Acting Shakespeare: Finding the Fun

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This practical course will enable you to find the fun and freedom to play Shakespeare. Texts will be explored through contemporary contexts to release participants from the fear of approaching Shakespeare’s language. With one on Central’s expert tutors, you’ll be guided through a variety of contemporary acting techniques to facilitate ownership of the language.

This is an ideal course for those with some experience of acting but lack confidence or a toolkit to approach Shakespeare.

Course Content

Discover how to bring heightened language to life in performance
Finding the fun within the text and playing the scene as a game
Consider how to contemporise Shakespeare
Explore Shakespeare’s characters, language and rhythms
Work with a scene partner on a Shakespearean duologue

Course Dates

Wednesday 24 April - Wednesday 12 June

8 weeks, 8 Sessions (Wednesdays) 7pm - 9.30pm | Book your place

Booking Information

Our courses are available on a first come, first served basis in order of payment.

To secure a place, please take the following steps:

Read through our Terms and Conditions before booking
Click on ‘Book your place’ above. Please make sure you are booking for the correct course and option (i.e. Mon/Wed or Tue/Thu if more than one option is available)
Click ‘Select’ and follow the steps through to the completion of booking
If your preferred dates are sold out, you can click ‘Join Waiting List’ and we will let you know if a place becomes available

Those who are new to studying Shakespeare
Anyone who has already taken Acting: An Introduction
Anyone who has completed equivalent beginner-level acting classes elsewhere
Those with experience of Shakespeare looking for new ways to approach his work

Days	Wednesdays. The course consists of 8 sessions in total and is delivered once a week for 8 weeks.
Times	All times listed are either GMT or GMT +1 (depending on the time of year). If you’re joining from overseas, please use a timezone convertor before booking to establish what the local time will be for you.
Age	The minimum age is 18 on the first day of the course. There is no upper age limit.
Max. class size	16 students
Course Delivery	All of the Evening Courses take place onsite at our Swiss Cottage campus in London.
International students	We welcome International Students to our courses, however please ensure you are on the correct visa. As our Evening Courses are classed as part-time, non-accredited short courses they are not eligible for a Tier 4 Student Visa however you may be eligible for a Short Term Study Visa.
Language requirements	Applicants must be confident speaking and reading English to a conversational level (IELTS score of 7.0 or equivalent). You may be expected to read texts/scripts that have advanced vocabulary.
Attendance	Due to the structure and the collaborative nature of the courses, full attendance is requested.
Refunds	We are able to offer a full refund up until 14 days before the course begins. After this, the course will become fully non-refundable.
Cancellations	Central reserves the right to cancel this course if we do not meet the minimum number of participants. In this instance, a full refund will be made to you. We are unable to refund any other costs you may have incurred.

What our students say...

“I feel very inspired and I just want to do more and more. I feel confident in myself as an actress and more ready to take my acting to the next level.”

Elizabeth, 2019

“I came in with what I thought was an understanding of Shakespeare but the teacher taught me so much more. It’s improved my knowledge and my confidence of Shakespeare and I enjoyed challenging myself as an actor.”

Louisa, 2019