Community and Therapeutic Theatre

About this programme

Community and Therapeutic Theatre Master programme (Ma/ MSc) Theatre Faculty Bucharest Program description The general objective of the Master's programme in Community and Therapeutic Theatre is to add and develop specific skills for the exploration of the transformative potential of theatrical practice, to stimulate the creative engagement of the forms and aesthetics of applied theatre, using as a tool the ethics of intervention and the notions of inclusive practice in working with specific groups. The activity will be centered on theatre practices that promote inclusion and will address the ways in which theatre can be an agent of change, activation and transformation, with a view to diversifying the educational offer and complementing the skills and knowledge acquired in the professional training of BA programmes. The study programme is aimed at graduates who want to diversify their possibilities of insertion on the labor market, providing them skills and techniques for working with vulnerable groups from various social categories. Students are trained to identify and solve the problems faced by an individual or a group, with the aim of increasing their adaptability to the values and norms accepted in society and social inclusion. Through research and advanced practice of community theatre and therapeutic theatre techniques, students will be enabled to find and build their own working practice, a continuous and emergent development in a broad understanding of the applied field of theatre and the delivery of a pathway that contributes to engaging, contribution and placement opportunity in social spectrum organizations and community institutions. The study programme ensures the qualification and preparation of the ability to coordinate and assist in the alternative therapeutic process by means of the Art of the Actor and the performing arts, the training of researchers in the field of community and social theatre, of coordinators of community and therapeutic programmes with skills for the integration and the necessary intervention in working with individuals and vulnerable groups, with social and cultural adaptation difficulties. " Applied theatre, as a form of intervention in the community, differs from traditional forms in that its main purpose is an explicit reparative and therapeutic manifestation. It is carried out in ordinary settings within the communities, in hospitals, prisons, it applies to individuals and groups of individuals with special needs, individuals diagnosed with various medical conditions, women or children suffering from domestic violence, teenagers from risk groups, centers foster care, elderly groups, community centers etc. At the end of the study period, graduates will have: theoretical and practical knowledge of community education through theatre; the ability to analyze and explore the theatre performance in a social context; the ability to correlate theoretical concepts with key practices in applied theatre as a social intervention; the knowledge in the correct use of a terminology developed by social policies and strategies; the ability to identify and analyze social phenomena and the use of artistic valence in shaping a strategic perspective; the ability to understand and practice within structures, associations, non-governmental organizations; the understanding of the social responsibilities related to the profession and the ability to contribute to the development of the field; the skills of research and elaboration of articles and studies on community theatre, on the impact of theatre in everyday life as well as its therapeutic effects; the skills for effective use of methods, principles, rules and techniques specific to community and therapeutic theatre; the ability to encourage and support NGO initiatives in the prevention and remediation of problems among vulnerable community groups; the personal skills to meet the requirements of the professional competence profile (balance and objectivit