OPEN BOOK ENDOWMENT The Game I needed a little trick to help students develop character and this game evolved from that. This is an “endowment” type of game where information is known by everyone except one performer. GAME: OPEN BOOK ENDOWMENT ORIGIN: Shawn Kinley BENEFITS: Partner awareness, communicating ideas, commitment to objectives, Read more…
Ohhh Noooo! The Game There’s a scene in an old Simpson episode where Homer is falling down a cliff. The onlookers gasp in terror UNTIL he is saved by a tree and all are relieved UNTIL the branch that caught him breaks and everyone screams in fear UNTIL he lands Read more…
WEE WISDOMS – 3 CHANGE! hi 6 munths on the planet – wooooooo i am older than i wuz when i last wrot to U. it alwayz stay the same that i keep changing. deep. Dad sumtimes keeps doing the same thing wen he tries making me laff. same cwazy Read more…
Walkin’ Talkin’ Directors often tell actors not to walk as they speak. “Plant your feet, then talk. It gives your words more weight. It makes you stronger,” they say. So, when I heard the premise of the following exercise, I, unfortunately, let this implied rule lingering at the back of Read more…
ARTIFICIAL IMPROVISATION It’s Here & Now (part-002/003) WELCOME to PART 2 of the AI IMPRO special!!! If you got to the end of PART 1, you would have realised that 70% of it was co-written by AI (including 4 of the 6 pictures which were AI generated.) I promise not Read more…
ARTIFICIAL IMPROVISATION (part-003/003) It’s Here & Now WELCOME to PART 3 of the AI IMPRO special!!! In PART 1, AI argued for itself. In Part 2, The humans and AI begin to play awkwardly. In this final Part 3, we hear the horrors, imagine the magic and move on bravely with Read more…
KEITH LINKS! Interviews, Videos, Press, Commentary, Reviews and even a musical MASH-UP of Keith Johnstone teachings. I’ve listed some here for easy access. More will be added weekly. Feel free to send in ones that you’d like to have included! All Videos PRESS TEXT Keith Johnstone WEBSITE (official) Keith’s Official Read more…
COLLAPSING WALLS THE GAME During a class in Germany, I noticed an improviser consistently avoiding interaction with her partners. She told me she had been given that note before, but was uncertain how to address the issue. This often ignored, but common improvisation problem can damage scenes especially when it Read more…
Recommended by Keith… Previous Next After a performance lacking in substance, devoid of refence to current events, or having no point of view, Keith Johnstone would often say, “Read a newspaper, read a book. It will improve your work on stage.” He encouraged us to watch a good movie or Read more…
OUR KEITH MEMORIES Part 3 – Around the World Keith Johnstone’s reach has been vast. He was never a big self-promoter. His work said it all. His writings are in numerous languages in dog-eared books on the shelves of people from every continent. He asked me once, “How did Read more…