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
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- Acting: sceneworkCourse start date: Fri 20 Jan 2023 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lawrence LambertConsolidate your techniques as you rehearse and perform in a duologue and/or a monologue from a published play text in this intensive practical course.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £169.00 Concession £110.00 - Use your voice assertivelyCourse start date: Fri 20 Jan 2023 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street (other locations are available)
Tutors: Ian TaylorDo 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 in the college.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £169.00 Concession £110.00 - English pronunciation: stage 1Course start date: Tue 20 Sep 2022 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Online (other locations are available)
Tutors: David John GwillimAre you a non-native fluent speaker who wants to improve your pronunciation of English and to speak the language more clearly and confidently? Work on clear formation of vowel and consonant sounds including the English neutral vowel and the distinction between voiced and unvoiced sounds. This term 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 £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 - Classical singing workshopCourse start date: Fri 20 Jan 2023 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Trevor AlexanderA lively workshop class for singers with a solid foundation in vocal technique and musicianship: employ your vocal technique in a more flexible and artistic way and deepen your understanding of critical evaluation of singing.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £181.00 - Piano workshop 6Course start date: Fri 20 Jan 2023 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Online (other locations are available)
Tutors: Chryssa KasmaIf you play piano at around grade 6 standard, join one of these online workshops to develop your playing by studying a wide range of piano repertoire, with focus on technique, textural awareness, practice and performance skills.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - Singing 3Course start date: Fri 20 Jan 2023 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street (other locations are available)
Tutors: Colette MeuryDevelop your singing journey and explore your voice in the third year of our training programme. These classes will further advance your singing voice and musicianship skills through a selection of technical exercises and songs from a variety of genres to suit all musical tastes.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £153.00 - English pronunciation: stage 3Course start date: Fri 20 Jan 2023 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: David John GwillimDesigned for advanced non-native speakers, and all who have completed 'English Pronunciation' stages 1 and 2. Conversation and the reading aloud of a variety of texts will help to pinpoint those pronunciation worries still to be addressed.
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 £153.00 - Chamber music: intermediateCourse start date: Fri 20 Jan 2023 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Gisela MeyerDiscover the pleasure of playing in small, mixed instrumental ensembles, one per part, in a variety of repertoire. For classical instrumentalists at grade 3-5 standard, with some sight-reading skills.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - Voiceovers: beginnersCourse start date: Fri 20 Jan 2023 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street (other locations are available)
Tutors: David ThorpeExplore ‘on mic’ the skills and techniques required across a range of audio/voiceover situations, from radio commercials to talking books and beyond. This course will be taught in the media studio.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £167.00 - Violin and viola advanced: techniqueCourse start date: Fri 20 Jan 2023 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Robert PuzeyThis online course is for violin and viola students who want to focus on improving technique. Your tutor will guide you through technical work and pieces from the ABRSM Grade 7 syllabus plus a range of other repertoire and scales/arpeggios at the same standard. Suitable for students with at least five years' tuition/playing experience. Break week 17 Feb 2023.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £169.00 Concession £110.00 - Flute: advancedCourse start date: Fri 20 Jan 2023 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Lindsey FillinghamThis online course is for flautists with at least 5 years training, or Grade 6+ standard, to advance their solo and ensemble playing in a variety of musical styles.
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 £123.00 - Jazz harmony, ear training and ensembles: advancedCourse start date: Fri 20 Jan 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Della RhodesFocus on ear training and developing jazz improvisation, applying theoretical understanding to practical situations. We return to the classroom to learn to play jazz standards and unusual repertoire. This is musicianship training at a high level. New applicants may apply to music@citylit.ac.uk to arrange an audition.Full fee £359.00 Senior fee £287.00 Concession £251.00 - English pronunciation: stage 2Course start date: Fri 23 Sep 2022 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online (other locations are available)
Tutors: David John GwillimDesigned for people who have completed ‘English Pronunciation: stage 1’ although new students with sufficient skills can join. Develop confidence and clarity, explore diphthongs and triphthongs, inflection and the rhythms of Standard English. This term 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 £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £153.00 - Foundation in Drama (Extended Certificate Level 2)Course start date: Sat 8 Jan 2022 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Laura Baggaley, Vernon Thompson, Martin WimpressDo you want to be an actor but find it hard to fit the training around your other commitments? This intensive and practical one day per week course provides classes in the core disciplines of acting, voice and movement, working towards a Level 2 Extended Certificate in Performing Arts awarded by OCN London.Full fee £1,599.00 Senior fee £1,599.00 Concession £1,599.00 - Acting for funCourse start date: Fri 20 Jan 2023 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Laura BaggaleyAn acting class purely for the joy of it! This course is suitable complete beginners, those with a little experience, and anyone wanting to enjoy acting exercises and scenes in a relaxed, low-pressure environment. Gain confidence, make friends, develop new skills and have fun. There will be fresh material and new scenes to explore every term.Full fee £109.00 Senior fee £87.00 Concession £71.00
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