Improv Exercises

Here you can find a collection of exercises for improv theatre. These exercises are intended to train specific aspects and skills in a targeted manner. The transition from exercises to games is fluid. What is still an exercise for one, the other brings as a game on stage. Please do not take over the individual exercises blindly, but think about the goals and intentions of each exercise.

To overview

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An illustration
Bench takeover
Gibberish Circle
He said, she said
La Ronde
New Choice
Peculiar neighbor
Playback Show
Samurai
Slow-motion Rumble
Steal the Hat
Vocal Chain
# Accepting
Pen Friends Yes, and then Picking gifts Telling a story Yes, and because Gentle manipulation - dressage Bench takeover Peculiar neighbor Scene mix 10x20 I am a tree
# Action Reaction
Scene mix 10x20 Step by step
# Association
Anything Fabric Category Snap Seven Things Category Die I am a tree Picking gifts Story Solo
# Character
Award ceremony Silent post Worlds worst
# Expression
Ball Metamorphosis Traffic light
# Finding Game
New Choice
# Focus
Playback Show
# Group
Big Booty The strict Boss Playback Show Conceptual circle Traffic light Story Solo ZoomSchwatzMakeafakeliano
# Impulse
Worlds worst Kennedy
# Listening
Pen Friends Vocal Chain Gentle manipulation - dressage Silent post
# Memory
Conceptual circle
# Music and Singing
Hot Spot
# Other
New Choice Walking with speed levels Gentle manipulation - dressage 185 xxx walk into a bar Anything Fabric
# Pantomime
What Are You Doing!
# Perception
Sit, Stand, Lay Silent post Traffic light
# Physicalness - Movement
Follow the king House - residents - flood
# Presence
Playback Show
# Rhyming
Country saying What is a what?
# Speech
Throwing light The Conscience
# Speed
Worlds worst Kennedy Big Booty What Are You Doing! ZoomSchwatzMakeafakeliano Category Die
# Status
Traffic light
# Storytelling
Telling a story One word story Walking Backwards Conducted Story Story Solo Action emotion detail Advance and Expand
# Trust
Blind Lead
# concentration
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