Welcome
The Myth and Voice Initiative: Storytelling for Communities is an enrichment and development project run collaboratively by students and staff at Royal Holloway University of London and led by Dr Efi Spentzou in the Department of Classics. Aimed at schools, youth environments, community groups of all ages and other interested voluntary settings, the project comprises of a series of informal participatory workshops based on select Greek myths. Working together with our partners, we foster collective and contemporary re-imaginings of ancient mythical narratives to encourage self-development, inspire active citizenship and support community-building.
Individual workshops and the storytelling program, as a whole, are an invitation for all those who engage to feel part of something bigger than themselves, a valued and organic part in a collective conversation. With creative and playful immersive storytelling activities that invite them to step into the shoes of distant, ancient figures and contemporary strangers, we aspire to make our participants more curious about others’ stories and more confident that newcomers can become friends. Learn more.
No prior knowledge of ancient Greek myths is required or expected in order to enjoy the workshops. The program is flexible and adaptable to a diversity of needs, ambitions and agendas, aspiring to be an ally to community organisations as they strive to empower those with whom they work.
