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International Drama/Theatre and Education Association

IDEA is an association of individuals and professional associations supporting and promoting drama/theatre and education. IDEA is open to regional and international associations and to other institutes, bodies, networks, organisations, schools, universities and individuals working in drama/theatre and education. We represent drama/theatre and education in a world context.

  • we liaise with other national and international organisations working in all fields relevant to education, especially education through the arts.
  • we organise renal and international congresses for drama/theatre and education
  • we initiate research into and development of drama/theatre and education;
  • we produce international publications and facilitate the circulation of information relevant to drama/theatre and education;
  • we encourage the exchange of drama/theatre practitioners between our member associations;
  • we promote projects and the work of Young IDEA.