Short Courses
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Experience RADA's world-leading training, whether you're a total beginner, an aspiring actor or a working professional. Discover our range of Short Courses delivered in-person at RADA, online wherever you are, and in a blend of the two.
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Acting Essentials
Technique Workshops
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World of Shakespeare
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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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Featured - 21-25 Sep 2026
Acting Technique Workout - New York
Refine your acting craft with Acting Technique Workout - New York. Strengthen core performance skills, build confidence and explore practical techniques through expert-led training from RADA.
- Acting
- 5 days
- All day
- No audition/selection
- 18+
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Featured - 22 Sept–24 Nov 2026
Classical Actor's Workout: online
A professional acting workshop designed to flex your classical muscles, deepen your connection to Shakespeare's text and grow through collaborative scene study, wherever you are.
- Acting
- 10 weeks
- Evenings
- Audition/selection
- 18+
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Featured - Multiple dates
Shakespeare in New York
Join us in New York City for a 5-day advanced Shakespeare short course. Refine your craft, deepen your connection to Shakespeare's text, and elevate your performance skills with RADA.
- Acting
- Weekdays
- Audition/selection
- 18+
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Featured - 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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Featured - 10 Sept–15 Oct 2026
Improvisation
Explore the cornerstones of performance improvisation, from letting go of limiting beliefs to unleashing your creativity to bring stories to life.
- Acting
- 6 weeks
- Evenings
- No audition/selection
- 18+
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19 - 23 April 2027
Monologue Workout - New York
Learn how to playfully approach monologues and speeches and develop autonomy in your audition preparation and practice with this intensive workshop.
- Acting
- 5 days
- Weekdays
- Audition/selection
- 18+
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7 Dec–11 Dec 2026
Monologue Workout
Learn how to playfully approach monologues and speeches and develop autonomy in your audition preparation and practice with this intensive workshop.
- Acting
- 5 days
- Weekdays
- No audition/selection
- 18+
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7-11 Dec 2026
An Actor's Workout - New York
Sharpen your acting skills with An Actor's Workout. Explore practice exercises, develop performance techniques and build confidence through expert training with RADA Short Courses in New York
- Acting
- 5 days
- All day
- Audition/selection
- 18+
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7–11 Dec 2026
Stanislavski in Action
Refine your acting technique and embed Stanislavski’s Physical Action approach in your rehearsal practice in this immersive and playful week-long course.
- Acting
- 5 days
- Weekdays
- Audition/selection
- 18+
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24 Oct–28 Nov 2026
Monologue Workout: Saturdays
Learn how to playfully approach monologues and speeches and develop autonomy in your audition preparation and practice with this workshop taught weekly on Saturdays.
- Acting
- 6 weeks
- Weekends
- No audition/selection
- 18+
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16–27 Nov 2026
Working Actor Practice: evening intensive
This 2-week professional acting workshop, taught on weekday evenings in-person at RADA, is designed to flex your creative muscles, make bold choices and develop your professional audition practice.
- Acting
- 2 weeks
- All day
- Audition/selection
- 18+
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Multiple dates available
Young Actors: Saturday School
Experience the cornerstones that underpin RADA's actor training with weekend workshop days for 16-18 year-olds.
- Young Actors
- 1 day
- Weekends
- Audition/selection
- 16–18
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12 Sept–17 Oct 2026
Classical Actor's Workout: in-person Saturdays
A professional acting workshop designed to flex your classical muscles, deepen your connection to Shakespeare's text and grow through collaborative scene study, in-person at RADA.
- Acting
- 6 weeks
- Weekends
- Audition/selection
- 18+
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23 Sept–25 Nov 2026
Intermediate Acting for Camera: weekly
Develop your acting technique and create powerful connections with audiences for Film & TV, using Meisner technique.
- Acting
- 10 weeks
- Evenings
- Audition/selection
- 18+
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26–30 Oct
Shakespeare: Scene Workout
This advanced online course is for experienced actors who want to refine their classical craft through sustained scene work.
- Acting
- 5 days
- Evenings
- Audition/selection
- 18+
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12–16 Oct
Shakespeare: Acting the Verse
This online course is designed for those who already have some experience speaking Shakespeare and want to deepen their technical and imaginative connection to the verse.
- Acting
- 5 days
- Evenings
- No audition/selection
- 18+
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17–22 Aug; 5–10 Oct
Working Actor Practice: intensive
An intensive, week-long professional acting workshop designed to flex your creative muscles, make bold choices and develop your professional audition practice.
- Acting
- 6 days
- All day
- Audition/selection
- 18+
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19 Oct–27 Nov
Advanced Meisner
Deepen your understanding and build on your experience of the Meisner Technique, creating powerful connections in scenes with this intensive Meisner course.
- Acting
- 6 weeks
- Weekdays
- Audition/selection
- 18+
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19–30 Oct 2026
Meisner Fundamentals: evening intensive
An introduction to the core principles of Meisner Technique, a unique training form that teaches actors to respond to stimuli and develop observation and active listening.
- Acting
- 2 weeks
- Evenings
- No audition/selection
- 18+
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7–12 Dec 2026
Classical Page to Stage
Take a Shakespeare play from page to stage and put your classical acting skills into practice in this immersive six-day course.
- Acting
- 6 days
- Weekdays
- Audition/selection
- 18+
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30 Nov–4 Dec 2026
Improvisation: intensive
Explore the cornerstones of performance improvisation, from letting go of limiting beliefs to unleashing your creativity to bring stories to life.
