Short Courses
Unlock your potential with RADA's world-renowned training.
Whether you're exploring acting for the first time, developing your career or honing professional skills, our Short Courses offer flexible ways to learn, with options to study at RADA London, RADA New York, or online.
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Featured - Multiple dates
Acting Essentials - New York
Develop your acting skills with Acting Essentials in New York. Train with experienced practitioners through RADA Short Courses and build confidence, technique and performance skills.
- Acting
- Evenings
- No audition/selection
- 18+
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Multiple dates available
Acting Fundamentals
A semi-intensive training in acting skills over six weeks for anyone at the beginning of their acting journey – particularly those who are thinking about going to drama school.
- Acting
- 6 weeks
- Evenings and Weekends
- No audition/selection
- 18+
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22 Sept–24 Nov 2026
Scene Study
Learn the techniques actors use to approach and rehearse scenes in this 10-week in-depth course.
- Acting
- 10 weeks
- Evenings
- No audition/selection
- 18+
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14–18 Sept; 9–14 Nov 2026
Starting Shakespeare
A down-to-earth approach to Shakespeare for beginners, helping you understand the text and respond to the vivid situations and characters that abound in Shakespeare’s works.
- Acting
- 5 days
- Evenings
- No audition/selection
- 18+
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