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 such as 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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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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Elements of RADA Workshops (stage 1)
A chance to explore key subjects taught at the Academy: voice, movement, contemporary text, classical text and improvisation...
- Acting
- Evenings/weekends
- No audition/selection
- 20+
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Acting Techniques (stage 2)
By exploring the work and ideas of Constantin Stanislavski, clarify and develop your own approach to acting...
- Acting
- 10 weeks
- Evenings/weekends
- Audition/selection
- 20+
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Acting for Classical Theatre (stage 2)
Focus on and examine Shakespearean text; imagery, metre, antithesis, and form...
- Acting
- 10 weeks
- Evenings/weekends
- Audition/selection
- 20+
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Advanced Acting Techniques (stage 3)
Building on the basic principles of practitioners such as Constantin Stanislavski and Sanford Meisner, participants will have the opportunity to consolidate these techniques...
- Acting
- 10 weeks
- Evenings/weekends
- Audition/selection
- 20+
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Advanced Acting for Contemporary Theatre (stage 3)
Go deeper into contemporary acting techniques by building on skills from your previous courses. Develop characters with more specificity...
- Acting
- 10 weeks
- Evenings/weekends
- Audition/selection
- 20+
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Intensive Text and Performance (stage 4, evenings)
This exciting new course examines a diverse range of texts (Contemporary, Realist and Classical) from the actor’s point of view...
- Acting
- 10 weeks
- Evenings/weekends
- Audition/selection
- 20+
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Intensive Text and Performance (stage 4, Saturdays)
This exciting new course examines a diverse range of texts (Contemporary, Realist and Classical) from the actor’s point of view...
- Acting
- 10 weeks
- Evenings/weekends
- Audition/selection
- 20+
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Advanced Intensive: Text and Performance (stage 5)
This exciting new course utilises a broad range of text (from various genre and dramatic style) to consolidate how to approach character analysis and development...
- Acting
- 10 weeks
- Evenings/weekends
- Audition/selection
- 20+
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Advances in Scriptwriting
This advanced course provides original approaches to essential scriptwriting techniques such as making a scene, subtext, use of time/place, and structure...
- Scriptwriting
- 8 weeks
- Evenings/weekends
- Audition/selection
- 18+
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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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Over 20s acting courses from January 2020
During evenings and weekends
Stage one workshops
A Taste of RADA and Elements of RADA Workshops are bookable online.
Applications for stage 2-5 courses close on 6 January
Apply now if you have completed five stage one workshops, or have extensive previous experience.
