Our Acting Beginners Course offers an introduction to acting in a friendly and supportive atmosphere. Ideal for those with little or no acting experience, this beginners acting course provides the chance to explore acting technique in a playful and practical way.
Whether you are an aspiring performer; wish to revitalise your creativity; or simply want to try something new and build self-confidence, you will find this course active, fun and rewarding.
This course includes movement and physicality but can be adapted for accessibility issues, please email for more details.
Our Ballet Beginners Course provides a fun introduction to Ballet, designed for adults of all fitness levels. Our experienced ballet professionals will guide you through fundamental techniques in a supportive and enjoyable environment.
If you are new to Ballet then this course is the perfect way to start your journey. These ballet lessons are also suitable for those of you seeking to refresh your skills.
The classes are held in top central London dance studios.
Our funded ticket scheme enables us to share free tickets for young people who live or study in Lambeth and Southwark.
Our 5 day Dance Foundation course is ideal for those looking for more intensive training and wishing to build a solid foundation in dance technique.
During the course you will raise your performance ability and further your knowledge across a variety of dance genres, all helping you to gain confidence to pursue future dance training.
Our intensive foundation runs five full days back to back. Each day consists of a full day of classes, which provides you with well-rounded and concentrated dance training. Our dance school has carefully formulated these classes to build a variety of skills. As an example, one day might consist of classes in:
The primary role of a Digital Marketer is to define, design, build and implement digital campaigns across a variety of online and social media platforms to drive customer acquisition, customer engagement and customer retention. A Digital Marketer will typically be working as part of a team, in which they will have responsibility for some of the straightforward elements of the overall marketing plan or campaign. The marketer will work to marketing briefs and instructions. They will normally report to a digital marketing manager, a marketing manager or an IT Manager.
This course covers marketing theory, including: The core principles of marketing, understanding of customer segmentation, the customer lifecycle and customer relationship management as well as focus on digital skills including Social Media, Email Marketing, PPC and SEO plus much more. There is also a coding module where the apprentice well gain a greater understanding on using code in marketing as well as understanding how the web works
Contact our Apprenticeship Team to find out when our next course start date is.
Grab a £5 ticket for every production at the Almeida
Aged 25 or under? Get a £5 ticket for every production at the Almeida. If you have access requirements you can also book for our Audio Described, Captioned and Relaxed Environment performances for £5. Plus get 20% off all food and drink at the Almeida Café & Bar when you show a same-day £5 ticket.
Enter code 25UNDER when selecting your seats.
The Open Programme offers lectures, workshops and short, practical courses in traditional arts and crafts.
Our programmes are open to anyone over the age of 18 and suit all levels of ability and experience, from beginners to seasoned practitioners.
Artistic Directors of the Future is the first membership organisation dedicated to increasing the number of Black, Asian and ethnically diverse leaders in the arts.
Membership is open to theatre & live performance professionals (emerging, mid-career, established and career changers) and organisations worldwide.
What we do:
- Provide leadership training, events, and programmes for Black, Asian or ethnically diverse (Global majority) theatre/live performance creatives and professional at any stage of their leadership career. To check if you are eligible click here
- We partner with leading theatre and live performance organisations to diversify their networks and diversify their senior staff and trustees.
We encourage you to B-Scene and take part in creative activities.
The Blue Elephant runs a Writers Group.
Everyone interested in playwriting is welcome to join, whether you aspire to have work you're creating put on professionally or not. We also love to have people come who are interested in acting/critiquing as that's a massive part of the group too.
There's no charge to take part. Our Writers Group is currently on a break for the summer and will have its next meeting on Tuesday 28th September, meeting every fortnight after that. To join please email Niamh at niamh@blueelephanttheatre.co.uk. Sessions are a mixture of writing activities and readings from each other's work.
The Dukes is committed to ensuring that everyone can have access to the arts, which is why we offer free membership to anyone aged 16-25.
The Dukes offers cutting edge theatre productions, mainstream and indie cinema, must-see comedy, music, art and much more. This is the place to experience something a bit different, in the heart of Lancaster town centre – and you can have all of this at a discounted price.
Sign up to get:
- One free cinema ticket when you first sign up
- Discounts on cinema and theatre
- 20% off at our cafebar between 2-4pm and 10% off at all other times
- Our exclusive newsletter sent to you monthly
If you're new to The Dukes, here are some things you might like to know:
- The Dukes runs a monthly mystery film screening - a night where nobody knows what we're showing until the film starts playing! It's perfect for film fans so come and join in.
- As well as being the City's arts hub, our guests are welcome to enjoy the cafebar whenever it's open. Take your laptop, grab yourself a coffee and use the free wifi to do your work in a relaxed environment.
- The Dukes is the only place in Lancaster where you can see theatre, comedy, film, art and music, all under one roof.
