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 (116) # Talking 9 # Switches 13 # Letter Games 4 # Dialogue Form 7 # Emotion Games 4 # Objects 4 # Chain Games 9 # Physical Contact 1 # Music Games 11 # Guessing Games 3 # Speech 8 # Direction Games 3 # Replay 10 # In Black and White 3 # Slapstick-Bustle-Action 3 # Other 2 # Dubbing 3 # Audience on stage 2 # Status Games 0 Living Scenery Replay of the high arts Dr. Know-It-All Word replay Color Change Radio Mix Serenade Actor’s Nightmare Genre replay Buzz Rollback Thing on Thing The Excuse Pecking Order Mousetraps Job Center Puppets Emotional replay People Watching Family Dinner Chorus groove From the viewpoint of Klapphörnchen Reclamation Three Rules Monkey in the Middle Blindline Three Way Dubbing Avoid a letter Poets with Feeling That sounds like a songHere 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 (61) # Action Reaction 2 # Accepting 11 # Breathing 0 # Expression 2 # Character 5 # Storytelling 10 # Focus 1 # Memory 1 # Emotions 0 # Group 7 # Impulse 2 # Multitasking 1 # Music and Singing 1 # Pairs 0 # Pantomime 1 # Rhyming 2 # Space 0 # Speed 7 # Other 5 # Status 2 # Dancing - Choreography 0 # Trust 1 # Perception 3 # Physicalness - Movement 2 # Speech 3 # Presence 1 # Heighten 0 # Finding Game 2 # Listening 4 # Relationship 0 # concentration 1 # Association 9 Dissociation Sex with me... Cut and paste Gentle manipulation - dressage Yes, and because Follow the king Throwing light Seven Things Country saying He said, she said Walking with speed levels Character exercise (character switch) I got a better idea! Big Booty The Conscience Playback Show Step by step Conducted StoryHere 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 (70) ZoomSchwatzMakeafakeliano Zip Zap Zoop Seven Things Rebrand things rhythm exercises Flock Dance Category Die Kennedy Yes, let's Ten Fingers Peculiar neighbor Molecules Digits Hand snake Blinking place change Names - Go and clap Johannes Clap Focus Emotional Fruit Salad Group Stop Nightingale Jumpers Kitty wants a corner Machine King of Siam Free Association Forming Molecules Fred Schneider House - residents - flood Playback Show Endless snake Truth and lie You Be my fan Circle Up Quick Death Four Corners Block of ice Mr. Hit me Call and Reply touch palms increase Cross Circle The monster Sword of samurai Blind Stalker Barney What is a what? Hey and Ho Duck, duck, gooseBefore 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 (47) Blocking Play Bill Questions Action and Reaction Fail Interruption Authenticity Status Gibberish Focus Clothes Headline Taboo Character Stringency Break CROW stage hog Encore Soap Beat Accept Ignoring Stage Requisite Work Exhibition Offer Theatresport Musician Long Form Clapping Rhymes Ask For Microphone Shortform Talkativeness what is improv? Gag Curtain Chairs Gossip Audience Kissing Trust Attitude Cancel ConflictAs 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 List of activities List of further ticks of figures Occupations List List of places List of relationships
Improv Forms
Show all Improv Forms (16) Stage Directions Bring your thing Peekabooker Books Parade apartment building The Milano Superscene The seven year itch Spokes Lotus Slumdog Impronair Online Improv Show Technical Guides Camp Fire Words that change the world Harold Found Objects
Organisation
Show all Organisation (5) The Black Box Improv Theater Stage lighting Online Improv Show -- Technical Guides Musician Online Improv Show Technical Guides
Improv Groups
Show all Improv Groups (15) Barcelona Improv Group (BIG) Laugh-Masters Academy - "Chicago Style" Long Form Improv & Sketch Comedy School in Australia Waiheke Comedy Show Imprudentes Improv.pl Cachorrada Impro Clube K.A.R.L. Improv ITC Impro Training Center Dirty Scoundrels Improbanden Rapid Fire Theatre TAMTi Kolektiv Narobov Yes, Chef! Dangerbox Improv
Rules & Tips
Show all Rules & Tips (3) Online Improv Show -- Technical Guides Online Improv Show Technical Guides Performance
Ask Fors
Show all Ask Fors (3) List of activities Hobbies List of further ticks of figuresOften 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 ...
Icebreaker Games
Show all Icebreaker Games (6) Sex with me... Truth and lie Group formation Balloons syllables Ten Fingers