BEIRUT - Catharcis association announced that Italian Director Armando Punzo, Director of Volterra prison’s theatre group, "the Compagnia della Fortezza", will be facilitating a theatre workshop with a group of 50 inmates residing in Lebanon's Roumieh Prison from the 12th until the 17th of January 2011, as part of the preparations for the second theatre production inside Roumieh.
This workshop takes place in the frame of the project “Development of Social and Cultural Initiatives in Roumieh Prison”, implemented by Catharsis and funded by the Italian Cooperation of the Embassy of Italy in Beirut.
The first project, produced by Catharcis, took place in 2009 with about 50 inmates in Roumieh prison and led to the theater play "12 Angry Lebanese". The association is the first non-profit organization in Lebanon to promote and offer therapeutic actions through the use of art and theatre processes for persons and groups especially by means of Drama Therapy. It offers services and programs in various social, educational and therapeutic settings such as schools, hospitals, rehabilitation centers, prisons, private and public clinics for children and adults. Catharsis also works with healthy individuals in need of exploring various life problems and expanding their quality of life, within the use of an artistic and therapeutic action. Catharcis is currently implementing drama therapy/theatre activities inside Roumieh and in around 13 regional Lebanese prisons.
This workshop takes place in the frame of the project “Development of Social and Cultural Initiatives in Roumieh Prison”, implemented by Catharsis and funded by the Italian Cooperation of the Embassy of Italy in Beirut.
The first project, produced by Catharcis, took place in 2009 with about 50 inmates in Roumieh prison and led to the theater play "12 Angry Lebanese". The association is the first non-profit organization in Lebanon to promote and offer therapeutic actions through the use of art and theatre processes for persons and groups especially by means of Drama Therapy. It offers services and programs in various social, educational and therapeutic settings such as schools, hospitals, rehabilitation centers, prisons, private and public clinics for children and adults. Catharsis also works with healthy individuals in need of exploring various life problems and expanding their quality of life, within the use of an artistic and therapeutic action. Catharcis is currently implementing drama therapy/theatre activities inside Roumieh and in around 13 regional Lebanese prisons.
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