- Brazilian Portuguese film matineeCourse start date: Wed 10 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
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The Brazilian Portuguese Film Matinee is a chance to find out more about Brazilian cinema in the college. The film will be presented by one of our wonderful Brazilian Portuguese tutors and there will be a discussion afterwards.
The film we will be watching is the critically-acclaimed Aquarius, a 2016 co-production of Brazil and France, directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho and starring Sônia Braga;
Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00 - Italian film nightCourse start date: Wed 10 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Francesco BucciolWith proceeds going to the City Lit Student Bursary, the Italian Film Night is a chance to round out the term with a fun movie night in the college. The film will be presented by Francesco Bucciol, head of the Classics department and our Italian GCSE and A Level tutor. Francesco will also lead a discussion (in Italian) about the film, but there is no obligation for you to speak Italian if you don't wish to.
For this term's Italian film night, we will be showing and discussing excerpts from a classic (perhaps THE classic) Italian film, La Dolce Vita.Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00 - Art history taster
Course start date: Wed 10 Dec 2025 (and 8 other dates)Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sarah JaffrayCurious about art history? Join us for this taster session where we explore different ways into visual art and its histories from the ancient to the contemporary.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00 - Great artists: David MunrowCourse start date: Thu 11 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Edward BreenExplore the life and works of David Munrow, one of the key performers of early music in the 1960s and 1970s.Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00 - Introduction to acting Course start date: Sat 13 Dec 2025 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Cara JenningsA fun encounter with the acting process. Increase your confidence and discover your potential in a safe and supportive environment.
Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £69.00 - Enhance your impact and presenceCourse start date: Sat 13 Dec 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Stephanie LunnDiscover how to enhance your vocal and physical impact and presence in many situations and become aware of habits that may hold you back, on this intensive weekend course.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £97.00 - Christmas at the cinema Course start date: Sat 13 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: John WischmeyerCarefully-curated Christmas cornucopia overflows with seasonal films, from new entry The Holdovers (2023 Alexander Payne) to Home Alone (1990 Chris Columbus/John Hughes). This is a celebration of the genre of the Christmas film packed with clips and hidden gems: Scrooge (1951 Brian Desmond Hurst) remixed as a film noir, Lindsay Anderson’s Every Day Except Christmas (1957), his film about the old Covent Garden market later seen in My Fair Lady (1964) or Hitchcock’s Frenzy (1972) just before it closed down. Full of delights, discussions and a grown man dressed as an Elf (2003).Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00 - Neurodivergence as a fact of society: a brief introductionCourse start date: Sun 14 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Vina TheodorakopoulouBritish society is diverse, and not only in terms of faiths, ethnic backgrounds and other mostly visible differences. Neurodiversity is also a central aspect. Join us on this non-accredited course for a brief introduction to neurodiversity in society and discover how to engage with and support neurodivergent strengths.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £47.00 Concession £38.00 - Ferdinand Ries: Beethoven's studentCourse start date: Mon 15 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Ferdinand Ries (1784 –1838) was friend, pupil and secretary to Ludwig van Beethoven and a prolific composer in his own right. Find out more about his life and works on this special short course.
Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00 - Christmas crooning Course start date: Mon 15 Dec 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Richard Hartley WilsonDon your sparkly jumpers and get into the Christmas spirit as you sing along to some Christmas classics!Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00 - Clay sculpture: life and portrait Course start date: Mon 5 Jan 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Valerie MerloFollow in the footsteps of Michelangelo and Rodin and learn how to capture the human figure, both physically and emotionally, on this fascinating practical sculpting course. You will work from a life model to develop your own clay sculpture of the human form.Full fee £599.00 Senior fee £479.00 Concession £389.00 - Metal sculpture: beginners to intermediate Course start date: Mon 5 Jan 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Andrew RevellLearn the techniques required in making sculptural/functional objects in different metals: cutting, bending, welding and joining. Materials and expert guidance are provided, but you are welcome to bring your own project ideas and metal items. For beginners or those with some prior experience.Full fee £489.00 Senior fee £391.00 Concession £318.00 - The life and works of Thomas More Course start date: Tue 6 Jan 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ellen CarpenterHumanist scholar, Lord Chancellor of England, advocate for women’s education, opponent of Luther, careful in his avoidance in acknowledging Anne Boleyn as Henry VIII’s wife…Since the 1520's Thomas More has been celebrated, commemorated and vilified as a shrewd ‘man for all seasons.’ With such a contended reputation, how can we best understand and situate his life, work, and politics in history?
Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £32.00 - Pottery evening Course start date: Tue 6 Jan 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Trish SpenceFor those with previous experience who want to work towards their own goals, or for beginners who want to learn hand-building and throwing processes. We will also cover glazing and surface decoration.Full fee £619.00 Senior fee £495.00 Concession £402.00 - City Lit textiles: surface, structure, stitch Course start date: Tue 6 Jan 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lara HaileyInvestigate textile structures and surfaces through this project based course. Develop an experimental portfolio of 2D and 3D stitched samples, sketchbook research and aim towards a finished piece.Full fee £499.00 Senior fee £399.00 Concession £324.00
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