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Alison Abroad
Alison has taught drama, improv, creativity and life skills all over the world, above all for Skyros Holistic Holidays in Greece and at Cortijo Romero in Spain, both of which she returned to year after year.
Other locations include Taiwan where she led workshops and was the keynote speaker at a drama conference in Taipei, on Elephant Island for Skyros-in-Thailand, in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia for a celebrated theatre company and in various locations in The Netherlands, Canada, the U.S. and Australia.
News for 2026
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A fun-filled 5-night retreat (1-6 June 2026) in the homely and charming Hotel Almeji in the village of Benadalid, tucked into the stunning mountains of Andalucia, Spain. Two expert facilitators, Alison Goldie and Helen Wood, guide you through a pleasurable series of drama games and exercises that will give you the opportunity to play characters and scenes and bond with like-minded people in a warm and supportive atmosphere. If you've always wanted to use your voice, your physicality and your imagination to entertain and move an audience through theatre, this short but rich course is for you. Or perhaps you have performed before but it's been a while and you'd like to try again?
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All levels of experience are welcome and we guarantee you'll find a lot to enjoy in our daily sessions. There will also be time to dip in the pool, eat delicious fresh food, gaze at the mountains and visit the area, paticularly the lovely Moorish town of Ronda nearby, where the Puente Nuevo bridge over a gorge separating the old and new towns has to be seen to be believed.
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Reviews of previous courses:
“A chance to let go into the creative moment and have lots of fun through a wonderful array of exercises.”
Participant, Wilderness Weekend run by Helen and Alison
“Alison is great - experienced, caring and funny. She made it an extremely enjoyable, relaxing and creative week.”
Laura McAuley, Cortijo Romero Participant
“Helen is a wonderful facilitator, with a great balance of impishness, lightness and structure. She allows you to feel safe and held as well as inspire you to show up with all that you are.”
Ri Ferrier, participant on improv retreat.
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Cost: From £750 for full board in a family-run hotel, the course and a trip to Ronda. Comfortable rustic rooms with en-suites available singly or to share.
Places limited so don't wait too long!
See https://www.almeji.com/ and contact info@almeji.com
The Joy of Drama in Andalucia, Spain
Other retreat holidays Alison has facilitated:
Greece: Skyros Holistic Holidays and Kalikalos Holistic Centre
Morning circle to check in, Anilio
Improv in the Pine Circle, Skyros
Camp fire chilling
Spain: Cortijo Romero
Improv in the garden
Participant in the art session gets inventive
Examples of Courses
Comedy Improvisation
A session of improvisation games, interesting exercises and humorous tasks in which you indulge yourself in the absorbing business of playing, rather than working or worrying.
Alison takes you through a selection from her huge compendium of fun activities. All you need to participate is a body and a voice - talent is optional.
If you really want outcomes, you could say that the session will help you to:
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Use Your Imagination
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Feel Liberated
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Look Stupid and Not Mind
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Be More Creative
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Enjoy Being Confident
NB Not suitable for those with a miserable disposition.
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Reasons to be Cheerful
There’s a lot going on in the world, and it’s not all good! Sometimes, a person can feel overwhelmed by outside forces and feel powerless and unbalanced. When things get tough, we don’t need fancy solutions, we need to get back to ourselves, and what makes us feel centred and happy again; how can we raise our spirits, improve our strength and develop our creativity?
This popular course offers a series of self-contained short sessions, incorporating some of the best drama and improvisation games and exercises, combined with activities that have been proved over history to keep people sane: dancing, stretching, painting, singing, creative writing and mucking about.
Testimonials:
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Comedy Improvisation​
I haven't had so much fun on a course for YEARS!!.. Alison was magnificent as a course leader. She clearly knows her subject VERY well and was able to demonstrate AND teach it really very effectively
Entertaining, fun, challenging at times, varied and never boring. I would give Alison Goldie and her workshop a 5 star review
We would not have achieved what we did and come away with the same sense of enjoyment and satisfaction if it hadn't been for Alison. I can't recommend her too highly. This was the best time I've had at Cortijo Romero.
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Reasons to be Cheerful
Fun and Inspirational.
Really fun and challenging and rewarding.
Fantastic. Perfectly managed. Fun, instructive, varied. Wonderful.
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