Improv Encyclopedia
In this wiki you will find games and exercises, but also other interesting things about improv. You can participate and bring in your own ideas. Simply register and create your own article.
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Improv Games
Show all Improv Games (112) # Talking 9 # Switches 12 # Letter Games 4 # Dialogue Form 7 # Emotion Games 4 # Objects 4 # Chain Games 9 # Physical Contact 1 # Music Games 11 # Guessing Games 2 # Speech 7 # Direction Games 2 # Replay 10 # In Black and White 3 # Slapstick-Bustle-Action 3 # Other 1 # Dubbing 3 # Audience on stage 2 # Status Games 0 The Excuse Countdown Trizophrenia Biographical song Family Dinner Sing a dialogue Living Scenery Avoid a letter Old Job - New Job Emotional Workplace Pen Friends Stage Directions Talking animals Buzz The Voice Job Center Backwards Interview Genre replay The Prophet Replay of the high arts Whose line Alliteration Horoscope Newscast Prison visitor Blindline What's on TV? Roller Coaster Animal Rollercoaster Music-Café PotpourriHere you can find a collection of improv games. This collection consists of games that can be performed in a show in front of an audience. Each of them can be announced in advance, or they can be played unannounced ...
Improv Exercises
Show all Improv Exercises (54) # Action Reaction 2 # Accepting 10 # Breathing 0 # Expression 2 # Character 3 # Storytelling 7 # Focus 1 # Memory 1 # Emotions 0 # Group 7 # Impulse 2 # Multitasking 0 # Music and Singing 1 # Pairs 0 # Pantomime 1 # Rhyming 2 # Space 0 # Speed 6 # Other 5 # Status 1 # Dancing - Choreography 0 # Trust 1 # Perception 3 # Physicalness - Movement 2 # Speech 2 # Presence 1 # Heighten 0 # Finding Game 1 # Listening 4 # Relationship 0 # concentration 1 # Association 7 Walking Backwards What Are You Doing! 3 X different ZoomSchwatzMakeafakeliano Peculiar neighbor Conducted Story Gentle manipulation - dressage Story Solo An illustration Seven Things New Choice Playback Show Ball Metamorphosis I am a tree Yes, and then Anything Fabric Scene mix 10x20 Traffic lightHere 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, ...
Warm-ups
Show all Warm-ups (64) Clap Focus Digits Quick Death What Are You Doing! What is a what? Last word - first word Category Snap Be my fan Mr. Hit me Alien, Tiger, Cow Block of ice Hey and Ho Call and Reply Slow-motion Rumble Circle Up Hand snake I am a tree Playback Show rhythm exercises You Simulclap Fred Schneider Zip Zap Zoop Cross Circle Free Association Falling Living Scenery Barney Blinking place change King of Siam Walking with speed levels Yes, let's Forming Molecules Kennedy ZoomSchwatzMakeafakeliano Hot Spot Blind Stalker Johannes Names - Go and clap Four Corners Sword of samurai Category Die The monster Emotional Fruit Salad Endless snake Seven Things increase Flock Dance Group Stop Kitty wants a cornerBefore doing sports, you warm up. Every child knows that. Since theatre is also a form of physical work, one should warm up a bit before starting the actual exercises. On the one hand you can prepare yourself physically and ...
Improv Glossary
Show all Improv Glossary (46) Status Fail Trust Microphone Theatresport Audience Questions Cancel Attitude Ignoring Conflict Clapping Offer Stage Stringency Gag Requisite Character Shortform Taboo Interruption Action and Reaction Soap Kissing Play Bill Gossip Accept Long Form Headline Talkativeness Musician Curtain Beat Focus CROW Ask For stage hog Gibberish Rhymes Authenticity Chairs Work Exhibition Clothes Break Blocking EncoreAs in every special field, there are a lot of terms with special meaning in the Improtheater. We have tried to compile and explain some of these terms in our improv glossary.
Lists
Show all Lists (7) Hobbies Genre List Occupations List List of further ticks of figures List of activities List of places List of relationships
Improv Forms
Show all Improv Forms (15) Harold Superscene The seven year itch Peekabooker apartment building Spokes Lotus Stage Directions The Milano Found Objects Slumdog Impronair Books Parade Bring your thing Camp Fire Words that change the world
Improv Groups
Show all Improv Groups (14) Barcelona Improv Group (BIG) Kolektiv Narobov Dirty Scoundrels Imprudentes Waiheke Comedy Show Improbanden Dangerbox Improv Cachorrada Impro Clube TAMTi Laugh-Masters Academy - "Chicago Style" Long Form Improv & Sketch Comedy School in Australia Rapid Fire Theatre K.A.R.L. Improv Yes, Chef! Improv.pl
Ask Fors
Show all Ask Fors (3) List of further ticks of figures Hobbies List of activitiesOften at the beginning of a scene or game you want to get one or more instructions from the audience. Also in the training one would like to start with a handicap. After a while, however, the same words always ...