Time & Location
28 Nov 2026, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Sabha Blr, 262, Kamaraj Rd, Shivaji Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560042, India
About the event
Dramatherapy
An Experience Sharing Session by Vardhan Deshpande
In this session, Vardhan Deshpande reflects on his journey with Dramatherapy and its possibilities as a practice of healing, expression and transformation.
Over the past two-and-a-half years, he has been working with children at risk through Dramatherapy sessions, alongside six months of work with specially-abled children. This journey has involved much more than conducting sessions — it has been a continuous process of observing, designing, planning, facilitating, implementing, documenting and reflecting. Each group and every individual encounter has shaped his understanding of how theatre, play, imagination, embodiment, storytelling and creative expression can create spaces for children to explore themselves, connect with others and experience agency.
The session will share key experiences from this practice: the challenges encountered, the learning that emerged, the questions that continue to remain, and the ways in which reflection has influenced subsequent interventions. It will also look towards…