Images of the Future in Drama Therapy

For various reasons, there is a tension between drama therapy and the concept of performance. Whereas many notions of performance are deeply rooted in the here-and-now, theatrical types of therapy often include practices concerning the future and constructing future images of self, subjectivity and conflict. This paper argues that therapeutic theatreʹs high affinity with iconic structures and with the creation of ʹimagesʹ can be explained by its specific problems with the contingency and risk inherent in performance.