Come Over Here If… Description Everyone playing it across the whole room. One person holds up their hand and says “Come over here if…” and finishes the sentence with something true about themselves like “Come over here if you’re watching Game of Thrones”. Anyone who watches Game of Thrones would go over near them. People[…]
TED Talks Description Two improvisers are given an obscure subject in the field of technology, entertainment or design. They present about it in the style of a TED talk to the audience. Additional Tips for Playing Players should imagine they have head mics and that they’re playing to a big room. Imagine you have all slides[…]
Overload Description One person volunteers to play the game. One person stands in front of them. The player must follow the physical moves of this person, like a mirror. This is the most important focus. Get this going first. On one side have a group asking personal questions (what’s your favourite item of clothing? Where[…]
Character Mirror Circle Description One person stands in the middle of a small circle and does a monologue in character. Everyone on the outside attempts to speak and move along with them at the same time. Not echoing, but doing it at the same time. They attempt to copy their body language, tone of voice,[…]
Change Description In pairs (a trio will work fine too) have one person tell the other about a holiday memory. After a short while, clap your hands and shout ‘change’. Their partner will need to carry on the story even though it didn’t happen to them. Keep clapping and shouting ‘change’, speeding up the gap[…]
People go pair by pair and improvise scenes with three lines in total. Either actor says the first line, then there is a response, then a response to that. Whatever is said is then wildly applauded. A nice way to introduce performing scenes for the first time and helps to get people get used to improvising[…]
Character dial-up Description Everyone stood in a big circle. Someone starts things off by taking a small character quirk and saying a line of dialogue as that character. The person next to them copies the character and dialogue, and cranks it up by 1%. The person next to them copies them, and again cranks it[…]
Category Tag Description This is basically a game of ‘It’ or ‘Tag’ like you played at school with a little twist. One person is It and their job is to touch someone in order to make that person It. The person that is It calls out a category before the chase begins. It can be[…]
Big Booty Description The teacher is Big Booty. From Big Booty’s left, people in the circle are numbered from 1 upwards. Everyone chants: “Ah, yeah! Big Booty ah yeah, Big Booty, Big Booty, Big Booty” It’s a call-and-response game where – when you hear your number – you repeat it back, then call someone else’s.[…]
Bibbidy Bibbidy Bop Description One person stands in the centre of the circle. They challenge someone on the outside by saying “Bibbidy bibbidy bop”. By the time they finish this phrase, the person they are talking to should have said “Bop” or that person will now be in the middle and resume as the challenger.[…]
Whose Line Is It Anyway? Description The audience writes down phrases, song lyrics or lines of dialogue on paper. 2-4 actors enact a scene where they use the written lines as some of their dialogue.
Whose Line Is It Anyway? Description The audience writes down phrases, song lyrics or lines of dialogue on paper. 2-4 actors enact a scene where they use the written lines as some of their dialogue.