Short courses
Discover the power of storytelling with RADA’s short courses, either in-person in Central London or remotely online.
Whether you're an actor-in-training in need of a stepping stone, a total beginner, or a professional wanting to build on your experience, we have a course for you. Use our filter function below.
Our series Acting Essentials is aimed at those at the beginning of their acting journey or thinking of going to drama school. Want to hone your stage craft and learn how to write or devise your own work? Our Text & Craft courses are for you.
Exploring Movement courses are devoted to movement and developing an actor's physicality. Work on your voice and hone your vocal techniques with our Exploring Voice series, and get to grips with Shakespeare with our World of Shakespeare series.
Short Course Skill Sets are one-week online deep dives, designed to fit around a busy schedule. Interested in a particular era of drama? Look no further than our Theatre History in Practice courses.
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Featured - 05 - 09 Sep 2022
Spoken English for Actors: In-person
A course for actors with English as an additional language, focusing on text analysis, monologues, scene study and voice.
- Acting
- 5 days
- Afternoons
- No audition/selection
- 18+
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Featured - 30 Aug - 1 Sep & 3 Sep
Shakespeare Awards Workshops: Silver & Gold
Be guided and supported along the RADA Shakespeare Awards journey with some first-class tuition from RADA’s tutors.
- Acting (online)
- 4 afternoons
- Afternoons
- No audition/selection
- 12+
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Featured - 12 Sep -22 Oct; 31 Oct -10 Dec
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 or Weekends
- No audition/selection
- 18+
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Featured - 12 Sep - 31 Oct 2022
Advances in Scriptwriting
Are you an emerging scriptwriter? Discover original approaches to making a scene, subtext, use of time/place and structure.
- Acting
- 1 day a week for 8 weeks
- Evenings
- Audition/selection
- 18+
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Featured - 13 Sep - 22 Oct; 1 Nov -10 Dec
Advanced 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 or Weekends
- No audition/selection
- 18+
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Featured - 28 Sep - 30 Nov; 1 Oct - 3 Dec
Scene Study for Actors: Online
Develop a more robust rehearsal technique and explore the acting methods of Constantin Stanislavski through in-depth work on scenes.
- Acting (online)
- 1 day per week (10 weeks)
- Evenings or Weekends
- No audition/selection
- 20+
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30 Aug - 1 Sep & 3 Sep
Shakespeare Awards Workshops: Messenger & Bronze
Be guided and supported along the RADA Shakespeare Awards journey with some first-class tuition from RADA’s tutors.
- Acting (online)
- 4 afternoons
- Afternoons
- No audition/selection
- 12+
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10 Sep; 29 Oct 2022
Short Course Saturdays
Get practical insight into four key aspects of RADA's acting training at our one-day workshops, taught in-person on a Saturday.
- Acting
- 1 day
- All day
- No audition/selection
- 18+
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20 Sep - 06 Dec
Elements of RADA Workshops: Online
Evening workshops exploring Voice, Movement, Contemporary Text and Classical Text.
- Acting (online)
- 1 evening
- Evenings
- No audition/selection
- 20+
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29 Sep - 1 Dec; 1 Oct - 3 Dec
Advanced Scene Study for Actors: Online
Develop stronger rehearsal methods and consolidate your acting technique through in-depth work on scenes.
- Acting (online)
- 1 day per week (10 weeks)
- Evenings or Weekends
- No audition/selection
- 20+
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03 - 07 Oct 2022
Imagination Through Movement: Online
How can we utilise movement as a means of imaginative expression? Liberate the full range of your expressive physicality through improvisational movement.
- Acting (online)
- 5 evenings
- Evenings
- No audition/selection
- 18+
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10 - 14 Oct 2022
Discovering Poetry: Online
Discover some of the greatest poetry of all time while increasing your confidence and pleasure in reading poems aloud.
- Acting (online)
- 5 evenings
- Evenings
- No audition/selection
- 16+
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17 - 21 Oct 2022
Accents for Actors: Online
Learn how to master an accent, with a focus on the General American accent.
- Acting (online)
- 5 evenings
- Evenings
- No audition/selection
- 16+
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24 - 28 Oct 2022
Shakespeare’s Sonnets: Online
Discover some of Shakespeare’s most evocative and pleasing sonnets and engage with them in new and exhilarating ways.
- Acting (online)
- 5 evenings
- Evenings
- No audition/selection
- 16+
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07 - 11 Nov 2022
Voicing Audiobooks: Online
An audiobook is storytelling in its purest form. Discover techniques for bringing a book to life through the power of a single voice.
- Acting (online)
- 5 evenings
- Evenings
- No audition/selection
- 16+
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07 - 12 Nov 2022
Acting Ibsen and Chekhov: Online
Discover the ruthless and vengeful world of Greek Theatre and explore the work of its three major tragedians through their telling of the story of Electra.
- Acting (online)
- 6 afternoons/evenings
- Afternoons/early evening
- No audition/selection
- 16+
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14 - 19 Nov 2022
Women of the Stage: Online
Journey into the advancement of women’s status in theatre and society, delving into characters from Shakespeare, Restoration drama and contemporary plays.
- Acting (online)
- 6 afternoons/evenings
- Afternoons/early evening
- No audition/selection
- 16+
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14 - 18 Nov 2022
Acting Shakespeare's Verse: Online
An accessible and physical approach to unlocking and demystifying the techniques involved in acting Shakespeare's verse.
- Acting (online)
- 5 evenings
- Evenings
- No audition/selection
- 16+
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21 - 26 Nov 2022
Greek Tragedy: Online
Discover the ruthless and vengeful world of Greek Theatre and explore the work of its three major tragedians through their telling of the story of Electra.
- Acting (online)
- 6 afternoons/evenings
- Afternoons/early evening
- No audition/selection
- 16+
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28 Nov - 02 Dec 2022
Line Learning with Confidence: Online
Learn tried and tested techniques which enable you to remember lines in an organic, reliable and creative way, using a range of texts.
- Acting (online)
- 5 afternoons/evenings
- Afternoons/early evening
- No audition/selection
- 16+
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05 - 09 Dec 2022
Spoken English for Actors: Online
A course for actors with English as an additional language, focusing on text analysis, monologues, scene study and voice.
- Acting (online)
- 5 days
- Afternoons
- No audition/selection
- 18+
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12 - 16 Dec 2022
Stanislavski: Physical Action
A five-day course based on Stanislavski's encouraging the actor to ‘trust the power of the simplest physical action’, uniting spontaneous truthful emotion with the natural energies of body and mind.
- Acting
- 5 days
- Weekdays
- No audition/selection
- 18+
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Selected Saturdays or online
RADA Shakespeare Awards
The Shakespeare Awards are a unique opportunity for amateur and professional actors alike to work one-to-one with a RADA tutor performing a speech, sonnet or scene from Shakespeare.
- Shakespeare Awards
- Evenings or Weekends
- No audition/selection
- 12+
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