Machine

The audience suggests a crazy machine that does not exist. Players build it one by one — each becoming a moving part with a repeated sound and gesture.

Parts connect to existing parts, creating an increasingly complex contraption. The facilitator can speed up, slow down, or break the machine.

This trains group coordination, rhythm, and physical creativity.

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Improv group exercise: the audience names a crazy machine; players add themselves one by one as moving parts with sound and gesture. Speed up, slow down, break it.

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Competences

Pantomime, Creativity

Number of Players

4 to 15

Experience

Beginner

Energy

lively

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