European Theatre Lab: Contemporary theatrical practices of empowerment and cooperative education

CYPRUS THEATRE ORGANISATION in collaboration with the Cyprus Center of Theatre for Children and Youth–Assitej Cyprus, organize the European Theatre Lab with Sofia Vgenopoulou, for educators, group leaders and theatre professionals.

Where: THOC New Stage
When: March 25th 2023 (14:00 – 17:00) & March 26th 2023 (10:00 – 13:00)

In the first collaboration of the two organisations, THOC has embraced a proposal by the Cyprus Center for Children and youth – Assitej Cyprus to co-organise the European Theatre Lab supporting emerging artists, for teachers, group leaders and theatre professionals under the guidance of Sofia Vgenopoulou, director and child psychiatrist, who is in charge of the Little National of Greece, the theatre workshops and social programmes of the National Theatre of Greece.

The two day workshop will concentrate at contemporary theatrical practices of empowerment and cooperative education. It will draw from the principles and techniques of Theater in Education, from Applied Theater techniques, with the aim of getting to know the theater of invention and ensemble techniques better. The goal, through participatory learning methods, is for the participants to be able to proceed with the practical application of the taught methodologies, promoting aesthetic education, experiential learning and social activation.

The workshop will be held in Greek at the New stage of THOC and is organised under the actions of Theatre in Palm Theatre in Palm.