Short courses
There is an acting short course at RADA for everyone; whether you are a complete beginner, want to build on your existing experience, or simply get a taste of our training. Alternatively, come and get creative with us by taking an intensive, practical theatre production course, ranging from tutu making to lighting design. Learn with RADA's faculty. You can use the filters to find the course that’s right for you.
What kind of course are you looking for?
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Taking Text Apart
This new course balances an academic with a practical approach by mixing scene analysis with acting classes in clown, storytelling and movement...
- Acting
- 5 days
- Weekdays
- No audition/selection
- 16+
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Acting Shakespeare
An advanced-level course that offers participants the opportunity to expand, explore and deepen awareness of Shakespeare's text...
- Acting
- 8 weeks
- Weekdays
- Audition/selection
- 18+
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Set and Costume Design for Theatre: an Introduction
An intensive, practical course in the methods and techniques involved in finding a creative and appropriate response to the many challenges of designing for the stage...
- Theatre production
- Weekdays
- No audition/selection
- 17+
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Dynamic Acting for Young Actors Week 1
Dynamic Acting for Young Actors is a series of concentrated courses specifically designed to stretch the abilities of young actors...
- Acting
- 1 week
- Weekdays
- No audition/selection
- 16-18
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16-20s Young Actors’ Workshops
Lively and engaging, these workshops will cover some of the subjects taught at the Academy on the full time acting course...
- Acting
- Evenings/weekends
- No audition/selection
- 16-20
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A Taste of RADA Workshops (stage 1)
An opportunity to experience the work that we do on our acting courses at the Academy, including: voice, movement, improvisation...
- Acting
- Evenings/weekends
- No audition/selection
- 20+
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Releasing the Beast
A Physical Theatre Workshop that enables performers to unlock their bodies. The course leader Jüri Nael has developed the training on RADA’s MA Theatre Lab...
- Acting
- 3 days
- Weekdays
- No audition/selection
- 18+
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Shakespeare At Large
Experience a unique five-day course in Shakespearean acting concluding with an exclusive opportunity to undertake a free assessment for the RADA Shakespeare Bronze Award...
- Acting
- 5 days
- Weekdays
- No audition/selection
- 16+
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Stanislavski: Physical Action
In the last years of his life, Stanislavski developed an approach to acting that synthesised the most useful parts of his previous systems: that of Physical Action...
- Acting
- 5 days
- Weekdays
- No audition/selection
- 18+
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Musical Theatre
RADA is renowned for the quality of its singing teaching. Here is your chance to learn with RADA's faculty for an intensive and rigorous five days...
- Acting
- 5 days
- Weekdays
- Audition/selection
- 18+
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Shakespeare Summer School
Investigate Shakespeare from an actor's point of view. This four-week summer school is an invaluable resource for performers of all ages and experience...
- Acting
- 4 weeks
- Weekdays
- No audition/selection
- 16+
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Clown
Ever wanted to find the clown inside you? Learn how clowning encourages trust and confidence, yielding surprisingly human and very funny results...
- Acting
- 3 days
- Weekdays
- No audition/selection
- 16+
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Acting courses during evenings or weekends
16-20s Young Actors’ Workshops
Workshops are running until April 2019. Book now.
Stage 1 workshops (over 20s)
A Taste of RADA workshops are running until April 2019.
Updates
Acting Shakespeare - apply now
An eight-week course for students who have experience of acting at professional, undergraduate or graduate level. It offers participants, through an intensive series of classes and presentations, the opportunity to expand, explore and deepen awareness of Shakespeare's text.
It aims to extend the range of each student's work, uncover tensions that block development and work on strategies to remove them.
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