theatrical play

with Rita Zikidou
for children 4+
September 2023 to June 2024

Painting, dance, music, the arts come together in our theatrical play as part of the multifaceted world of the theatre in this first acquaintance of preschool children with the dramatic art.
Among other things it helps resolve problems by looking for and coming up with personal "solutions" to various stories…
When we meet as a team we test, in playing terms, coexistence and the emotions it generates, the communication and the acceptance it involves.

We come armed with a host of fairy tales from the CHILDREN’S LIBRARY, with stories wild and tame, games in a circle and games for one or two or more—all sorts of games that involve imagination, humour, hand puppets, stage props, fabrics! We train in love!

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.