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Games / Exercises

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Games / Exercises

Curse of the Pharaohs

Curse of the PHARAOHS A game of unpredictable death      I’ve just been in Egypt and had the great fortune to be hosted by Improviser Ramsi Lehner whose father just happens to be Mark Lehner, one of the most revered Egyptologists in the world.  As we moved around the Read more…

By ShawnKinley, 2 yearsMarch 23, 2022 ago
clear glass bottle with yellow liquid
Games / Exercises Performing

DOSE OF DESTRUCTION, PINCH OF POISON

DOSE OF DESTRUCTION, PINCH OF POISON “Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.” Pablo Picasso When Improvisers protect every rule, idea and philosophy they’ve learned, they risk creating an unbreakable box that they cannot imagine their way out of. This is a great danger for fear-filled improvisers Read more…

By ShawnKinley, 2 yearsFebruary 2, 2022 ago
beaker
Games / Exercises Performing

TERRIFIC TORMENT

TERRIFIC TORMENT Playful torment is the cornerstone of humorous interaction. I used to perform at children’s festivals where I would interact with families as one of the characters I had developed. One of my favourite characters was a loudmouth masked character with big lips and googly eyes. He was good-natured, Read more…

By ShawnKinley, 2 yearsFebruary 2, 2022 ago
Games / Exercises

GHOST IMPROVISER

GHOST IMPROVISER Hints and suggestions can excite an audience’s imagination more than all the blatant words and images we forcefully create. Build the outline of a character and the audience will fill in the rest. (usually with the elements of their own lives). Here’s a “solo” exercise that mixes, impro, Read more…

By ShawnKinley, 2 yearsDecember 23, 2021 ago
person standing on stage
Games / Exercises

DRESS REHEARSAL – the game

DRESS REHEARSAL – the game –  I got into the car with my friend Lee. We were off to Impro class. Lee asked what we were going to do in the class: “Didn’t you get the script?” I joked. “I did but I’m a bit confused about page 23.” Of Read more…

By ShawnKinley, 2 yearsNovember 29, 2021 ago
Games / Exercises Performing Shawn Technical

TALK TO THE HAND

TALK TO THE HAND “Raise your hand and give that character a voice. The “two” of you are going to have a little fun.” I was directing an improvised show many years ago and there was only one person who hadn’t been on stage. I called her up and saw Read more…

By ShawnKinley, 2 yearsOctober 28, 2021 ago
Games / Exercises Psychology Teaching Theory

TREAT THEM LIKE CATS

TREAT THEM LIKE CATS THE UNTEACHABLE STUDENTAs a teacher, I’ve always been interested in the “UNTEACHABLE” student. In schools where the staff say a child is impossible, or a boss in a corporate workshop says the employee is difficult, I want to meet those students. Cats are considered by many Read more…

By ShawnKinley, 2 yearsSeptember 29, 2021 ago
Games / Exercises Teaching

Keith’s Comic Panels

KEITH’S COMIC PANELS A practice with endings Keith Johnstone has a great little exercise for practising the art of ending scenes.  He would hand out stacks of “comic panels” in workshops. Each panel contained 3 or 4 drawings, creating tiny completed stories from  Charles Schultz’s, Peanuts or Berkeley Breathed’s, Bloom Read more…

By ShawnKinley, 2 yearsSeptember 29, 2021 ago
The End text
Games / Exercises Theory

END AGAIN

END AGAIN An Exercise to Practice Possibilities Ending your story CAN be easy. The first thing you have to do is stop trying to make it great. Pressure to make a great ending will stop you from seeing obvious endings. It will make you hesitant so that even if you Read more…

By ShawnKinley, 2 yearsSeptember 28, 2021 ago
mother gorilla with her baby
Games / Exercises Psychology Teaching Theory

Treat them like GORILLAS!

Treat them like GORILLAS! One exceptional difference between humans and the rest of the animal kingdom is how much we hide and mask of ourselves compared to these other earthlings. By 9 months, we have already learned to ‘present’ our emotions in a way to manipulate others. By Adulthood, we’ve Read more…

By ShawnKinley, 2 yearsAugust 30, 2021 ago

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