Courses

Our newly launched Artist Development Programme gives professional theatre-makers a unique opportunity to train with leading artists.

On this five-day intensive course, students will focus on freeing the self from learned vocabularies and work towards a theatre which surprises and stimulates.

Join Katie Mitchell, one of the UK's foremost theatre practitioners, for an intensive and practical two-week course designed to help professional theatre directors develop their craft.

An introduction to the theoretical knowledge and essential practical skills needed for a career as a theatre director.

Discover how to improvise with confidence, developing spontaneity and presence along the way.

Explore Fitzmaurice Voicework®, a body-centred approach to vocal training that engages the breath, voice, body, nervous system and imagination - all in the service of speaking and singing with connection, intention and presence with minimal effort.

This three-week intensive programme offers those developing a passion for puppetry a unique insight into the theatre-making process with puppets.

Spend your summer at Central with a summer short course. Ranging from 2 days to 3 weeks, there are courses for all abilities.

Over three weeks you will work as part of a company with a range of tutors and a professional director, staging a semi-realised show at the end of the course.

Develop a toolkit of innovative techniques to lead facilitation and deliver training sessions with creativity and impact.

This summer and autumn, Topher Campbell with be leading Central’s first Mentoring Programme for Black and Black LQBTQ+ artists interested in making work for the stage or interdisciplinary performance work.