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
- Solo swing and jive: general
Course start date: Sat 18 Jan 2025 (and 1 other date)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Rosaria SativaDo you enjoy vintage social dancing events but don't have a partner? Looking to nail those moves and increase your freestyle confidence? Then this is the course for you! We will work on foot-work sequences and steps of authentic jazz dancing and Rhythm & Blues Strolls, progressing to faster pace flick kicks and turns for jive and Rock ’n' Roll dances. No partner required! This is a general level course suitable for beginners and improvers.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £83.00 - Afrocentric drumming 2Course start date: Sat 18 Jan 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Paul ChiversExplore hand drumming with African rhythms and their variations. Improve your individual and group playing skills and learn how to apply a variety of percussive instruments to any musical style or setting.Full fee £109.00 Senior fee £109.00 Concession £109.00 - Lecoq technique: physicality and action (level 2)Course start date: Sat 8 Feb 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sean CroftDevelop your physical skills and a deeper understanding of the Lecoq technique. As well as looking in more detail at your physicality, you will have a chance to work individually to create exciting characters, and to learn the essentials of physical storytelling. Students should complete our introductory course before attending level 2.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £90.00 - Improve your speaking voiceCourse start date: Sat 21 Jun 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Giles AbbottThis course is ideal if you seek greater clarity and confidence in how you communicate. Through a series of exercises and drills, you will learn how to improve your speaking voice.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £104.00 - Flamenco: beginners and improvers Course start date: Sat 22 Feb 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Danielle AllanA friendly intensive class, that focuses on the confident execution of Flamenco dance with pleasure, passion and panache. This course is geared towards beginners (more experienced students wishing to revise the basics are also welcome). Performance opportunities throughout the year.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £90.00 - String workshop: James Marshall and Gerald FinziCourse start date: Sun 16 Mar 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Robert PuzeyA special workshop for orchestral string players, Grade 4 standard and higher, who will study and rehearse two exciting works with wind soloists. The second session will culminate in a performance including the UK premiere of Divertimento by US composer James Marshall, who will be present at the concert.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £90.00 - Character voices (intensive)Course start date: Sat 5 Apr 2025
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 course will be delivered in the media studio.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £104.00 - Narration for podcast and documentary (intensive)Course start date: Sat 5 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: David SpencerA fun and intensive workshop all about the incredible world of narration. This enormous and lucrative area of the voiceover world includes podcasts, 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!Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £104.00 - Clowning and physical comedyCourse start date: Sun 12 Jan 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sean CroftDiscover the fundamentals of fun, exploring what makes us laugh and what it means to be a clown. We’ll dive deep down into the funny bones of comedic genres that have lasted centuries and learn techniques in the physical style of comedy performance. No previous experience needed. Warning: a great deal of serious silliness will be had!Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £90.00
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