Improvisation Resource Pack

Exploring improvisation offers many invaluable skills and benefits. It serves as a playground where spontaneity, creativity, and adaptability thrive, allowing actors to hone their craft in a dynamic and immersive way. Improv enhances the ability to think on one's feet, fostering quick thinking and the capacity to embrace unexpected challenges with confidence. It nurtures the art of active listening, collaboration, and the courage to take risks, amplifying an actor's versatility and depth in portraying characters.

In this resource pack, we examine some key techniques and exercises for developing actors in the classroom.

Contents Include
The Importance of Improvisation, Listening Skills, Emotional Heightening, Space Work, Status, Entrances & Exits, Spontaneity, Group Dynamics, Creativity, Adaptability, Teamwork, Storytelling, Blocking, Breaking Character, Physicality, Improvisation Exercises, Spontaneity Exercises, Rowan Atkinson (case study), Mr Bean’s Silly Symphony, Yes, And..., Word-at-a-time, Props Relay, Genre Switch, Character Walk, Story Circle, Freeze Tag, Press Conference, The Expert & Lesson Plan - Exploring Improv.

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