Courses under £69
Follow your passion without it costing a fortune! Browse our selection of fascinating courses, all for under £69 here at City Lit.
Break a leg without breaking the bank on one of our acting courses or be transported back to the time of Ancient India or Charles Dickens with a City Lit history class. Conveniently located in the heart of Covent Garden, our central London campus boasts expert tutors, great facilities and outstanding teaching, as rated by Ofsted.
The courses span across the entire College, meaning whatever your interest, there will be an affordable class for you. Elevate your skills and enrich your mind with one of our courses under £69 today.
Learning with us is flexible, we have part-time courses available online, in person or hybrid with a time that best suits you from daytime, evening or weekends
- Mask technique and the physical body (level 1)Course start date: Sun 1 Jun 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sean CroftThis playful and creative mask course, suitable for students at any level, introduces you to the mask. You will be carefully guided to explore the principals and techniques required to bring a character to life, to create speech with the body and without the voice. Masks will be provided but why not bring along some different style outfits and a variety of hats with you, then you’ll have more to play with on the day.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £48.00 - Polish beginners holiday kitCourse start date: Sat 12 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Agnieszka HerbaMake the most of your holidays in Poland with one of our short intensive courses. The Holiday Kit will provide you with all the language you need to communicate in the most common holiday situations & have a friendly chat with the locals!
Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £32.00 - Hungarian beginners holiday kitCourse start date: Sat 12 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Eva PallaghyMake the most of your holidays in Hungary with one of our short intensive courses. This Holiday Kit will provide you with all the language you need to communicate in the most common holiday situations & have a friendly chat with the locals!
Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £32.00 - Up close and personal with Greek archaeological treasuresCourse start date: Sat 14 Jun 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sarah Merali-SmithDiscover stunning objects from ancient Greece and the evidence they provide for the lives of ancient people. Spend the afternoon having a close look at the British Museum's collection.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £55.00 Concession £45.00 - Japanese EtiquetteCourse start date: Sat 28 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Chikako NakagawaCome and experience the customs of Japan, and gain an insight into Japanese society. Open to all levels.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00 - Philosophy of artCourse start date: Sat 5 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Christopher HornerWhy do we value art? For the pleasure it gives us, the emotion it expresses, its truthfulness, its form? In this introduction to the philosophy of art we will consider various approaches to these questions and others. - Retirement for beginners: volunteering - a world of opportunityCourse start date: Sat 5 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Jenny BardwellIf you are not sure how to find your ideal volunteering role, but want to pass on some of your hard-won skills, experience and knowledge, this course will give you some ideas and contacts for further exploration.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00 - Discover WelshCourse start date: Sat 19 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Jack Pulman-SlaterGet a flavour of a new language and its basic sentence structure. Learn some useful phrases and some pronunciation guidelines. A fascinating introduction for complete beginners and those who might like to take it further. - Folk and pop guitar tasterCourse start date: Sat 26 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Tony RowdenLearn the essential chords that will begin your guitar career, and develop the motor skill to strum pop songs. Please bring an acoustic guitar.Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00 - A taste of philosophyCourse start date: Sat 26 Jul 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Karl WhiteHave you ever wondered what philosophy is? What do philosophers talk about? Can they tell you the meaning of life or is it just jargon and navel gazing? Come along and find out.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Yoga retreat afternoonCourse start date: Sat 26 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Madlyn Ray-JonesTreat yourself to an afternoon of yoga to move, restore, and deeply relax and create more ease in the body and the mind. Practice asanas, meditation, mindfulness, breathing practices, and Yoga Nidra. Everyone is welcome.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00 - Drum kit tasterCourse start date: Sat 26 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Mark HuggettSpend time with our drumming tutor, meet the drum kit, sticks and practice pads supplied. Come and play. - Mime: workshopCourse start date: Sun 27 Jul 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sean CroftThere’s so much more to Mime than the striped jumper, beret and box!
The course will cover basic techniques in Mime towards developing and creating worlds alongside opening your body up to expressionistic styles. Through technique and improvisational based classes we will play and explore some of the most renowned exercises in Mime and build on them. Engaging your imagination and developing your awareness of your body as a tool for theatre craft.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £48.00 - Contemporary dance intensiveCourse start date: Sat 16 Aug 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Francis AngolThis is a three-evening intensive in contemporary dance fusion. Learn how to express your physicality in a dynamic fashion and gain basic knowledge of the main principles of contemporary dance, with influences from other techniques. General level - suitable for both beginners and improvers.
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