Character Dial-Up Description In a circle, one player says a line of dialogue with a small character quirk. They pass it to the next person, who increases the affectations by 1%. This continues around the circle, and you can add in more lines so there are several going around at once. Subscribe to Our[…]
What’s on your Stupid T-Shirt? Description The group stand in a circle and chant ‘T-shirt, t-shirt, what’s on your stupid T-shirt?’ A player describes what’s on the imaginary T-shirt of the person next to them. The person “wearing” that T-shirt then has to caption it. Some will be punny, others will make no sense! Example[…]
Triangles / Assassins / Biggest Fan Triangles Description Everyone stands around in the room. Each person silently selects two other people without telling them. When the teacher says “go” the aim is to stay in an equilateral triangle with the two people picked. The group will end up constantly moving as people adjust. If the[…]
Creatures of the Deep Description Everyone stands in a circle. The teacher imitates a of a creature of the deep to the person next to them. For instance they do an impression of a jellyfish. That person next to them copies what they just saw and passes it on to the person next to them.[…]
Meet & Greet Walkabout Description Everyone walks around the room, saying hello and meeting and greeting each other in different ways suggested by the teacher. For example they could be roommates, rivals, colleagues, best friends, two people that pass each other every day and nod at each other. Suggested Characters Best friends. Surfer dudes. Victorians.[…]
Volcano Description Everyone starts walking around the room. The director shouts out something like “volcano”. By the count of 5 everyone has to become that thing, as a group. They then break away and carry on walking around, until the director shouts a new thing. The director shouts out something and counts to 5 and[…]
Wild West Description The group stands in a circle. The person starting swings their arm and shouts “YE-HAH” in a Western accent, passing it to the next person. This goes around the circle. To change direction, a player can put their arms above their head in the shape of a barn, and shouts “HIGH-BARN”. If[…]
Yipee Description A group warm up. Everyone runs around the room, goes up to another player and the two players look at each other, say “YIPEE” and jump. They then run away and find a new partner and do the same, then run apart and find a new partner. Lots of constantly forming pairs around[…]
1 Minute Story Description A great listening exercise. In pairs, one person tells the other their life story in one minute. When the time is up the other person has to repeat the life story back, with as much detail as possible. Teaching Purpose Listening Storytelling Helps people get to know each other! Variations You[…]
Understudy Description Players start a scene as though it’s from a serious play. The Director shouts “understudy”, and another player takes over one of the roles as an enthusiastic understudy. They shout “understudy” again and another player comes in. Teaching Purpose Playing role of enthusiastic understudy, in this you are spotting games/emotion that the actors[…]
Spelling Bee Description A word at a time game. Players stand in a line, and get given a made up word. They say the word together, then spell it out a letter at a time. They say the word again. They then give the definition of the word a word at a time. They repeat[…]
Scene Repeater Description An exercise where two players do a short scene. The rest of the players watch, and then another two try and repeat the scene as exactly as possible. Repeat, each time copying the scene before. The scenes tend to escalate as people incorporate all the personal changes from the previous pair, and[…]