Facilitation Skills for Actors, Directors and Artists

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Course Title

Facilitation Skills for Actors, Directors and Artists

Are you a practitioner who wants to gain skills in facilitation and teaching? Or perhaps you would like to brush up on your existing skills? This is a practical introductory one-day course that will give you the skills to plan and deliver workshops in your area of expertise.

Writers, directors, actors, and technicians are often asked to run workshops and courses in order to share their skills. This can be an excellent way to explore and share your practice as an artist and add a string to your bow as a freelancer. This course is designed to support you in the structuring and delivery of this.

Course Content
  • Explore how to plan, design and structure a session and series of sessions. You will look at tools to design a useful, fun and meaningful session
  • Work practically and explore delivering exercises effectively
  • Gain improved confidence with teaching strategies and responsiveness including considering challenges and how to manage them in the room
  • Consider who you might be working with, explore learning styles and approaches that are relevant to your practice
Course Fees - £125
Course Dates

There are currently no upcoming dates for this course. Register your interest to find out first when new dates are released. 


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
  • Actors, directors and theatre makers who are interested in running workshops/teaching and want to improve their facilitation skills
  • Community and youth theatre practitioners including writers and directors
  • Practitioners delivering arts-education-focused projects
  • Teachers who want to expand their knowledge of practical theatre exercises and rehearsal room practice for working with students
Days Various. This course is delivered over one day.
TimesAll 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. 
AgeThe minimum age is 18 on the first day of the course. There is no upper age limit.
Max. class size16 students
Course DeliveryAll of the One Day Courses and Tasters 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 One Day Courses and Tasters 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 requirementsApplicants 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.
AttendanceDue to the structure and the collaborative nature of the courses, full attendance is requested.
RefundsWe are able to offer a full refund up until 7 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.

We don’t want finances to stop you taking part in our online short courses. If the fees are a barrier for you attending, please consider applying for one of our bursary places. 

To be eligible, you must live in England and meet one of the following criteria:   

  • I am from a low income household (below £25,000)
  • I am care experienced (care leaver/in the care of your local authority)
  • I am a disabled student
  • I have caring responsibilities (young carer/carer)

To apply, please email short.courses@cssd.ac.uk with supporting documentation for the above as well as the dates of the course you would like to take.

Please note that bursary places are limited, so we are not able to guarantee bursaries to everyone who is eligible. 

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