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Discover the courses best suited to your experience
Introductory Courses - perfect if you are looking to try something new or brush up your skills
Specialist and Intermediate Courses - the ideal next step from our introductory courses, these courses will support you to nurture and develop your skills further
Advanced Courses - practically explore acting in greater depth on our advanced courses. We recommend you have first completed our Specialist and Intermediate courses
Already taken part in a Short Course at Central? Check out the individual course page(s) for suggested related courses.
Introductory
Develop your acting vocabulary by exploring your voice, imagination and physicality in this fun introductory online course.
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.
Central is excited to offer this new online course specifically aimed at writing for the screen.
An introduction to using your voice, you will learn and develop effective techniques to improve your voice as a performer or public speaker.
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.
This highly practical 6 week course is for any non-native speaker of English. This online course will improve your communication style and give you the skills and confidence to speak more clearly.
From a large multi-stage music festival to a local performing arts festival, or even a brand marketing event, this course teaches you how to develop your idea and make it a reality.
Specialist & Intermediate Courses
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.
Working with a film industry professional, prepare and work on monologues, duologues and scenes from a range of television, commercial and film genres.
Learn how to read the acting signals Shakespeare built into his lines and discover how to speak the verse effectively.
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.
Working with a published playwright, this intermediate playwriting course will continue to build on the skills learnt in the introductory course.
Central is excited to offer this new online course specifically aimed at actors and theatre makers wanting to develop a solo show.
Advanced Courses
Build on the skills learnt in Level 1 - Acting: For Camera as you go deeper into the technical aspects of shooting a scene and how this affects your performance as the character.
Work with a professional director over four weeks to rehearse and perform a contemporary play online.
