Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network (TENet-Gr)
23rd THEATRE SUMMER CAMP 2026
“Impacts: Body and Voice in Action”
Chiliomodi, Corinthias, Greece, 28/8/2026, 17:30-20:30
Afternoon Workshop for youths (13-17years)
The machine of violence: Theatre Workshop Using Techniques of Devised Theatre, Physical Theatre, and Forum Theatre
Facilitator: Antigoni Tsarbopoulou
LANGUAGE: GREEK
Workshop Design: Antigoni Tsarbopoulou – primary school teacher, philologist, drama educator, Eirini Marna – kindergarten teacher, drama educator
Workshop description
The aim of the workshop is to explore the phenomenon of violence within the school environment and to strengthen mutual respect, peaceful coexistence, and democratic culture within the school community.
The workshop was designed and implemented within the framework of the teacher training program “Art as an Antidote to Violence”, which took place during the 2025–2026 school year in 12 primary and secondary schools in the prefecture of Thessaloniki. The program was organized by the Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network with the support of the Ministry of Culture. Its central objective was the prevention and confrontation of school violence through the power of art and collective creation.
The workshop seeks to create a safe space for encounter, expression, and dialogue, where theatrical practice functions as a means of understanding, empathy, and social change. Through collective creation, participants are given the opportunity to renegotiate attitudes and behaviors, to be meaningfully heard, and to imagine a school that is more democratic, inclusive, and free from violence.
The workshop methodology is based on the principles of Devised Theatre and incorporates cooperation and communication games, rhythm exercises, and techniques drawn from Physical Theatre and Collective Theatre.
Antigoni Tsarbopoulou is a graduate of the Department of Primary Education of the School of Education at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and of the Department of Philology of the Faculty of Philosophy at the same university. She also holds a postgraduate degree in Educational Sciences with a specialization in the Didactics of Language and Literature. She has attended seminars in educational drama and workshops on theatre and performing arts in education in Greece and abroad, as well as theatre courses at the Acting and Theatrical Expression Workshop of the Experimental Stage of “Techni” in Thessaloniki. She has participated in the design and implementation of a variety of training programs for educators, as well as in the production of educational material that incorporates educational drama and theatre game techniques into the teaching of Literature. Indicatively, her contributions include: “The Comic Scene – 1st Grade of Junior High School” and “The Tragic Scene – 2nd Grade of High School” in the volume Reading Literature at School: A New Teaching Approach; “Play in Literature” and “The Adventure of Coming of Age” in the material Teaching Literature in the 1st and 2nd Grades of Junior High School; educational material for the Muslim Children Education Program of Thrace (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens); the Hellenic Book Centre’s digital project The Stranger: Images of the Other in Literature; the digital educational scenarios for language teaching Proteas; and Psifides for the Greek Language and Language Education: Exploring Stories, developed by the Centre for the Greek Language. Since 2016, she has been participating as a trainer in the program “What If It Were You?”, organized by the Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network (TENet-Gr) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Greece. Since 2024, she has also been a trainer in the TiM² program — Teaching Mathematics Using Drama and Experiential Learning Techniques — implemented by TENet-Gr within the framework of the Erasmus+ project TiM² - Teaching Mathematics Using Drama (reference code: 2023-1-IT02-KA220-SCH-000159429). She has furthermore contributed to the design and teacher training of TENet-Gr programs aimed at preventing school violence, including “Why Violence?” during the 2024–25 school year and “Art as an Antidote to Violence” during the 2025–26 school year. She works as a primary school teacher in public education.
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