Summer courses in performing arts
Enhance your performance skills and choose from taster sessions and intensives in music, drama, dance and voice.
23 courses available
- Communicating effectively at workHow skilfully do you manage the impression you make on people in meetings and interviews? Develop your personal effectiveness by looking at voice and body language, assertiveness, sensitive listening, interviewing techniques and communication skills for business meetings. This course will be taught in the college.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £179.00
Introduction to actingA fun encounter with the acting process. Increase your confidence and discover your potential in a safe and supportive environment.
Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £90.00- Introduction to music productionCome and learn the basics of recording and editing so that you can turn your musical ideas into completed songs you can share!Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £229.00
- Narration for podcast and documentary (intensive)
A fun and intensive weekend course about how to bring storytelling to life. The focus is on factual narration for podcasts and documentary, but the vocal skills you will learn can be used across other voice work such as e-learning, audio books, technical narration and explainer videos. You’ll learn how to bring a written script to life with your voice and deliver to specific audiences. It’s not just about how you use your voice, it's about the script, technical vocal skills and connecting with the listener. The course will be delivered in the media studio.
Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £139.00 - Argentine Tango: introduction
An introduction to the fundamentals of this famous partner dance, where you will learn and practice in a supportive and fun environment. This session is part of a series of one-day workshops. You can join more than one if you wish, as the content facilitation will vary. These playful explorations emphasise posture, connection, and coordination, and provide a practice space for like-minded enthusiasts. Suitable for both beginners and those with some prior experience. No partner needed – come alone, with a partner or with friends.
Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £34.00 - Enhance your impact and presenceDiscover 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 £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £104.00
- BurlesqueBurlesque is an empowering and expressive performance art. Learn the basics of burlesque movement and dance in this glamorous and fun one day workshop. We will explore the posture, deportment, style and elegance of showgirl movement.Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £55.00
- Acting: improvers
Continue your development as you explore a range of exercises and acting techniques that will illuminate and enliven your scene work. Consolidate techniques and deepen your understanding in a safe and supportive atmosphere.
Full fee £329.00 Senior fee £329.00 Concession £230.00 - Use your voice assertively
Do you want to sound more confident, grounded, self-assured and assertive? Improve your vocal skills through a series of exercises that will support you to become more vocally confident, expressive and dynamic. This course will be delivered in the college.
Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £139.00 - Vocal recording: production techniquesLearn how to make recordings of sung and/or spoken voices, then edit them, add effects, or mix with other tracks. Suitable for those with some previous experience in digital audio.
Keeley Street
Tue 9 Feb 2027Max La VillaFull fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £179.00 - Drama therapy: intermediateInvestigate the role and function of drama therapy as a working model on this interactive course. Looking at a range of drama tools that can be used in therapeutic settings, you will explore aspects of Playback Theatre and Forum Theatre as methods for engaging with others. Fun, insightful and packed with tools you can use, this is a great introduction to applying theatrical processes to therapy.
Keeley Street
Sat 24 Apr 2027Dan SkiliFull fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £160.00 - Voiceovers: professional practiceExploring “real life” recording sessions, as they would be run in professional voiceover studios across a range of genres. This is an advanced course looking at the working world of voiceovers.
Keeley Street
Fri 21 May 2027David SpencerFull fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £125.00 - Stage combat: unarmedExplore unarmed combat and develop a selection of moves to combine in to a choreographed sequence!
A well-executed fight scene can make stage combat look easy but, much like dancing, it must be intricately choreographed and extensively rehearsed, to provide that authentic feel while remaining safe. Suitable for everyone.Keeley Street
Sun 30 May 2027Sean CroftFull fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £55.00 - Voice masterclass: the Patsy Rodenburg methodA brief look at the great Patsy Rodenburg's celebrated work in an intensive voice and speech workshop spread over two sessions.
Keeley Street
Thu 1 Jul 2027Lloyd WyldeFull fee £109.00 Senior fee £109.00 Concession £109.00 - Debating: intensiveDebating requires the ability to speak English persuasively in public and, crucially, to respond rapidly to other people’s objections to what you say. In this shorter, intensive version of our highly popular course, we will cover the theory and practice of debating, and you will progress quickly in areas of content, strategy and style. A great mental workout.
Keeley Street
Wed 7 Jul 2027Gavin IllsleyFull fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £104.00
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