delivering ballet technique to facilitate healthy joints, flexibility, movement quality and core strength.
Silver Swans® classes have been specifically designed for the over-55s and the improvers course is suitable for older leaners with at least 1 year of foundation ballet or Silver Swans experience.
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 £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 - Music theory: grade 4Course start date: Tue 11 Jan 2022 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Study more complex musical language including duplets, double-dotted rhythms, alto clef, double sharps/flats, the
concept of enharmonic equivalence, and recognising and writing common triads. Learn the technical names for scale degrees, and standard ornaments and instruments. This course has a break week (27 Oct) and Christmas break (1 Dec-5 Jan) returning 12th Jan.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £97.00 - The long 19th century II: Salons and symphoniesCourse start date: Tue 11 Jan 2022
Location on this date: Online
We continue our journey through the music of the 1800s with Chopin, Liszt, Berlioz, Brahms, Mendelssohn and Donizetti, and the world of performance in private homes and ever grander public spaces.
** This course has a scheduled break week: 01 February 2022.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £127.00 - Music theory: counterpoint 2Course start date: Tue 11 Jan 2022
Location on this date: Online
Explore the art of counterpoint, a musical technique in which two or more melodies are combined to create a highly engaging musical texture. Through analysis and practical exercises, you'll learn to write effective counterpoint in a variety of stylistic contexts. Leads to part 3 next term. Scheduled break week: 15 Feb 2021.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £134.00 - Folk and pop guitar 1ACourse start date: Tue 11 Jan 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
Learn about tuning your instrument, strumming and picking, simple chords for pop songs, scales and chord symbols on this beginners' course.
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 £189.00 Senior fee £189.00 Concession £115.00 - Piano/keyboards 1BCourse start date: Tue 21 Sep 2021 (and 8 other dates)
Location on this date: Online (other locations are available)
A near-beginners’ course for pianists. If you have completed Piano/keyboards 1A or and have basic keyboard and music reading skills in C position, this course will introduce you to more notes.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £121.00 - Classical guitar 3BCourse start date: Tue 11 Jan 2022
Location on this date: Online
We continue this 3rd year of study for classical guitarists. This online course will work on scales and arpeggios, and fingerstyle versions of Baroque, Latin and popular music. tutor : Tony Rowden.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £189.00 Concession £115.00 - Piano/keyboards 3BCourse start date: Tue 11 Jan 2022 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Can you play grade 2 standard pieces? Improve your hand coordination, musical phrasing, reading and finger technique, and improve your confidence in this second term of level 3.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £121.00 - Comedy: writing for radio, online and podcastCourse start date: Tue 11 Jan 2022
Location on this date: Online
There’s a new demand for comedy online from sketch shows to podcasts. Emmy-award winning comedy producer, Alan Nixon, shares the skills behind creating your own comedy style using classic and modern techniques. Discover or enhance your ‘comedy voice’, meet fellow comedy enthusiasts and gain inspiration.
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
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