Courses

Rediscover Shakespeare, as interpreted through a range of cultural perspectives

Discover how to prepare effectively for all types of interviews and develop techniques to help manage interview nerves.

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.

Open up to a sense of playfulness on this three-day introductory clowning course.

This training seeks to engage the body, from the point of release, flow and action. The training allows you to become more confident, expressive and articulate both in performance and everyday life.

A course which develops your skills as a musical theatre performer, with specific classes on singing, dance, improvisation, text analysis, voice, movement and character development.

An opportunity to explore how to perform in musical theatre and to develop skills used in the various performance strands of musical theatre, including singing, movement and acting.

Explore how to sing in character and how acting techniques can underpin vocal technique.

This intensive short course for theatre professionals will explore how dramatherapy techniques can be used to establish a safe, creative and productive rehearsal room.

Develop your skills as an actor with classes on acting fundamentals, text analysis, voice, movement, devising, voiceover and acting for screen.

This course is practical, part time and delivered online with an in-person summer intensive at Central.

A practical introduction to physical theatre, devising and theatre-making. Exploring a broad range of creative approaches, the course will stimulate your imagination, develop your collaborative, making and performance skills while offering insights and explorations into the world of theatre-making.

Begin to engage practically and theoretically with Shakespeare’s plays by learning how to perform Shakespearean texts, bring a critical perspective, and evaluate the choices available to the actor.

Central is excited to offer this new online course specifically aimed at actors and theatre makers wanting to develop a solo show.

Working with a published playwright, this playwriting course in London practically introduces you to the skills needed to start writing a play for the stage.

Meeting virtually twice a week for eight intensive lessons this playwriting course is an exciting opportunity to work with an established playwright to explore the fundamentals of writing a play.

Working with a published playwright, this intermediate playwriting course will continue to build on the skills learnt in the introductory course.

Working with a published playwright, this intermediate playwriting course will continue to build on the skills learnt in the introductory course.

Introduces participants to studying drama in higher education, providing practical skills for preparing to enter university, or drama school.

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

Meeting once a week for eight intensive lessons this screenwriting course is an exciting opportunity to work with an established writer to explore the fundamentals of writing for film and television.