The 25th of March 2024 at Fougaro!
We play tug-of-war, marbles and more games that must have been playd by kids in Greece since the 19th century!
...and after we’ve spent some energy, we sit down to paint some embroidery patters and make pompoms for our tsarouchi shoes — made of cardboard, perhaps, but still three-dimensional!
Rita Zikidou
Born in Thessaloniki in 1984, she is a graduate of the Theatre Studies Dept of the University of Peloponnese (Nafplio). She has studied at the University of Art and Design Helsinki and the Theatre Academy (Teak) in the context of the Erasmus programme. Since 2012 she works as designer and animator of theatre education programmes for children and teenagers. She has worked as stage and costume designer for the theatre and as assistant producer in dance-theatre productions. In the area of visual arts, she has worked with the Maria Gouma Art Gallery in Nafplio, ART ATHINΑ, and Τaf – Τhe Αrt Foundation in Athens, while in 2010 she curated an art exhibition as part of the Bicycle Film Festival Athens. Since 2013 she designs and runs theatre games and educational programmes for schools for the art workshops of Fougaro in Nafplio. She has co-created the educational programmes ‘…and History becomes a game’ — combined guided tours and theatrical play in archaeological sites. She participated as theatre educator in the project ‘Educating the public in ancient drama’ as part of the parallel events of the Athens Festival’s Lyceum of Epidaurus from 2017 to 2019. Since 2020 she has been training in outdoor education and Forest Schools as a mountain guide.
Dimitra Zisimatou
Born in 1989 in Athens, her love of children and the theatre led her to study at the Theatre Studies Dept of the University of Peloponnese. She works with Fougaro since 2022, designing and implementing emotion workshops, theatrical and sensory play.