- Acting
- 5 days
- Weekdays
- No audition/selection
- 18+
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17–22 Aug; 30 Nov–5 Dec
Meisner Fundamentals
A 6 day introduction to the core principles of Meisner Technique, a unique training form that teaches actors to respond to stimuli and develop observation and active listening.
- Acting
- 6 days
- Weekdays
- No audition/selection
- 18+
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7–11 Dec 2026
Storytelling: in-person
Explore the power of storytelling in all its forms through in-depth classes in voice, movement and text analysis.
- Acting
- 5 days
- Weekdays
- No audition/selection
- 18+
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17–22 Aug; 7–12 Dec
Intermediate Acting for Camera
Develop your acting technique and create powerful connections with audiences for Film & TV, using Meisner technique.
- Acting
- 6 days
- Evenings
- Audition/selection
- 18+
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Multiple dates
Elements of RADA: in-person
Evening workshops exploring Voice, Movement, Contemporary Text and Classical Text.
- Acting
- 1 evening
- Evenings
- No audition/selection
- 18+
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17 Sept–19 Nov 2026
Storytelling: online
Explore the power of storytelling in all its forms through in-depth classes in voice, movement and text analysis.
- Acting
- 10 weeks
- 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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Multiple dates available
Acting for Camera: Saturdays
Acting For Camera provides rigorous training weekly on Saturdays to hone your practice when acting on camera, working with the Meisner Technique.
- Acting
- 6 weeks
- Weekends
- No audition/selection
- 18+
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19 - 30 April 2027
Intensive Actor's Workout - New York
Join us in New York City for a 5-day professional acting workshop. Refine your craft, deepen your studio practice, and elevate your performance skills with RADA.
- Acting
- Two weeks
- Weekdays
- Audition/selection
- 18+
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Multiple dates available
Technique Workshops: Character, a Physical Approach
This detailed 2-day course will equip you with techniques to stimulate your imagination and explore different ways of moving in order to create a character.
- Acting
- 2 days
- All day
- No audition/selection
- 18+
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7–11 Dec 2026
Scene Study: intensive
Learn the techniques actors use to approach and rehearse scenes in this 5-day in-depth course.
- Acting
- 5 days
- Weekdays
- No audition/selection
- 18+
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Multiple dates available
Intermediate Acting for Camera: Saturdays
Develop your acting technique and create powerful connections with audiences for Film & TV, using Meisner technique.
- Acting
- 6 weeks
- Weekends
- Audition/selection
- 18+
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7 Sept–16 Oct 2026
Intermediate Meisner
The Meisner Technique is a unique training form that teaches actors to respond to stimuli and develop observation and active listening.
- Acting
- 6 weeks
- Weekdays
- Audition/selection
- 18+
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Multiple dates available
Advanced Acting Fundamentals
A semi-intensive training in acting skills over six weeks for anyone who has studied acting previously and wants to develop their skills to a more advanced level.
- Acting
- 6 weeks
- Evenings and Weekends
- Audition/selection
- 18+
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8–9 Oct 2026
Technique Workshops: The Singing Actor
This detailed 2-day course will equip you with techniques and strategies to improve your singing from a musical, dramatic, and imaginative viewpoint.
- Acting
- 2 days
- All day
- No audition/selection
- 18+
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24 Sept–26 Nov 2026
Advanced Scene Study
Develop stronger rehearsal methods and consolidate your acting technique through in-depth work on scenes.
- Acting
- 10 weeks
- Evenings
- Audition/selection
- 18+
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7–12 Dec 2026
Advanced Acting for Camera
Strengthen your acting technique and develop powerful connections with audiences for Film & TV, using Meisner technique.
- Acting
- 6 days
- Evenings
- Audition/selection
- 18+
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22 Oct–26 Nov 2026
Advanced Improvisation
Develop your strengths as an improvisor to collaborate with other performers in longer-form improvisations and more challenging exercises.
- Acting
- 6 weeks
- Evenings
- No audition/selection
- 18+
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14–15 Sept; 30 Nov–1 Dec
Technique Workshops: Stanislavski
This detailed 2-day workshop enables you to go deeper into your acting work through Stanislavski's approach.
- Acting
- 2 days
- All day
- No audition/selection
- 18+
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17–21 Aug; 30 Nov–4 Dec
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
- Weekdays
- No audition/selection
- 18+
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Multiple dates available
Technique Workshops: Voice
This detailed 2-day course will equip you with techniques and exercises to develop and maintain a healthy voice.
- Acting
- 2 days
- All day
- No audition/selection
- 18+
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17–21 Aug; 30 Nov–4 Dec
Fundamentals of Classical Acting
This week-long course, in-person at RADA, will give you practical insight into the cornerstones of RADA's classical actor training.
- Acting
- 5 days
- Weekdays
- No audition/selection
- 18+
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28 Sept–2 Oct 2026
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
- 5 days
- Weekdays
- No audition/selection
- 18+
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Multiple dates available
Acting for Camera
Create powerful connections with audiences for Film & TV in this 6-day course, working with Meisner Technique.
- Acting
- 6 days
- Weekdays
- No audition/selection
- 18+
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Multiple dates available
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
- Weekends
- 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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Multiple dates available
Technique Workshops: Classical Text
This detailed 2-day course explores scenes from plays by Shakespeare. The workshop will focus on unpicking the details of the text and developing truthful emotional connection.
- Acting
- 2 days
- All day
- No audition/selection
- 18+
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