How We Met Description The performers get a couple from the audience on stage, and give them a bell and a horn. The players play a scene, and in each line they say something about how the couple met. If they guess correctly the couple ring the bell, if it’s wrong they honk the horn.[…]
Henry Description This is one of those games that is a monster to explain but once you do it on stage once it’s fine. I think it’s called Henry because it’s a bit like a short-form version of a Harold. 5 actors sat on stage across the back of the stage, they stand up in[…]
World’s Worst Description A walk-forward game. Players stand on the back wall with their backs to the audience. Using audience suggestions for the “World’s worst ____”, players come up with examples. Example World’s Worst Farmer: Player A jumps on stage and on to a rake: “OW” Player B: I don’t believe in tractors, I use[…]
Forward/Reverse Description Two players start a scene. At any point, the host may clap his/her hands and say “Reverse,” after which the players must repeat the lines they said in reverse order (the words in each line remain in the same order). At any point, the host may then say “Forward,” after which the players[…]
Follow the Leaver Description Every time somebody leaves the scene, the “action” follows the person who leaves, and the next scene shows where they went off to. Subscribe to Our Newsletter If you would like to receive our monthly newsletter containing helpful improv resources, improv exercises, casting calls for new shows and news about[…]
Emotional Squares Description The stage is divided into four quadrants (the boundaries of which are not visibly drawn). The players (or host) get an emotion for each quadrant from the audience. The players start a scene, during which they assume the emotion of whichever quadrant (or quadrants) they are in. Players may move back and[…]
Interview Switch Description Staging-wise, a similar format to Pan Left. Two chairs are placed front and centre of the stage and the other players line up on the back wall. Whoever is sitting in the chair stage left is the interviewer, whoever is in the chair stage right is the expert. The interviewer gets a[…]
Three Headed Expert Description Three players sit next to each other and play one entire person with an expertise. The expert is being interviewed, and they speak one word at a time to answer the questions. The host will get a suggestion of an unusual expertise, so that combined with the word at a time[…]
185 Description Improvisers improvise jokes around the format “185 things walk into the bar…..something something….punchline”. Some of the jokes work, many don’t! Example Suggestion: Dentist Improviser A: “185 dentists walked into a bar. The bar needed filling.” Improviser B: “185 dentists walked into a bar. Then they got turned away because there was a two[…]
Choir Description A group enter the stage like very friendly choir singers, making eye contact with the audience. They invent a song there and then based on audience suggestion. They start by uniting behind one pattern/word/sound before branching out into different patterns and sounds. Subscribe to Our Newsletter If you would like to receive[…]
Written Lines Description Before the show the audience write down random lines of dialogue on paper. Before a scene the actors randomly select 4 lines each but don’t read them. They start a scene from suggestion and at any point pull out the lines and say them as if they belong in the scene. The[…]
Superheroes Description The suggestion from the audience is for an unusual problem the world faces, for instance “we’ve run out of coco pops”. One improviser comes on stage as superhero (defined by audience) and attempts to solve that problem, but fails. They then call on another superhero for help (also defined by audience), but they[…]