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LARP: Learning Through Role-Play and Storytelling

• Experiential Learning • Storytelling • Youth Engagement • Participatory Culture •

The LARP (Live Action Role Play) project explores how immersive role-playing can be used as a powerful tool for learning, creativity, and community engagement. By stepping into fictional roles and collaborative story worlds, participants develop empathy, communication skills and the ability to explore complex social topics in a safe and creative environment.

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Through this project, Magnet and our international partners introduce LARP as an innovative educational methodology, combining elements of theatre, storytelling, game design and non-formal education. The project brings together youth workers, educators, artists and young people to experiment with role-play as a method for reflection, dialogue and social learning.

Duration: January 2026 - December 2028

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Co-financed by the European Union through the Erasmus+ Programme - Capacity Building for Youth

Unlike traditional theatre, LARP is not performed for an audience — everyone becomes part of the story.

The project focuses on exploring how LARP can be used in educational and cultural contexts to:

  • encourage creativity and imagination

  • foster teamwork and communication

  • explore social issues through narrative experiences

  • support personal development and confidence

  • strengthen community engagement

 

Workshops, learning exchanges, and practical LARP sessions allow participants to both experience and design their own role-playing scenarios.

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Magnet’s Perspective

At Magnet, we are interested in participatory cultural formats that empower people to actively shape their experiences and communities.

LARP represents a particularly powerful method because it combines:

  • experiential learning

  • artistic expression

  • collective storytelling

  • social reflection

 

For Magnet, the project is also an opportunity to explore how immersive and participatory methods can be integrated into youth work, cultural programming, and community engagement activities in rural and local contexts.

By connecting artists, educators, and youth workers, the project contributes to the development of new creative learning approaches that bridge culture and education.

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Project Activities

The project includes several interconnected activities:

  • international learning exchanges between partner organisations

  • workshops introducing LARP methodology and design

  • collaborative development of role-playing scenarios

  • practical LARP experiences with participants

  • reflection and documentation of learning outcomes

These activities support participants in gaining practical skills in facilitation, storytelling, and participatory learning methods.

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Why LARP?

LARP creates a unique learning environment where participants can explore different perspectives and experiment with choices in a fictional setting. This makes it particularly effective for addressing themes such as:

  • identity and empathy

  • social responsibility

  • cooperation and conflict resolution

  • civic engagement

By placing participants inside a story rather than asking them to observe it, LARP encourages deep engagement and emotional understanding.

 

Project Partners

  • Al-Khaboor- Syria

  • A.V.E.R- Tunisia

  • A.R.T. Fusion- Romania

  • Bait Byout- Palestine

  • Finnish Peace Committee- Finland

  • Magnet House- Serbia

  • OFFBEAT- Lebanon

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