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 Old Job - New Job The Excuse Emotional replay The central theme Klapphörnchen People Watching Pen Friends Synchro Replay Three dead characters Hat off Walking Backwards Alliteration Genre replay Biographical song One word story Translator Living Scenery Superscene Music-Café Customer Service Mousetraps Alphabet Game "3 free" - Three sentences free Backwards Interview Dubbed commercial Award ceremony Sit, Stand, Lay Last word - first word Quintet Slideshow BuzzHere 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 Scene mix 10x20 Storytelling with movements Vocal Chain House - residents - flood Blind Lead Conceptual circle I am a tree He said, she said Big Booty Sit, Stand, Lay Anything Fabric Yes, and then Picking gifts Category Snap Yes, and because Character exercise (character switch) Step by step KennedyHere 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) Jumpers rhythm exercises Sword of samurai ZoomSchwatzMakeafakeliano House - residents - flood Hand snake Peculiar neighbor Last word - first word Genetically modified mouse Machine Circle Up Flock Dance Zip Zap Zoop Forming Molecules Endless snake What is a what? Alien, Tiger, Cow Fred Schneider I am a tree Category Snap Category Die What Are You Doing! King of Siam Quick Death Hide body Four Corners Kennedy Mr. Hit me Cross Circle Follow the king touch palms Bippity Bippity Bop Seven Things Truth and lie Clap Focus Block of ice Emotional Fruit Salad Ball Metamorphosis Slow-motion Rumble Falling The monster Yes, let's Johannes Knights, Horses and Cavaliers Walking with speed levels Living Scenery Names - Go and clap increase Storytelling with movements BarneyBefore 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) what is improv? Rhymes Gossip Cancel Curtain Gag Clapping Authenticity Kissing Chairs Gibberish Talkativeness Interruption Action and Reaction Ignoring Questions Status Beat Soap Headline Offer stage hog Blocking Conflict CROW Microphone Trust Play Bill Work Exhibition Long Form Musician Clothes Accept Audience Theatresport Taboo Ask For Attitude Shortform Character Break Stage Fail Focus Stringency Requisite 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) Occupations List List of places List of relationships Genre List Hobbies List of further ticks of figures List of activities
Improv Forms
Show all Improv Forms (15) The seven year itch The Milano Camp Fire Harold Peekabooker Spokes Bring your thing Found Objects Books Parade Superscene Stage Directions Slumdog Impronair Words that change the world Lotus apartment building
Improv Groups
Show all Improv Groups (15) ITC Impro Training Center Dangerbox Improv Cachorrada Impro Clube Improbanden Improv.pl Barcelona Improv Group (BIG) Kolektiv Narobov K.A.R.L. Improv Yes, Chef! Imprudentes Rapid Fire Theatre Laugh-Masters Academy - "Chicago Style" Long Form Improv & Sketch Comedy School in Australia TAMTi Dirty Scoundrels Waiheke Comedy Show
Ask Fors
Show all Ask Fors (3) Hobbies List of further ticks of figures 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 ...
Icebreaker Games
Show all Icebreaker Games (6) Group formation Sex with me... Balloons syllables Ten Fingers Truth and lie