Theatre of the Oppressed with Jana Sanskriti

Theatre of the Oppressed with Jana Sanskriti

Patras Greece, 29-30/3/2025, workshop Sanjoy & Sima Ganguly

Event date: 3/29/2025 1:00 PM - 3/30/2025 3:00 PM Export event

Hellenic Theatre/Drama & Education Network – Patras Office
WORKSHOP Master Class for Jokers, teachers, group facilitators
“Theatre of the Oppressed με τους Jana Sanskriti:
Fueling collective wisdom, collective dramaturgy and collective action in difficult times."
Facilitators: Sanjoy Ganguly, Sima Ganguly
A post Conference "Theatre/Drama & Inclusive Education" Workshop

Patras Greece, 29-30 March 2025
A 10 hours workshop, at “Lithografeio Theatre” Patras, Greece
Saturday 29/3/2025, 13:00 – 18:00 & Sunday 30/3/2025, 10:00 – 15:00

 

A a postConference  "Theatre/Drama & Inclusive Education" workshop in P;atras Greece

The workshop is addressed to animators, theatre educators, educators, activists, group members and generally people with little or no previous experience in animation and/or the Theatre of the Oppressed and its offshoots (Forum Theatre, Theatre of Images, Legislative Theatre, Rainbow of Desires).The founders of Jana Sanskriti, the famous network / community of Theatre of the Oppressed groups in India, Sima and Sanjoy Ganguly are among the most influential animators-Joker at Forum Theatre in the world, with vast experience and very great influence on the local community of West Bengal.
 
Sanjoy & Sima Ganguly and Jana Sanskriti's journey began in a small village in Sunderbans (West Bengal) in 1985. Today it has 30 "satellite" theatre companies in West Bengal, and in 9 other states/states of India.  These groups reach at least 2,00,000 spectators each year through their performances. As Augusto Boal said, "Jana Sanskriti is the largest and longest-running forum theatre intervention in the world". Of the groups in West Bengal, nine are all-female. Since 2004 and every two years the center "Jana Sanskriti" also organizes a fortnightly Forum theater festival called Muktadhara. The important reason for organizing this Festival is that it becomes an international meeting place for Forum Theatre companies from all over the world, as well as for those trained by Jana Sanskriti all over India. Each of these groups operates in its own regions. Most of them are also leaders of organizations involved in struggles to assert the rights of the marginalized. In November 2015, the Jana Sanskriti International Research and Resource Institute (JSIRRI) was created uniting artist-activists from around the world, based on the Indian ethos represented in "Vasudhaiva Kutum Bakum" ("The whole world is one family").
MORE Jana Sanskriti https://janasanskriti.org/

INFO .2106541600 / info@theatroedu.gr

 

Conference 2025 Events

At the Conference

Friday 21 March 2025, 9.15pm, at Theatre Hall


"Fine!"
A stand-up by Manal Awad actress, Palestine

"What is it like for a woman to leave Palestine as a refugee and try to settle in Greece? It is a somewhat difficult process, requiring adaptation and honest personal consideration. 

The event fine! is a synthesis of personal narratives concerning everyday stories and events of my current life in Greece, compared to my life in Palestine. Being a female comedian in a male-dominated profession is not an easy task.

The enormous mental and artistic efforts you put in every day are as painful as cleaning the kitchen after dinner your partner cooked." 
 

 

 

 

Saturday 22 March 2025 8.30pm. Music / Dance


Greek popular/folk music by students' & teachers' band from the Music School of Palini
Playing:The "Ano Kato Macedonia" Panos Kolovos students' band
David Gavras (klarino)
Vassilis Georgiou (klarino)
Myrto Kakavoula (ntaouli)
Aris Kalampalis (tambourine)
Spyros Ntakoulas (klarino)
Sotiris Mertzelos (trumpet)
Dimitris Stefanis (klarino)
Michalis Fatouros (Trombone)
Odysseas Frouzakis (Saxophone)

 Sunday 23 March 2025


 " My world fits in the world" 
 a primary school students' event. 
Participating srudents  from 1st  & 2nd Primary School of Agios Stefanos, 1st Primary School of Anixi, 4th Primary School of Tavros
 Artistic direction: Christina Krithari

Sunday 23 March 2025, 6pm at main Theatre Hall

"Our voices" - Aggeliki Toubanaki & StringTheory Ensemble

We join our voices in a collective farewell singing with
Vocalist Aggeliki Toubanaki,
the String Theory Ensemble 
and students from the Pallini Music School 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pre/After Conference events (stroll down for details and applications)

HERAKLEIO Crete 15-16 March 2025
«Exploring Contemporary Physical Theatre»
WORKSHOP. Sanja Krsmanović Tasić President of the International Drama/Theatre and Education Association-IDEA,Chair of the World Alliance for Arts Education (WAAE),President of Center for Drama in Education and Art-CEDEUM, Serbia

ATHENS 19 March 2025
"35 Meters Above Ground: Theatre in Education as a Powerful Tool for Gaining Perspective."
WORKSHOP. Nancy Franco theater director, Colombia

RHODES ISL  19 March 2025
“A process drama approach to address gender-based violence in classrooms”
WORKSHOP Adam Cziboly associate professor Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway

ATHENS 20 March 2025
“Identity & Theatre of the Oppressed: the case of Roma children” 
WORKSHOP. Christoph Leucht, sociologist, co-founder of Kuringa Space for Theatre of the Oppressed, Germany & Franciska Farkas, Romani-Hungarian actress and theatre maker, Hungary

ATHENS 20 March 2025
“One Well, One World: Re-membering our Sacred Connection to Water”
WORKSHOP for students. Philip Valle, Phyllis Wong, Jenna Brock Department of Theatre and Dance, California Polytechnic State University, USA

ATHENS 21 March 2025
"Secrets of Athens! Join in for a cultural walk"
on Friday 21 March 2025, 10.00-13.00
A cultural walk in the city centre of ancient and present times for our international colleagues.
Starting point. ACROPOLIS metro station at 10.00
Finishing point. "MONASTIRAKI" metro station at 13.00
Language: English
Your guide: Georgina Kakoudaki, director, theatrologist
Check availability, cost and book a place... write to geokakoudaki@gmail.com

NAFLION 26 March 2025 7pm
John O’Toole at University of the Peloponnese
Ceremony for the nomination of John O'Toole as an Honorary Doctor of the Department of Theatrical Studies
At  Vouleftiko Nafplio All welcome.

NAFPLION 27-28 March 2025
«Process drama for learning with pleasure, together»
WORKSHOP. John O’ Toole, Honorary Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne, Australia

PATRAS, 29-30 March 2025
"Theatre of the Oppressed with Jana Sanskriti"
WORKSHOP. Sanjoy Ganguly & Sima Ganguly, Jana Sanskriti, India
 

 

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