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
- Drumming 2Course start date: Sat 29 Apr 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Cerys HoggConsolidate your playing and revise musical topics and technique from year one of kit drumming.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £104.00 - Drumming 1CCourse start date: Sat 21 Jan 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Mark HuggettPlay and analyse classic grooves and work to improve your coordinated independence and application of rudiments to the kit. Ideal if you have completed Drumming 1B or have equivalent experience. Includes reading drum notation.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £104.00 - Drumming 1A
Course start date: Sat 29 Apr 2023Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Mark HuggettCome and learn the practical skills you need to play drumkit in contemporary music, including stick technique, four-way coordination, listening and music reading. You will play acoustic and practice kits in class. Please bring your own sticks.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £104.00 - Drumming: advancedCourse start date: Sun 22 Jan 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Mark HuggettOur advanced class is a great chance to practise all the essential popular grooves. Enhance and maintain your technique, reading and stamina. Sessions will be delivered online so you will use your own kit, acoustic or electronic.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 - Salsa: beginnersCourse start date: Sat 21 Jan 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Nuno SabrosoJoin us for an energetic and intensive introduction to LA style Salsa. Learn a new skill whilst having fun and discover the origins and cultural context of this passionate dance. No need to bring a partner, part of the fun is meeting new people but most of all learning a new dance style whilst having a good time.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00 - Vocal recording: production techniquesCourse start date: Sun 14 May 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Max La VillaLearn how to make recordings of sung and/or spoken voices, then edit them, add effects, or mix with other tracks. Suitable for those with some previous experience in digital audio.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £83.00 - Community dance practiceCourse start date: Sat 3 Jun 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Francis AngolAimed at dance enthusiasts, emerging and existing artists or aynone interested in working in the dance community.
The program will give a rounded overview of the nature and structure of this strand of participatory dance practice, covering areas such as professional practice, responsibility, health and safety, working with people and an understanding of legislation which underpins the practice.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £83.00 - Jazz piano: a history from blues to bebop and beyondCourse start date: Sun 4 Jun 2023
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sara DhillonTrace the development of jazz piano from its origins in New Orleans to later styles, including boogie woogie, stride,
bebop, post bop and abstraction, and look at key influential pianists of the period.
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 £95.00 Concession £77.00 - Character voice for animation, stage and screenCourse start date: Sat 24 Jun 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: David ThorpeCharacter voices aren’t just for cartoons. Learn the tools and techniques you need to create new and unique character voices or to accurately imitate a historical or contemporary voice for animation, stage and screen. This intensive weekend course will be taught in the media studio by voiceover supremo Dave Thorpe.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £97.00 - Narration skills: intensiveCourse start date: Sat 1 Apr 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Dian PerryA fun and intensive workshop all about the incredible world of narration. This enormous and lucrative area of the voiceover world includes e-learning, documentaries, audio books, medical/technical narration, explainer videos and more. You’ll learn how to deliver great reads from the inside out. It’s not just about the sound of your voice! This course will be delivered in the media studio.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £97.00 - Drama therapy: intermediateCourse start date: Sat 15 Jul 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Dan SkiliInvestigate the role and function of drama therapy as a working model on this 2 day intensive course. Looking at a range of drama tools that can be used in therapeutic settings, you will explore aspects of Playback Theatre and Forum Theatre as well as a classic Dramatherapy Story Enactment where we will include the Jungian Archetypes.as methods for engaging with others. Fun, insightful and packed with tools you can use, for applying the theatrical processes to therapy.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 - Owning your song (for singers)Course start date: Sat 22 Jul 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Clare FosterLearn how to personalise the song you choose to sing. The singer’s job is to be the messenger of the song and be able to engage and move their audience.
This 2 day workshop is for novice to intermediate level singers.Full fee £109.00 Senior fee £109.00 Concession £76.00
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