Theatre and wellbeing: Exploring the healing power of drama (1 week in Athens)

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Dates

2026: 14.09.2026 – 19.09.2026 | 09.11.2026 – 14.11.2026

2027: 25.01.2027 – 30.01.2027 | 15.02.2027 – 20.02.2027 | 08.03 2027 – 13.03.2027 | 12.04.2027 – 17.04.2027 | 10.05.2027 – 15.05.2027 | 14.06.2027 – 19.06.2027 | 20.09.2027 – 25.09.2027 | 25.10.2027 – 30.10.2027 | 22.11.2027 – 27.11.2027 | 06.12.2027 – 11.12.2027

2028: To be announced (Ask for dates)

Intro

Are you ready to use drama therapy techniques to unlock creativity and self-awareness in your classroom and beyond?

‘Theatre and wellbeing’ explores the powerful connection between drama, psychodrama, creative expression, and personal wellbeing.

This experiential course includes activities such as psycho-genealogy, exploring mythological archetypes, physical improvisation, and psychodramatic exercises, inviting participants to explore self-awareness, emotions, relationships, and personal expression. Discover how drama and creative expression can support communication, self-awareness, and wellbeing.

Who is this for?

This course is tailored for education, cultural and youth professionals of all disciplines – including teachers, students, team leaders, mentors, counselors, and inspiring educators – who want to empower their teaching through drama.

No prior acting or therapy expertise is required. Just curiosity and a willingness to explore your inner theatre. Participants will benefit from an international learning experience while traveling with Erasmus+.

Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Explore drama therapy techniques: Learn how to effectively use introductory drama therapy and psychodrama techniques in an educational context.
• Enhance self-awareness: Perceive your “inner theatre” and identify the unconscious roles you play to realize your full potential.
• Improve interpersonal relations: Relate better and more effectively to both yourself and others using creativity, spontaneity, and structured playfulness.
• Utilize non-verbal communication: Observe, act, and communicate effectively in non-verbal ways to build stronger, more empathetic connections.
• Embrace diversity: Learn how to be yourself and be together with your students while actively embracing and celebrating diversity.
• Experience creative expression: Engage in drama, improvisation, movement, and other experiential activities to promote personal and professional growth.

Modules

• Module 1: Introduction and interaction. Participate in group warm-ups, moving from the abstract to the concrete to foster interaction and relating.
• Module 2: Theatre therapy theory. Explore the foundational theories of psychodrama, dramatherapy, and playtherapy to understand how theatre heals.
• Module 3: Drama games in practice. Translate theoretical concepts into dynamic drama games, focusing on mental and physical improvisation.
• Module 4: Music and healing stories. Utilize music warm-ups and drama therapy storytelling to safely explore and express our inner dramas.
• Module 5: Psycho-genealogy and dramatization. Relate to yourself and others with the help of ancestors through focused dramatization techniques.
• Module 6: Metaphors and archetypes. Use powerful metaphors and mythological archetypes to create hypnodramatic healing imagery and classroom reflection.

Course Outcomes

• Explore self-awareness: Use psychodrama and creative activities to explore emotions, identity, relationships, and personal experiences.
• Experience creative expression: Engage in drama, movement, improvisation, storytelling, and other experiential activities to express ideas and emotions.
• Explore personal wellbeing: Reflect on emotions, relationships, and personal experiences through mindful and creative practices.
• Develop communication skills: Explore verbal and non-verbal ways of expressing yourself and connecting with others.
• Discover the power of psychodrama: Experience psychodramatic techniques as tools for self-exploration, reflection, and personal growth.
• Connect through shared experience: Take part in collaborative activities that encourage openness, empathy, and meaningful connection with others.

Equipment

Participants are encouraged to wear comfortable clothing to effectively participate in physical improvisation and drama therapy exercises during the course.

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Destination:

Athens. The city with the most glorious history in the world, a city worshipped by gods and people, a magical city. The enchanting capital of Greece has always been a birthplace for civilization. It is the city where democracy was born and most of the wise men of ancient times. The most important civilization of ancient world flourished in Athens and relives through some of the world’s most formidable edifices.

Who hasn’t heard of the Acropolis of Athens? Photos and history of the most famous archaeological monument in Europe is admired by thousands of people. Acropolis is nominated to be one of the 7 wonders of modern world. In fact the trademark of Athens is one of the favorites. The Holy Rock of Acropolis dates back to the 5th BC, the famous Golden Age of Periklis. Athens met times of bloom and decline, but still shines under the Attic sky gazing the future. Still sparkling like the marbles of Parthenon and the limpid white of Pentelic marble.