Acting classes based in London. Some useful recommendations from Actor Hub.

The Actors Centre is an establishment created by actors, for actors. With over 30 years experience, they provide ongoing training of the highest quality, giving actors the opportunity to enhance every aspect of their craft. They offer various courses for Actor Centre members and even non members to kick start your career or keep your acting skills in check. Thery offer value for money courses that are held at convenient times, seven days a week. Situaated in the West End of London, The Actors Centre is also a valuable meeting place for performers, directors and anyone interested in the performing arts.

The Juice Collective offer workshops, classes and events designed for the professional actor. Juice Collective believe that as an actor you’re never ‘done'; never done experimenting, never done taking a risk, never done meeting even more actors than you already know. There’s always more to learn, refine and improve on. Think of Juice Collective as the place to go to top up your knowledge, prepare audition material, remind yourself why you chose to become an actor.

The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) offers vocational training for actors, stage managers, directors, designers and technical stage craft specialists. Established in 1904, RADA has built an outstanding reputation as a world-renowned centre of excellence in performing arts. They offer a wide range of long term and short courses wgich cover acting and performance as well as a range of production and design modules. RADA prides itself both on the professional standard of its student productions, which are attended by agents, casting directors and theatre practitioners, and on their track-record of employment in theatre, film and television.

City Academy runs evening, weekend and weekday creative and performing arts classes at over 25 locations across London. Choose from our extensive range of dance, singing, acting, filmmaking, screen & TV, musical theatre, photography, fitness, comedy & life skills classes. No matter what your level of experience is, whether you’re a serious performer or simply looking to try something new and have a good time – City Academy has the course for you.

As part of Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design and the University of the Arts London, Drama Centre provides its students with a unique blend of training methods. Studying at the Drama Centre is a profound, enjoyable and rewarding experience. Their courses are intended to enable the actor to develop a clear understanding of themselves as a creative person and are both exciting and demanding. Because they continually require the student to extend themselves physically, psychologically and intellectually, the actor should find the work stimulating and enlightening. They offer an outstanding training programmes in a challenging yet supportive environment.

The Central School of Speech and Drama offers a range of short courses. Tutors are all industry professionals being actors, directors or trainers all with experience of drama school training and are externally monitored to ensure excellent standards. New students are enrolled at the beginning of each academic term and the courses can be taken independently or cumulatively to form a unified programme of practical study. Group sizes are generally small, so that tutors are able to nurture and develop creativity.

LAMDA (London Academy of Music and Drama) is an independent drama school, dedicated to the vocational training of actors, stage managers, technicians, directors and designers in the skills and levels of creativity necessary to meet the highest demands and best opportunities in theatre, film, radio and TV. LAMDA offer a number of popular short courses which enable students to gain experience of the LAMDA training. These short courses include: Audition Technique, Shakespeare, Physical Theatre, Itroduction to Screen Acting and an Introduction to Musical Theatre. These short courses range from 2 to 4 weeks duration.

Mountviews’ short course programme offers high quality part time training at all levels with courses for beginners and those who want to learn new skills, students who are revisiting prior training, or for a practicing professional who wishes to develop further. The department is committed to providing high quality theatre arts training to all areas of society regardless of ethnicity, gender, religion, age or disability. The adult programme includes introduction, foundation, performance and audition technique courses.

The part-time drama class programme at City Lit offers a vibrant, vigorous, creative choice of courses that reaches out to all adults whatever their background, age and aspirations. From acting and comedy to technical production they provide drama courses of a very high standard that range from complete beginners to professional drama training workshops. Many of the drama tutors at City Lit are professional practitioners and in addition to their varied programme for all levels, they also run the City Lit Rep Company to help actors build their professional portfolio.

All of the ACT UP acting courses are short, part-time and professionally based. Some are just for fun, a fantastic opportunity to challenge yourself creatively and to meet and act with like minded people. And some are aimed at people with a bit of previous experience that are now considering seeking a career as a professional actor, and some are workshop based and are just for professional actors.

London School of Dramatic Art offer a range of comprehensive courses designed to develop individual creative talents and to provide a thorough grounding in all aspects of performance as part of a students preparation for a working life as an actor. All staff and tutors at LSDA are current industry professionals. They offer short courses which run for around 10 weeks and short summer courses that run between 1 and 2 weeks. The short courses include an Introduction to Acting, Screen Acting and Audition techniques.

The Cockpit is a much loved seventies theatre in Marylebone, London. It’s a great venue that runs classes, training days, industry events and offer spaces available for hire. They offer a fantastic range of drop in classes covering acting, Meisner, voice, directing, writing and dance.

The Giles Foreman Centre for Acting is an exciting new professional studio in the heart of London and houses some of the top coaches in the country in the disciplines of acting, movement, voice, improvisation and camera technique. Short courses include: Acting for complete beginners, On Camera, Improvisation, Inner potential – exploring our sense of self and Meisner. The centre also offera an intensive one week acting course in August and a ‘Acting for Complete Beginners’ course which runs on Saturdays between 10am and 1pm.

Brian Timoney Actors’ Studio specialises in teaching ‘The Method’ to all those with a passion for acting, whether they are beginners looking to start their career or professionals perfecting their art. ‘The Method’ is the most effective technique an actor can utilise, allowing them to inspire themselves on demand, creating real, emotional performances. These acting courses will teach you more than just learning lines and imitating, they will show you how to create real characters, with real sensations, real perceptions and real emotions.

The Met Film School is London’s leading provider of practical filmmaking courses, which is based in Ealing Studios. Their acting courses aim to develop your understanding of how the performance requirements of a film director differ from those working in theatre. Acting courses range from a two day introductory weekend course to intensive short courses and even a part-time programme, all are taught by industry professionals. Their ‘Introduction to Acting for Film’ is a great weekend taster course for those who are new to acting as well as those with some theatre experience.