Association

Anything Fabric

Time: 5 Minutes *Number of Participants: * Preferably for groups of about 10-15 people. *Required Equipment: * A piece of fabric large ...

Association Circle

All players form a circle. One says a word to their neighbor. That neighbor associates a new word and passes it on, and so on around the ...

Association Walk

Everyone walks through the room. One player suddenly stops with a loud stomp and points at someone. Everyone freezes. The stomper says a...

Category Die

This is useful as a warm-up and it is also useful in performance even. The exercise forces you to be spontaneous and it also helps you ...

Category Snap

Video example Improv Warm-Ups: Category Snap

Dissociation

The player "associates" words one after the other that have "nothing" to do with each other. If a suitable word is associated or if the p...

Dissociation

Players stand in a circle. Each must respond to the previous word with something that has nothing to do with it. If a logical association...

I am a tree

A very popular exercise, suitable for beginners of improvisation The players stand on the stage/around the room. Player A goes to the mi...

I Am a Tree

A popular exercise perfect for beginners. Players stand around the stage area. One enters, strikes a pose, and declares what they are: 'I...

Jeopardy

Like the TV show: one player gives an answer first, and the other must come up with the matching question. Player A: 'Forty-two.' Player...

Noun-Adjective Association

Two groups form facing lines. The first person says a noun and goes to the back of the opposite line. The person across associates an adj...

Online Association Game

Player A says a word. Player B associates a word and says it aloud. Player C writes their association to A's original word in the chat. P...

Pair Association

Four or more players form a circle. Two step into the center. The circle counts down: 'Three, two, one!' Both center players simultaneous...

Paperclip Game

A great exercise for recognizing patterns and heightening offers. Players stand in a line. One steps forward and describes a mundane obje...

Picking gifts

The players are in a circle. One begins and picks any object from the air. He holds it in a certain way and presents it to his neighbour ...

Picking Gifts

Players stand in a circle. One begins by plucking an imaginary object from the air. They hold it in a specific way and present it as a gi...

Seven Things

Seven Things is a warm up in which players ask each other to name seven things that fall into a made up category. Anybody may start by ca...

Sex with me...

The game is played by choosing a subject of comparison. The players get the prompt "sex with me is like ..." followed by what is chosen t...

Story Solo

One player stands in front of 4-5 players who are sitting with they backs to the public. The main player starts telling a story for a cou...

Thunderdome

Players form a circle. Two stand in the center facing each other. Someone from the circle gives a category (e.g. vegetables). The circle ...

Verbal Hunt

The facilitator fires rapid questions that players must answer using the association principle — as fast as possible. The questions shou...

Word Swing

Two players face each other, swinging their arms forward and back in sync. After three swings, on the fourth upswing, both simultaneously...