Courses

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.

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.

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.

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.

Work practically with Stanislavski exercises to activate the body’s potential and unite the physical with the psychological to achieve a more rounded character.

Combat and Stage Fighting is a necessity in today’s film, theatre and media industries. This course teaches effective illusions of violence, whether unarmed or with weapons.

Building on the work done in Voice for Performance: An Introduction, this practical course investigates the connection between thought, emotion, breath, voice and spoken word.

An introduction to using your voice, you will learn and develop effective techniques to improve your voice as a performer or public speaker.

The first of two courses, aimed at individuals who need to understand the basic principles of voice and its use in performance.

The second course continues for those who want to further their understanding of the basic principles of voice and its use in performance started in Voice Fundamentals 1: Good Voice Use.

Join BAFTA award-winning voice artist Jane Perry, as we explore the skills and techniques required for work as a voice actor.

This course is for students aged 6-17 years who will work as a team, extensively on the use and interpretation of text, and develop skills in voice, movement and acting.