Announcing evening courses for Spring 2027
Make time for your passion next year with a Guildhall evening course
Our programme of Spring evening courses covers music, drama, writing, skills for the creative industries and more.
The courses are for those aged 18 and over, and run on weekday evenings for up to eight weeks from 19 January – 10 March 2027.
Our in-person courses take place across Guildhall School's campus in central London, which includes the state-of-the-art Milton Court and our iconic Silk Street building.
Alternatively, join us from wherever you are in the world with our online short courses.
Browse the courses below and visit each course page for full details and fee information.
Bookings
Public booking opens at 11am on 26 October.
Join the Short Courses mailing list before 23 October to receive priority booking.
Bookings close at 5pm on Friday 15 January 2027, or when the course reaches full capacity.
In-person Spring evening courses
The following courses take place in-person at Guildhall School:
Acting for Camera: Level 2
Wednesdays, 7–9pm, 20 January – 10 March 2027
Age: 18+
This new eight-week evening course is designed to build your confidence and develop your screen acting skills for film and television. Through practical, on-camera work, you'll explore contemporary acting techniques inspired by Stanislavsky, while learning how to work naturally within the frame, maintain continuity, and use props with confidence and authenticity.
Further details can be found on the course page.
Acting Shakespeare
Wednesdays, 7–9pm, 20 January – 24 February 2027
Age: 18+
This six-week evening course for beginners will give you the tools you need to approach and perform Shakespeare with confidence. The course will unravel and demystify Shakespeare’s language through practical exercises, identifying key acting clues within the text.
Further details can be found on the course page.
Comedy and Performance
Tuesdays, 7–9pm, 19 January – 3 March 2027
Age: 18+
Learn practical techniques to successfully draw out the comedic elements of your performance through a series of games, exercises and scenes. Aimed at actors wanting to find the comedy within their performance, but also suitable for comedians who want to improve their stage presence and everyone in between.
Further details can be found on the course page.
Introduction to Acting Practice: Level 1
Course 1: Tuesdays, 7–9pm, 19 January – 23 February 2027
Course 2: Wednesdays, 7–9pm, 20 January – 24 February 2027
Age: 18+
This course for beginners explores what 'good acting' might be and how to achieve it. During the six sessions you will work with the course tutor to develop truthfulness and connection to text.
Further details can be found on the course page.
Introduction to Acting Practice: Level 2
Course 1: Tuesdays, 7–9pm, 19 January – 9 March 2027
Course 2: Wednesdays, 7–9pm, 20 January – 10 March 2027
Age: 18+
Further develop your work and grow as an actor, focussing on building confidence through regular scene rehearsals and group sharing. This course helps participants to develop new ways to approach characters and connect to text.
Further details can be found on the course page.
A History of Greek Theatre
Wednesdays, 7–9pm, 20 January – 24 February 2027
Age: 18+
Travel back 2500 years and discover the stories that shaped theatre as we know it. This new six-week evening course explores the works of ancient Greece’s most celebrated playwrights: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes. Through history, art, architecture, discussion and recordings of modern productions, you’ll explore how these remarkable plays continue to resonate with audiences today.
Further details can be found on the course page.
Creating Movement: A Studio Lab
Tuesdays, 7–9pm, 19 January – 23 February 2027
Age: 18+
This new practical six-week evening course offers a deeper exploration of how movement is made. Through improvisation, image and text, you'll generate physical material and shape it into short performance studies using rhythm, weight, space and relationship.
Further details can be found on the course page.
Stage Combat: Introduction to Fundamentals
Wednesdays, 7–9pm, 20 January – 24 February 2027
Age: 18+
This new six-week evening course introduces you to the art of stage combat. You’ll explore the principles behind using conflict safely within storytelling, and learn the essential techniques of both armed and unarmed combat for performance.
Singing for Beginners
Wednesdays, 7–8:45pm, 20 January – 10 March 2027
Age: 18+
This eight-week evening course for beginners will introduce you to singing, including a number of techniques and exercises that will help to build confidence while improving your voice.
Further details can be found on the course page.
Writing for an Orchestra: Beginners
Tuesdays, 7–9pm, 19 January – 23 February 2027
Age: 18+
Perfect for any composers and musicians with a passion for orchestral music, this course will use musical excerpts to demonstrate the basics of composing for the instruments of an orchestra.
Creative Writing for Live Performance: Level 2
Wednesdays, 7–9pm, 20 January – 10 March 2027
Age: 18+
This is the perfect next step for writers looking to complete a solid first or second draft of their script. There will be an opportunity for the participants to see their work performed by actors in one of the sessions.
Further details can be found on the course page.
Writing for Screen: Level 1
Tuesdays, 7–9pm, 19 January – 9 March 2027
Age: 18+
This eight-week evening course will develop your creative writing skills and provide you with inspiration to translate an idea into a screenplay. The course, which will be led by writer and actor Emma Dennis-Edwards, will focus on the techniques required for screenwriting for Film and TV.
Online Spring evening courses
The following courses take place on Zoom:
Music Production in Ableton Live
Wednesdays, 6.45–8.45pm (UK time), 20 January – 10 March 2027
Age: 18+
Build the foundational knowledge needed to produce music from start to finish with the popular Ableton Live software. Cover topics such as effect processing, recording, synthesis/sampling, arrangement, automation and the basics of mixing.
Further details can be found on the course page.
Music Production in Logic Pro: Beginners
Tuesdays, 6.30–8.30pm (UK time), 19 January – 23 February 2027
Age: 18+
Ideal for any aspiring songwriters, composers or producers who want to develop the core skills and techniques of digital music production, from audio and MIDI editing to recording, sound synthesis, and audio FX.
Further details can be found on the course page.
Writing for an Orchestra: Intermediate
Wednesdays, 6.30–8.30pm (UK time), 20 January – 24 February 2027
Age: 18+
Get the tools to approach orchestration with confidence, whether you are interested in transforming a piano piece into an orchestral tapestry, or in composing your own symphonic opus.
Further details can be found on the course page.
Resolume for Live Events
Tuesdays, 6.45–8.45pm (UK time), 19 January – 23 February 2027
Age: 18+
This new online six-week course will teach you the fundamentals of working with the Resolume Avenue/Arena software to trigger, blend and manipulate video for live events or content creation.
Building Your Network in the Arts
Tuesdays, 7.30–9pm (UK time), 19 January – 23 February 2027
Age: 18+
This new six-week online evening course is for anyone working in the arts that would like support with building and sustaining professional relationships.
Further details can be found on the course page.
Introduction to Arts Evaluation
Tuesdays, 6.30–8.30pm (UK time), 19 January – 16 February 2027
Age: 18+
For producers, project managers, project assistants and those working in the cultural sector who want to learn how to communicate the impact of their work in a way that is effective, creative and most of all accessible in order to report to colleagues, stakeholders, funders and communities.
Further details can be found on the course page.
Introduction to Event & Production Management
Wednesdays, 6.30–8.30pm (UK time), 20 January – 24 February 2027
Age: 18+
If you’re wanting to lead your first ever school production or improve the production values within your school, take your amateur dramatics production into a professional theatre, learn to talk effectively to and manage a technical team or are simply considering a career in production, this course will give you a unique insight into what is required.
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