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“Everyone can act. Everyone can improvise.”Viola Spolin
Once, before we learned to be careful, to organize, to anticipate, before we started thinking about what to say, how to stand, and how we look to others, we knew how to play.
To create worlds out of nothing.
To become someone else for a while.
To laugh for no reason.
To say “let’s go!” without knowing where it would take us.
As we grew older, we learned to be serious.
To have the answers.
To avoid mistakes.
And yet, there is a part of us that still wants to play.
Theatre can become a place where we return to that part.
A place where we can be present.
To dare.
To discover.
To exist a little more freely, without having to know in advance who we are supposed to be.
In this workshop, we will explore presence, communication, voice, body and our relationship with ourselves and with others, through:
• Theatre games & improvisation
• Physical and vocal expression
• Breath, rhythm & relaxation
• Trust, connection & group exercises
• Texts, images, silence and whatever emerges from the group
We will try things without needing to get them right.
Because improvisation does not ask us to know.
It asks us to be there, listen, respond, let go and say “yes” to the unexpected.
The process comes first. Rather than working towards a fixed final performance, we focus on the experience itself: the discoveries, the connections and the creative possibilities that emerge along the way. If, through our work together, something takes shape that the group feels inspired to share, there will be space for that too.
Who is it for?
For adults who are curious about theatre, improvisation and creative expression whether you have never acted before or already have theatre experience.
For native and fluent English speakers, as well as Greek speakers who would like to practise their English through theatre.
A high level of English is required.
You do not need to be an actor.
You do not need to be “good” at improvisation.
You only need curiosity, openness and a willingness to play.
And perhaps that is what play is, after all:
remembering that we do not always need to know where we are going in order to say, “let’s go!”
All we need is a place to begin.
📍 Actopus – Theatre & Language Lab
14 Charilaou Trikoupi St., 1st floor
(2 minutes’ walk from Panepistimio Metro Station)
⏳ Duration: 20 October 2026 – 22 June 2027
⏰ Every Tuesday 19.00-21.00
💸 Monthly fee: €50 / 4-month prepayment: €180
Your FIRST introductory session is FREE!
REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED – LIMITED PLACES AVAILABLE
The group will remain open to new participants for the first month. After the free introductory session, you can also join on a drop-in basis for €15 per session. If you decide to enroll afterwards, the drop-in fee(s) will be deducted from your monthly or 4-month fee.
INFORMATION / REGISTRATION:
📧 [email protected]
📞 6979968461
or send us a message via our page.
A few words about the facilitator:
Ioanna-Maria Bati was born in Piraeus in 1986. She initially studied at the Department of Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpreting at the Ionian University of Corfu and at Université Marc Bloch in Strasbourg. She later trained for two years at Theatre of Changes and at the Higher School of Dramatic Art “Archi” founded by Nelli Karra, from which she graduated.
She is a certified group facilitator through the program “Training in Group Facilitation and Empowerment” of the Centre for Lifelong Learning (KE.DI.VI.M.) of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
As an actress, she has mainly worked in theatre, participating in classical and contemporary productions for both adult and young audiences. She has been trained in a wide range of theatrical approaches and acting techniques (K. Stanislavski, S. Meisner, M. Chekhov, Jacques Lecoq, J. Grotowski, A. Boal, among others) and continues to explore.
Alongside her artistic practice, since 2009 she has been involved in experiential foreign-language education (English, French, Greek) through theatre games and other theatrical techniques. She has worked as a facilitator with children, teenagers and adults in non-formal education institutions, theatre organizations as well as in school and festival-related programs.
In recent years, she has been working as a trainer in Erasmus+ mobility programs, focusing on theatre as a tool for personal development, education and social inclusion.
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Χαριλάου Τρικούπη 14, 10679 Athens, Greece, Τρικούπη Χαρίλαου 12, 106 79 Αθήνα, Ελλάδα, Athens, Greece
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