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Whether you’re interested in a one-off talk or taster class, a short course over a few weeks, or a year-long programme. You'll find a course to suit your schedule and goals.

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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. Character voices (intensive)
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 7 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Sarah English, Bryan Romaine
    Character 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 £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £125.00
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  2. Public speaking
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 14 Jun 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Gavin Illsley
    This intensive Saturday course will help you to learn techniques and develop skills which will boost your confidence for all types of situations when you have to say a few words in public. This course will be delivered in the college.
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £149.00
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  3. Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00
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  4. The holistic voice
    Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 20 Sep 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Kate Montague
    Your voice should be an extension of your character. This Saturday workshop offers accessible and empowering mind-body techniques to deepen your awareness and connection to your voice so that the message you give out is true to your intention.
    Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £69.00
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  5. Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00
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  6. Working with adults who stammer: a course for speech and language therapists
    Course start date:  Mon 13 Oct 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Carolyn Cheasman, Vivien Grant-Jones

    Designed for speech and language therapists, this four-day interactive workshop will cover assessment and selection, stammering modification, interiorised stammering, cluttering, acquired stammering and an introduction to mindfulness. Opportunity to practise teaching techniques to clients included.

    Note: this course runs on these days: October 13-15; and a final follow-up day on March 30..

    Full fee £599.00 Senior fee £599.00 Concession £599.00
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  7. Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00
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  8. Great works: Arvo Pärt's Passio
    Course start date:  Mon 30 Mar 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Edward Breen
    Estonian composer Arvo Pärt (b.1935) is one of the most frequently performed classical composers of our times. Explore his setting of St John’s passion and learn about his compositional techniques.
    Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00
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  9. Music in the Weimar republic
    Course start date:  Tue 21 Apr 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Katy Homden
    Discover the colourful landscape of music in Germany between the wars. Break week: 26 May 26.
    Full fee £269.00 Senior fee £215.00 Concession £188.00
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  10. Speak Shakespeare monologues and scenes: comedies
    Course start date:  Wed 7 May 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Vernon Thompson

    Do you enjoy speaking Shakespeare or would you like to enjoy it? Whether you are preparing a Shakespearean monologue for audition or simply have an interest in their structure, rhythm and poetry, this course enables you to work on and speak monologues from the Comedies with confidence as well as rehearse duologues/ scene work from As You Like It and All's Well That Ends Well specifically. The course is held at the college, and includes a trip to the Box Office Studio in Shoreditch, site of the original Theatre where the Lord Chamberlain's Men performed.

     

     

    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £104.00
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  11. London photography: bridges in the city
    Course start date:  Thu 30 Apr 2026

    Location on this date:  Off Site

    Tutors:  Michael Harding
    Explore london and capture the beauty of the capitals bridges that span the Thames. This off-site photographic course will have you down to the river with your camera, exploring the diverse architectural designs and structures of bridges on the Thames that connect London. Learn about their history whilst learning the secrets to successful architectural and location photography.
    Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00
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