Courses

Learn how to read the acting signals Shakespeare built into his lines and discover how to speak the verse effectively.

Focusing on a single modern text, this course practically introduces you to the skills needed by an actor for the full cycle of a production from rehearsal to staged performance.

Work with a professional director over four weeks to rehearse and perform a contemporary play online.

The course delivers practical training for actors who play instruments to learn how these disciplines are integrated, preparing participants for auditions.

Designed for anyone considering entering full-time courses at drama school or university, or interested in improving their audition technique.

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

This demanding and highly practical course will help you develop and craft your audition skills.

A demanding course designed for anyone considering entering full-time courses at drama school or university, or those interested in improving their audition technique.

A demanding course designed for anyone considering entering full-time courses at drama school or university, or for those that want to explore specific pieces of performance text.

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

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.

This six-day course is aimed at people who identify as queer and who want to explore this in a performance context, culminating in a solo, work-in-progress performance for an invited audience.

This course takes a multidisciplinary approach to the creation of solo performance for actors, writers, and artists who want to experiment with this eclectic form. 

Develop your confidence and impact when speaking and presenting

An opportunity to work on a variety of contemporary play texts over a two-week period, and be directed in short scenes drawn from chosen plays.

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.

Experience Central’s approach to online actor training in this two-hour online short course.

Increase the impact and effectiveness of your networking and communication style.

Take part in an 8-week evening course led by industry professionals. From acting to directing, courses are suitable for a range of abilities.

A one year, part-time course to develop your acting skills. This diploma is designed for those aged 18-25 who are interested in preparing to apply for an acting course at higher education level.