Lebanon: Drama therapist helps inmates with mental illnesses while pushing for reform
"Zeina Daccache conducts drama therapy in Lebanon’s jails to help inmates and fight for reform of the unjust penal code that can...
UKRAINE: Ukraine’s underground theater
"’It’s an opening night like no other at Mykolaiv’s theater, with the audience ushered down into an underground shelter this week for the...
INDIA: Finding new mediums to explore mental health: Creative initiatives by Namma women
"Discussions surrounding mental health have always been treated as taboo subjects in Indian households. The pandemic made a large part of...
USA: Spotlight will go dark: Youth theater group to present its final show next month
"Spotlight Theatre will run one final weeklong camp Aug. 8-12 in Riverhead at Vail-Leavitt Music Hall (established in 1881)...[...]...
CANADA: Concordia professor Bonnie Harnden's short film You Arrive wins multiple international award
"After 10 years of clinical and research work at the Montreal Children's Hospital, psychoanalyst and art/drama therapist Bonnie Harnden...
INDIA: Scientific studies are unravelling the link between art and healing
"Dr Samir Parikh, director of the department of mental health and behavioural sciences, Fortis Healthcare, says that art therapy is used...
USA: Opinion: Investing in Arts Education Can Help Students Heal
"I hope the City Council and Adams Administration prioritize students and their mental health by guaranteeing adequate funding per...
UNITED KINGDOM: ‘How’s that possible?’: Royal Central principal’s surprise role
Olivier-nominated actress Josette Bushell-Mingo reflects on becoming principal of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama,...
AUSTRALIA: Theatre as Therapy for Refugee Kids
"Over the past 10 years, around 80,000 refugees have settled in Western Sydney – and the return of the Taliban to Afghanistan last year...
USA: Drama Therapy for Covid Anxieties
"The pandemic has left many of us scarred. And when trauma and grief are too embedded and daunting to talk about, sometimes play can be a...