ACAC ORIGINAL WORKSHOP
Drama Thinking Lab is an experiential theatre-based learning program developed by ACAC for participants of all ages.
It is open to young people, adults, educators, art practitioners, professionals, and anyone interested in developing communication, critical thinking, collaboration, emotional awareness, and expressive skills through theatre.
Rather than training professional actors, Drama Thinking Lab uses theatre as a method of thinking, sensing, and responding.
Through theatre games, physical exercises, improvisation, Image Theatre, group discussion, and reflection, participants are invited to explore real-life questions around perspective, emotion, pressure, teamwork, leadership, and cultural difference in a safe and open environment.
The program is structured around 8 core blocks, developed across four key areas: Critical Thinking, Collaboration and Leadership, Emotional Regulation and Resilience, and Cross-cultural Communication.
Each block can be adapted according to age group, institutional context, and project needs, making the program suitable for schools, corporate training, public education programs, community projects, theatre workshops, and cross-cultural exchange activities.
The learning logic of the program follows the sequence:
Experience→
Theatre Exploration →
Discussion →
Reflection →
Skill Transfer
Drama Thinking Lab does not ask participants simply to “learn theatre.” Instead, it uses theatre as a way to understand the relationship between the self and others, transforming embodied experience, situational judgment, and collective creation into real-life capacities for expression, communication, collaboration, and social awareness.
Workshop Highlight:
Drama Thinking Lab is methodologically inspired by Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed.
We believe theatre should not only exist as performance on stage, but can also become a public space where individuals explore their own situations, practise expression, and learn how to respond to the world.
The program uses Image Theatre, chair-based exercises, physical improvisation, role play, and group creation to help participants transform abstract thoughts, emotions, and relationships into visible bodily forms and spatial structures.
Drama Thinking Lab is suitable for both actors and non-actors, and no theatre experience is required.It emphasizes safety, openness, interaction, and reflection, allowing participants to enter naturally into a deeper understanding of the self, others, and social relationships.