Storytelling

4 Sentence Story

Players stand in a circle or a line to tell short stories. Each player contributes exactly one sentence. The four sentences follow this m...

5 Sentence Story

Simple storytelling in 5 steps, playable in pairs or small groups: Character and place — introduce a person and where they are Second c...

Action emotion detail

A player tells a story. Three other players give the narrator a sign (touch, sound, gesture) if they want to hear more action, more emoti...

Advance and Expand

Introduction This exercise focuses on raising the stakes and exploration of the environment. Please set up a scene. Description The pl...

Advance and Illustrate

Players begin a scene. From outside, the facilitator calls two commands: 'Advance!' — players must move the plot forward with new infor...

AED (Action Emotion Detail)

One player tells a story. Three others give signals when they want more Action, more Emotion, or more Detail. Each is responsible for one...

Conducted Story

Introduction Let’s get four or five players in a line and one person to conduct a story. Description The goal of the conducted story i...

Fantasy Story with Questions

A quiet exercise for two. Player A lies relaxed with closed eyes and tells a story (no prompt needed). Player B sits nearby and periodica...

Finding the Child Within

Players form pairs. One tells a story using only questions: 'Shall we go to the park?' 'Shall we feed the ducks?' The other responds onl...

Fortunately Unfortunately

Players tell a story sentence by sentence, alternating between fortunately and unfortunately. Player 1: 'Once upon a time there was a pi...

I got a better idea!

I got a better idea! 3 players stand side by side, slightly in a semicircle. The middle one starts to tell a story. Every action, every ...

I Have a Better Idea

Three players stand in a semicircle. The middle one tells a story. The other two enthusiastically agree with 'Yes yes yes!' to every acti...

Once Upon a Time Model

Players stand in a circle and build a story following this model: Once upon a time... (introduce character and setting) Every day... (e...

One word story

One-word stories come in several forms: All in a row 4 or 5 players line up in a row. The audience dictates the title of the story and ...

Pearl String

All players line up. Player 1 steps forward, goes to the far right, and says a sentence that could start a story. Player 2 steps forward,...

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...

Spit-Fire

One player receives a topic and tells a story. On either side, two other players constantly shout random words. The storyteller must inco...

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...

Storytelling with movements

This exercise is played in groups of three. Two players face each other, while a third one stands next to the first player. The first p...

Tell a Story Together

Two players tell a story together. The first begins: 'Let us go on vacation.' The second starts their sentence with YES: 'Yes, let us go ...

Telling a story

Form two-person teams - both players tell a story together. The first one starts, like, "Let's take a vacation." The second one always ...

Walking Backwards

The "walking backwards into the future" is an exercise, but can also be used as a presentation. One player stands at the front of the st...

Zoom and Emotion

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)...