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[…]
Rap Battle Description Two improvisers get given two contrasting characters from history, or celebrities. They then get a topic from the audience and do a rap battle, the audience votes who wins! Variation Split the group into two teams of three or more. Ask the audience for a name. One person from team A will[…]
Film Dub Description Clips from movies/YouTube are projected on to the stage, with the sound off. The players dub the voices. Additional Tips for Playing Listen. When providing the voice for the person on screen watch their mouth at all times and match their mouth shape. If they stop moving their mouth stop speaking.[…]
Love Hearts Description Two players are rivals over an invention/achievement. They meet again years after the invention/achievement, and do a scene. They each have a packet of Love Heart sweets and throughout the scene read what the sweets say – and if they’re feeling brave, eat them. By the end the rivals will fall in[…]
Am Fm Radio Description We invented this game but have never actually played it on stage yet! Actors go on stage and freeze in a random position. Lights go down. An am/fm radio station is selected at random by an audience member by scrolling through an old-school radio using a dial. The radio plays over[…]