Kalamata Drama International Summer School
Kalamata Drama International Summer School
Kalamata Drama International Summer School
Kalamata Drama International Summer School
Kalamata Drama International Summer School
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KaDISS 2025 18/08/2025 – 06/09/2025

You will be notified within 15 days after your application is received, whether we can offer you a place on the Course. If we do offer you a place on the Course, we shall send you further details regarding cost and your place will be reserved once we have received confirmation of the transaction.




What is KaDISS

The Kalamata Drama International Summer School (KaDISS) is an intensive and rigorous 3-week course, for a limited number of participants, taught in English, held annually at a designated venue in the city of Kalamata, teaching the practice of acting. Classes will be held Monday-Friday 09:00 to 16:00 and Saturdays 9.00 – 13.00. Students should also set aside time for daily preparation. More

Who is it for?

The Summer School reaches out to young performers worldwide. It is aimed at professional actors, graduates of drama schools and young people who already have professional experience in performance as well as those who require an acting ability/foundation in other areas of the performing arts, such as opera and music theatre, and who want to evolve their own methodology and skills in acting. More

How is it taught?

The course is taught in English by a team of tutor-practitioners of international reputation. Through immersion in and exploration of the dramatic language of Shakespeare (Scene Study) as well as Physical Performance and Vocal Performance, the intensive course provides comprehensive re-examination of the actor’s craft through reasoned preparation, focused energy and stimulated imagination, as well as enhancement ... More

Course content

The course includes daily classes in voice and verse, movement, text and character study through the language of William Shakespeare. The performative scope of the text and its embodiment by the actor are explored by way of imaginative engagement, improvisation and use of the classical mask. The course culminates in workshop productions of scenes or of an abridged Shakespeare play. The voice and movement skills cl... More

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