Chance Of A Lifetime Description A person is chosen from the audience and questioned about something they’ve always wanted to do. This part of the game should be brief. With the audience member onstage, the players act out his/her “chance of a lifetime.” Subscribe to Our Newsletter If you would like to receive our[…]
Blind Date Character Quirks Description Like the show Blind Date, there is a host, someone looking to meet the love of their life and three contestants. The host asks the dater to leave the room and ask the audience for suggestions of quirks for the contestants i.e they part animal, can only speak in questions,[…]
Big Body Tiny Head Description One improviser behind the other, one is head one is body and arms. They interact in a scene. Teaching Purpose The heads have to be aware of not only what their scene partner is doing, but also their body Splitting attention and leadership Incorporating the body’s movements is also a[…]
Beat Poets Description Players act as if they are performers in a beat coffee shop in the 1950s. Each player recites a short original poem. The poem may be serious or silly. Subscribe to Our Newsletter If you would like to receive our monthly newsletter containing helpful improv resources, casting calls for new shows[…]
Gibberish Award Ceremony Description One player receives an award for something (suggested by the audience) and does the acceptance speech. But they can’t speak English, they speak the made up language of Gibberish which has loads of varied sounds and lots of physical and emotional expression. After each line a translator on stage translates the[…]
2-3 improvisers start a scene based on a suggestion from the audience. Throughout the scene the host pauses the scene and asks the audience for a suggestion of a genre, the scene continues as the same story and characters but now influenced by that genre. Multiple genres happen throughout the game, one genre at a[…]
Movie Director Interview Description A world famous movie director (made up name given by audience suggestion) is interviewed on a movie based chat show by an interview about their recent movie, previous work and student films and trailers. At any point the movie director or the interview can ask for a clip of a film[…]
Sex with Me Description Players get suggestions of objects, and say why sex with them is like that object. Example “Can I get an everyday object?” “Pineapple!” Player 1: “Sex with me is like a pineapple: juicy” Player 2: “Sex with me is like a pineapple: after a while it makes your tongue go funny”[…]
Scene Replay Description Players play out a scene (based on a given scenario), then replay or reinterpret the scene according to supplied suggestions of emotion or genres. Usually the first scene involves two people in the whole scene, and the rest of the cast coming in at some point saying a line or two and[…]
Party Quirks Description One player is the host of a party. They exit the room while the other players (the guests) are given character quirks by the audience, for instance a physical quirk, a person from history, a celebrity or an action they have to do whenever a certain thing happens. The host then comes[…]
Movie Cards Description The cast attempt to improvise a mini movie from suggestion. Two audience members in front row are handed action cards (Love Story, Montage, Slow Motion etc) which they can hold up at any time and shout out. When they are held up the actors use that in their movie, and actor off[…]
Half Life Description One player has a timer, and the players do a scene for one minute, often from the suggestion of an actual well known movie. They then repeat the scene but in 30 seconds, and again in 5 seconds and then 1 second (or whatever time intervals work best for your group). Teaching[…]