Short Courses
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Advance your practice at every stage of your creative journey
Expand your performance skills through flexible short courses designed to fit around work, study, and everyday commitments. Train with expert LAMDA tutors through renowned conservatoire teaching in acting, performance, voice, movement, and more. Whether you’re starting out or building on your experience, you’ll learn collaboratively in a supportive creative environment.
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Find your next step
You might be exploring performance for the first time, preparing for drama school, or developing your practice alongside an existing career. Whichever stage you’re at, our short courses are open to curious, committed learners from all backgrounds. At LAMDA, enthusiasm, discipline, and willingness to grow matter most – creating an environment where performers can build confidence and push themselves further.
Flexible training, real progress
Our short courses combine practical conservatoire training with the flexibility to fit around your life. Delivered across evenings, weekends, summer intensives, and focused boot camps, courses are designed to help you develop quickly through hands-on studio practice. Train with experienced practitioners while balancing work, auditions, study, and other creative commitments.
Collaboration that lifts everyone
At LAMDA, performers grow together. Working closely with tutors and fellow participants, you’ll develop through shared practice, experimentation, and performance-based training. Our short courses foster discipline, adaptability, and creative confidence, helping you build lasting connections within a supportive conservatoire community that pushes everyone further.
Autumn 2026
Auditioning for Drama School
Explore how to select, prepare and perform monologues with this online course, designed for anyone auditioning for drama school.
Mixed Level
October 2026, November 2026, January 2027
Introduction to Actor Training
Experience drama school life with this introductory course, designed for anyone who is interested in training to be an actor.
Mixed Level
October 2026
Introduction to Musical Theatre Training
Experience life on a Musical Theatre programme with this intro course, designed for anyone who is interested in training as a musical theatre performer.
Mixed Level
October 2026
Actor Refresh: Meisner
(Re)Discover the Meisner Technique with this Actor Refresh evening course, designed for professional actors.
Professional Level
2 November – 7 December 2026
Actor Refresh: Uta Hagen
(Re)Discover Uta Hagen acting technique with this Actor Refresh evening course, designed for professional actors.
Professional Level
5 November – 10 December 2026
Actor Refresh: Returning to Acting
Explore how to re-enter the industry with this Actor Refresh online course, designed for professional actors looking to return to the profession after a break.
Professional Level
November 2026, January 2027
Preparing a Classical Monologue
Explore how to select, prepare and perform classical monologues with this online course, designed for anyone auditioning for drama school.
Mixed Level
December 2026, January 2027
Experience an unforgettable summer in London exploring Shakespeare
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Explore courses
Train intensively, collaborate deeply, and grow into a versatile creative professional on one of our full-time undergraduate or postgraduate degree programmes.
Study abroad
Soak up every moment of performing arts training in London when you study abroad at LAMDA on one of our semester programmes.
LAMDA in New York
We offer expert actor training in New York at our hub for US-based graduates to continue to train, and for those new to LAMDA to experience our work.