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Character

Award ceremony

game

A game for 3 players and more. A player goes on stage and calls a player B to the stage. For player B he defines a character, a quirk/ti...

3–8 lively Beginner Intermediate

Betty Plum

exercise

Also known as Hologram. A group of players collectively build a fictional person by contributing characteristics one at a time. If a sugg...

4–8 calm Intermediate

Character exercise (character switch)

game

All go through the room, each with a certain character. Whenever you meet, you speak two sentences together, and the character is slowly ...

4–15 calm Beginner

Character Walk

exercise

Everyone walks through the room embodying a specific character. When two players meet, they exchange a sentence or two in character. Var...

4–15 calm Beginner

Cut and paste

game

The players play a normal scene, based on the suggestion of the audience. At any time, the moderator can call "Cut" to remove ("cut out")...

3–6 lively Beginner Intermediate

Develop a Person

exercise

Players walk through the room. When the facilitator says 'stop', everyone freezes. The facilitator asks individual players: 'Who are you?...

3–15 calm Beginner Intermediate

Developing a Character

exercise

Players walk through the room and imagine a person — their age, profession, worries, habits. They begin moving as that person would. The...

3–15 calm Beginner Intermediate

Different Reaction

exercise

An exercise to practice strong reactions and clear characters. A two-person scene is played. Player A initiates with a verbal offer. Pla...

2–2 calm Beginner Intermediate

Emotional Chair

exercise

A solo exercise. The player sits on a chair and receives a simple prompt (e.g. 'shoes'). Their task is to continuously switch emotions — ...

1–1 calm Beginner Intermediate

Fast Food Laban

exercise

An exercise for developing characters based on movement types, inspired by Rudolf von Laban's movement studies. Players explore combinat...

3–15 calm Intermediate

Fast Food Stanislavski

exercise

Two players play a scene with a given title or location. Each player receives a secret subtext for their character — their hidden motivat...

2–2 calm Intermediate

Hologram

exercise

Players stand in a circle. Together they build a plausible picture of a fictional person by contributing traits one at a time: name, age,...

4–10 calm Beginner Intermediate

King

exercise

One player is King, sitting on a throne. The King commands what emotions the other players must display. Players step forward one at a ti...

3–10 calm Beginner Intermediate

Leading Body Part

exercise

Players walk through the room. The facilitator names a body part — pelvis, left shoulder, forehead, right knee, belly. Players let that b...

3–15 calm Beginner

Silent post

game

The gamemaster and two players are in the room Player A gets now a guideline and has to improvise a monologue straight away. Player B wa...

3–6 calm Beginner Intermediate

Statue Scene Start

exercise

A preparatory exercise for freeze tag. Players form pairs. One sculpts the other into a random statue. The statue then starts a scene fro...

4–15 calm Beginner

Telephone Monologue

exercise

The facilitator and 2 players stay in the room. Player A receives a prompt and delivers a monologue in a developed character. Player B wa...

3–6 calm Beginner Intermediate

The Holy Grail

exercise

All players stand in a wide circle. One person enters the center with a specific character (voice, accent, posture) and approaches someon...

4–15 lively Beginner Intermediate

The Inner Animal

exercise

The facilitator writes different animal species on slips of paper. Players draw one secretly. Their task is to imagine the essence of thi...

4–15 calm Beginner Intermediate

Worlds worst

game

A game for quick jokes and short laughs. The Moderator asks the audience for e. g. - a profession (i.e. police officer) - a hobby (i.e. ...

3–8 wild Beginner

Zoom and Emotion

exercise

Player A acts on stage while Player B sits at the side. After a prompt, A narrates a typical daily routine (e.g. morning after waking up)...

2–2 calm Beginner Intermediate