Retreat Itinerary
2026 Acting Retreat
2026 Acting Retreat
🏋️ Fitness
🧘 Embodiment
🍽️ Meal
🌿 Free Time
🚐 Travel
☕ Break
✈️ Arrival
👋 Departure
🤝 Community
🧭 Excursion
🎭 Acting
Arrival
Monday, 28 September 20263:00 PM
30m
✈️ Arrival
Arrival at Armonia
Armonia Retreat Center
3:30 PM
3h
🌿 Free Time
Pool Time & Sunbathing
Armonia Retreat Center
Once you're checked in and settled, take some time to relax before dinner!
6:30 PM
2h
🍽️ Meal
Welcome Dinner
Outdoor Dining Area
Join Yorgos and all of this year's participants as we kick off the retreat with a welcome dinner at Armonia Retreat Centre in Chania!
Day One
Tuesday, 29 September 20269:00 AM
3h 30m
🧘 Embodiment
Intro Session – Beach
Kiani Akti Beach
A soft, grounding start to the day at Kiani Akti Beach — embodiment, swim, a cold plunge and our first open discussion on the work and actors' individual intention for the retreat.
12:30 PM
1h 30m
🍽️ Meal
Lunch
Outdoor Dining Area
2:00 PM
3h
🎭 Acting
Being in the Body
Armonia Studio
Embodiment – being in the body. Physical Lab's core grounding practices that explore a conscious state of presence through the body. The foundation practices for a performer's presence and its embodiment.
Day Two
Wednesday, 30 September 20269:00 AM
3h 30m
🎭 Acting
Deconditioning & Blindfold Improvisation
Armonia Studio
Deconditioning from habitual ways of moving, speaking, thinking and performing. Blindfold improvisation.
12:30 PM
1h 30m
🍽️ Meal
Lunch
Outdoor Dining Area
2:00 PM
3h
🎭 Acting
Ownership of the Text
Armonia Studio
Ownership of the text. Our core practice for exploring, connecting and owning the text. A connection with language through the elements of presence and embodiment.
7:00 PM
2h
🤝 Community
Boris Film Screening
Chania
Day Three
Thursday, 1 October 20269:00 AM
3h 30m
🎭 Acting
Embodiment Tools
Armonia Studio
The three fundamental tools of embodying presence in performance: 1. Embodying language. 2. Embodying physicality. 3. Embodying inner impulses / inner life.
12:30 PM
1h 30m
🍽️ Meal
Lunch
Outdoor Dining Area
2:00 PM
3h
🎭 Acting
Application in Acting I
Armonia Studio
Acting Session 1
Day Four
Friday, 2 October 20269:00 AM
2h 30m
🧭 Excursion
Ancient Theatre Experience
Ancient Theatre of Aptera
We'll start the morning at the ancient theatre in Aptera, taking in its grounding surroundings and exploring presence through our acting scenes within this profound landscape. Please note participants are responsible for the 10€ admission fee.
11:30 AM
1h 30m
🤝 Community
Career Roundtable
Ancient Theatre of Aptera (TBC)
A space to think clearly and freely about what you really want as an artist. What kind of work do you want to make? What kind of actor or artist do you wish to be, beyond conventional ideas of success? We'll reflect on the choices and directions that feel genuinely your own.
1:00 PM
1h 30m
🍽️ Meal
Lunch at Armonia or Aptera Taverna (Group Decision)
Optional lunch at the Aptera Tavern should the group choose to do so. Please note that lunch is not included in the retreat fee. The alternative is lunch back at Armonia Retreat Center.
4:00 PM
2h
🎭 Acting
Actors’ Research
Please take this time to dive further into your own personal research, exploring any of the tools we have reviewed up to this point. Discover any ways in which you can apply these tools to your own personal inquiry.
Day Five
Saturday, 3 October 20269:00 AM
3h 30m
🎭 Acting
Application in Acting II
Armonia Studio
Acting Session 2
12:30 PM
1h 30m
🍽️ Meal
Lunch
Outdoor Dining Area
2:00 PM
3h
🎭 Acting
Application in Acting III
Armonia Studio
Acting Session 3
6:00 PM
2h
🌿 Free Time
Sauna & Personal Time
Armonia Retreat Center
Feel free to enjoy the sauna at Armonia. Please remember to bring your own towels into the sauna.
Day Six
Sunday, 4 October 20269:00 AM
3h 30m
🎭 Acting
Application in Acting IV
Armonia Studio
Acting Session 4
12:30 PM
1h 30m
🍽️ Meal
Lunch
Outdoor Dining Area
2:00 PM
3h
🎭 Acting
Application in Acting V
Armonia Studio
Acting Session 5
6:00 PM
1h 30m
🤝 Community
Final Roundtable
Armonia Studio
Our integration discussion. What questions do I take home with me? What understandings and discoveries am I willing to explore further in my acting practice and daily life?
9:00 PM
3h
🤝 Community
Goodbye Celebration
TBD
Party time 🪩
Departure
Monday, 5 October 202611:00 AM
👋 Departure
Departure from Armonia
Armonia Retreat Center