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All our courses here at City Lit are taught by expert tutors such as published authors, academics, practising artists, and experienced professionals. Our friendly, supportive, and inspiring tutors are here to boost your confidence and motivate you at every step. We always ensure that your journey with us is enjoyable, positive, and thought-provoking.
We offer online courses and in-person courses. Our interactive online courses are taught live and in small groups. Read our guide to online learning for more information. In-person courses are delivered at our modern college campus in London near Covent Garden.
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If you can't decide which subject to study, why not try some of our short taster courses?
- Screenwriting for feature film
Course start date: Tue 23 Jul 2024Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Sharmila ChauhanHave you ever wondered what goes into writing a screenplay? How is it different from theatre, radio or prose? Learn the basics of the craft and develop a script of your own in this creative and analytical workshop.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information. - Vocal recording: production techniquesCourse start date: Tue 23 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Max La VillaLearn 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. - Podcasting: improversCourse start date: Tue 23 Jul 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Amber Raney-KincadeA short course designed to help you make your existing idea publication ready or improve the production values of your already published podcast.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £84.00 - Try it out: animationCourse start date: Tue 10 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Litza JanszTry out creating a professional looking digital animation sequence using Adobe After Effects and find out about the right course for you to develop your animation practice.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00 - Silver Swans ballet class improversCourse start date: Tue 23 Apr 2024 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Abigail BulfinThis improvers course will focus on expanding existing knowledge of ballet technique and vocabulary and is designed to enable you to learn and execute more varied and complex movement sequences. There is an emphasis on delivering ballet technique to facilitate healthy joints, flexibility, movement quality and core strength.
Silver Swans® classes have been specifically designed for the over-55s and the improvers course is suitable for older leaners with at least 1 year of foundation ballet or Silver Swans experience.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £116.00 - Ballet at the barreCourse start date: Tue 17 Sep 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Alexander SimpkinsThe work you do at the ballet barre is the foundation for all the other work you do as a dancer. Improve your strength, balance and coordination. Not suitable for complete beginners.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £104.00 - Writing song lyrics for popular musicCourse start date: Tue 17 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Polly HewettCreate original, catchy and memorable lyrics from scratch. Learn how to generate lyrics from your everyday experiences. Look at structure, creating a hook and finding your unique writing style. This short course of 6 classes will run online. It functions as a preparation for song writing studies to follow.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £104.00 - Gentle YogaCourse start date: Thu 18 Apr 2024 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Eleanor ShearnStretch, relax and feel good! This class offers both an introduction to yoga and a gentle way of practice. Beginners are welcome and posture adaptations are provided for all students.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £104.00 - Cornish lower intermediate: module 1Course start date: Tue 24 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Gary RetallickThis course will provide learners with a chance to consolidate and build upon their beginner-level Cornish and sit the Grade 2 examination if they wish. Suitable for learners who have completed one year of active study or have equivalent experience.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00 - Poetry workshop: intensive Course start date: Tue 16 Apr 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Julie IrigarayWant to have your poems critiqued in a supportive environment? This intensive poetry workshop focuses on offering feedback to poets who have already written a selection of poems and are looking to push their writing further.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £70.00 - Reading for writers: the short story (a fortnightly course) Course start date: Tue 16 Apr 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Annabel BanksThe best way to write good short stories is to read a lot of good ones first. Dive into the best of short fiction, explore point-of-view, character and pacing, and begin to apply the lessons learnt to your own writing in this fortnightly course.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £70.00 - Ancient Greek 5Course start date: Mon 15 Apr 2024 (and 11 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Doukissa KaminiIn this advanced course, you will be reading Plutarch’s Life of Alexander, and revising grammar, with translation both from Greek and into Greek.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - Chess for beginners
Course start date: Tue 1 Oct 2024Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: David RowsonLearn one of the world’s most popular games, beginning with the basic moves and fundamental strategies. Includes a wide range of practical activities in a fun environment that will encourage you to pursue your interest further. - America in the 20s: culture and societyCourse start date: Tue 1 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Pauline Greene, Mark Malcomson, Dale Mineshima-Lowe, Paul Sutton, Patricia Sweeney, Ian TucknottFrom the Jazz Age and the Harlem Renaissance, to Prohibiton and the Depression, this online intertextual course explores the political, social and cultural context of 1920s America through a study of literature, history, music, film and art of the period. With different tutors for each specialism, the course provides a 'taster' in each subject as a gateway to further study in understanding this fascinating period in American culture and society.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £119.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £77.00 - Argonautica: reading group (in translation)Course start date: Tue 8 Oct 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Nikoletta ManiotiA reading group focusing on the Argonautica by the Greek poet Apollonius of Rhodes (in English translation).
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £97.00
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