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City Lit is a leading provider of adult education in London and all over the UK. It's the perfect place to learn something new, gain new skills, and build your confidence. From mastering new languages and honing creative skills to advancing your career with professional development courses. Whatever your passion or goal, our diverse curriculum has the perfect course to inspire your next step.

 

 

 

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  1. Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00
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  2. Art and creative thinking with Rod Judkins
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sun 18 May 2025 (and 4 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Rod Judkins
    Art is fundamentally about communicating ideas. If the idea is strong, the work of art is memorable.



    This exciting, one day workshop, led by Rod Judkins (artist, tutor and author of ‘The art of Creative thinking’ and ‘Ideas are your only currency’) will explore methods to create ideas and concepts and combine them with the process of making. You will receive a signed copy of Art and Creative Thinking when you attend this course.
    Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00
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  3. Full fee £319.00 Senior fee £255.00 Concession £207.00
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  4. Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £63.00 Concession £55.00
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  5. Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00
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  6. Combining voice and Pilates
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 12 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Kate Montague
    This innovative and one-off workshop shows you how to integrate modified Pilates movements with voice training as a holistic approach to voice, starting at breath release and progressing into phonation and resonance. Through this combination you may begin to find a link between body and voice through the core muscles of support. A fun but intensive Saturday workshop in the college.
    Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £55.00
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  7. Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £79.00
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  8. Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £71.00 Concession £62.00
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  9. Guided Photo Walk Focussing on Composition - City Lit Silver Sunday
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sun 5 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Michael Harding
    A Guided Photo Walk in the area, emphasizing how to improve your photographic composition. (Suitable for camera phone or DSLR). This walk takes place on firm, level ground covering a modest distance.







    Age UK’s Silver Sunday is a day dedicated to older people which takes place every year in October. Fun and free activities are held across the UK where older people can make new friends, visit new places, try new activities, and connect with other generations in their local communities. This year’s Silver Sunday will be taking place on Sunday 6th October, and City Lit will join in the activities by offering a diverse selection of workshops.







    This tater session is aimed specifically to older people but that everyone is welcome to join in, as connecting generations forms an important part of this day.
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  10. Hitchcock's Horror Thrillers 2: The Birds, scene by scene
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sun 5 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Jon Wisbey
    Hitchcock's The Birds (1963), sees the director exploring a familiar theme: the 'romantic couple' tested by suspenseful events. But unlike his glossy 1950s hits, Hitchcock opts for muted visuals and performances in an unflinching examination of femininity under threat and masculine cruelty, framed by a dystopian revenge of nature narrative. Explore the master's last great film, scene by scene.
    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00
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  11. Five Easy Steps to Taking Better Photographs on your mobile or DSLR - City Lit Silver Sunday
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sun 5 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Michael Harding
    An illustrated guide to improving your photograph in easy steps.







    Age UK’s Silver Sunday is a day dedicated to older people which takes place every year in October. Fun and free activities are held across the UK where older people can make new friends, visit new places, try new activities, and connect with other generations in their local communities. This year’s Silver Sunday will be taking place on Sunday 6th October, and City Lit will join in the activities by offering a diverse selection of workshops.







    This taster session is aimed specifically to older people but everyone is welcome to join in, as connecting generations forms an important part of this day.
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  12. Explore: creative collage
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sun 19 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Pam Williams
    From the early 20th century onwards, the advent of ‘mass’ media – newspapers, magazines, leaflets, packaging - led to some of the most innovative artistic movements in Western culture: Dada, Surrealism, Bauhaus, Punk.







    Arguably, these movements (all of which centralised ‘collage’), have had more of a bearing on contemporary graphic design than anything else. Think of the countless adverts, websites, and social media posts which owe a debt to Jamie Reid’s ‘Sex Pistols’ album designs (which, in turn, owe their existence to the Dadaists).







    The methodology of collage should therefore play a role in any good design practice.







    Our Workshops enable you to take a deep dive into a specific process, media or tool.



    They throw the spotlight onto niche areas of the visual communication field, enabling you to hone higher-level skills and gain deeper insights.







    Workshops tend to have a practical focus, with little or no theory or context, although this varies by course.
    Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £89.00
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  13. Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00
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