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The Harold is a Longform developed by Del Close. The original form is described in "Truth in comedy" by Del Close and Charna Halpern. Bas...

3 players form 3 pairs. Players A and B : pair 1 Players B and C : pair 2 Player C and A: pair 3 Pair 1 begins and establishes their ...

Peekabooker is a long format developed by Peekaboo. It is also know as ImproPoker. The basis is a simple deck of cards, originally wi...

The game Slumdog Impronair is a long form game, inspired by the movie Slumdog Millionaire. The game begins with six contestants and a pr...

The name of the game Spokes is derived from the basic structure of this long form. A large number of scenes are grouped around a basic sc...

A beat is the moment in which the player has the impression that the running scene ends, must end, or will be ending. This may be, - if ...

CROW is an acronym of: C- Character R- Relation O- Objective W- Where/When It is a mnemonic for the things that should be defined wi...

Negative is the gag, if it is brought by the players in order to get laughs from the audience instead of the scene to be of service. A ga...

The term "soap" describes a widely spread television program format, but also, borrowing from it, a evening-filling long-form format for ...

In improvisational theater, "status" refers to the power difference in the relationship between two characters. A character in a high sta...

Die Improbanden aus Berlin haben sich Anfang des Jahres 2011 gegründet und bestehen aus 8 Spielerinnen und Spielern und einem Musiker. N...

Charna Halpern was born and raised in Chicago. She is co-founder of the iO, formerly known as ImprovOlympic (the IOC prohibited the use o...

Del Close (March 9,1934 - March 4,1999), was one of the most influential teachers of improvisation theatre. He was an actor, improviser, ...

He was born in Devon, England in 1933. From 1956 to 1966 he worked as a director and acting teacher at the Royal Court Theatre in London....

An improvised movie. It was originally developed by The Family under the direction of Del Close. They performed it as one of The Three Ma...

Viola Spolin (November 7, 1906 - November 22, 1994) was an American acting teacher and author. She is regarded by many as America's grand...