UNIVERSITY OF THE PELOPONNESE – DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE STUDIES
HELLENIC THEATRE/DRAMA & EDUCATION NETWORK (TENet-Gr)
A WORKSHOP FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS & TEACHERS
«Process drama for learning with pleasure, together»
John O’ Toole
Honorary Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne, Australia
NAFPLION GREECE, Thursday 27/3/2025, & Friday 28/3/2025
Time: 06.00pm-08.30pm. Place: to be announced
Language: English
Free of charge. Limited places. Reservation is necessary
A postConference “Theatre/Drama & Inclusive Education” workshop in Nafplion Greece
The University of the Peloponnese – Theatre Studies Department, Greece and the Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network (TENet-Gr), in the framework of the pre/post-conference events of the International Conference 2025 "Theatre/Drama & Inclusive Education", organize an experiential workshop with John O’ Toole Honorary Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne, Australia.
This 2days workshop addresses university students, teachers and youth facilitators.
TO APPLY: To workshop is free of charge, but places are limited. Priority is given to TENet-Gr members. Participants must attend both days.
Those interested must send a message to info@theatroedu.gr or call ++302106541600
SHORT DESCRIPTION
Two different process dramas will be presented and discussed during the workshop, each one suitable for different age students or young people (also possible for adults).
The first drama, on displacement and refugees, aims to show that sensitive or ‘difficult’ subject matter need not be taboo for drama.
The second drama focuses on the contemporary problems of poverty and child labour.
Participants will be engaged throughout in a diversity of drama activities, that provide exciting, challenging and thought-provoking questions and discussion. There will be time for analysis and reflection.
The workshop includes exercises with possible physical contact. Participants should wear comfortable clothes and soft shoes.
What to bring: a small pocket notepad
John O’Toole is an Australian drama and arts educator, formerly Professor of Drama and Applied Theatre at Griffith University, and Foundation Chair of Arts Education at University of Melbourne. He has been teaching, researching and writing on drama and applied theatre for fifty years, with all ages, and on six continents. He has written and co-written over twenty books, including student textbooks, teachers’ texts, research and research methods in the arts. He was Lead Writer for The Arts and for Drama in the 2013 Australian National Curriculum. He is active in curriculum and professional association development, founder-member of Drama Queensland and Drama Australia, and Convenor of IDEA 95 triennial Congress. In 2002 he received the American Alliance for Theatre and Education Lifetime Research award. In 2014, he was awarded membership of the Order of Australia (AM) for his services to drama education.