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Create a character

In impro theatre you can play whoever you want: a racing-driver, an astronaut, an elephant, a queen, a pop star, a president, a flower on the balcony...
Find a Character
Invent a story

You are fee to create your own stories. Something you have dreamt of before, living in a different century, participating in historical events or changing the world yourself.
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Surprise

The best and funniest however is, when creating new combinations that have not existed so far. Let your creatitiy out and surprise the audience.
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Emotion Taxi

This one needs three actors and three chairs. The scene should begin with a driver and a passenger spotting a hitchhiker on the side of the road. The hitchhiker should have a defined emotion (which he shows by his voice, his gestures, etc.). When the hitchhiker sits down in the car and plays his role, the two ther actors in the car shall try to find out the hitchhiker`s emotion and act in the same emotion.

Questions Only

The whole group decides on a scene/scenario. Then, participants must act out the scene speaking only in questions. You can turn this into a competition by deducting points or striking players out for hesitating or answering in statements. The game continues until there is one player left or the scene naturally ends.

Acceptance - Yes, and..

A player makes a statement, and another responds with the titular “yes, and…” and continues the scene. When playing in a large group, actors should give cues with physicality as to which actor should pick up the story. The goal of the game is to create a cohesive storyline and ensure all actors get a turn to develop it. At first it might be hard not to confront someone with a "no"..

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OTS - on the stage

Here you will find 23 improv games to refresh your actors. For instance: Alliteration, At the Movies, Backwards Interview, Bartender, Bedtime Story, Bucket, Campfire, Dating Game, First Line Last Line, Lounge Singer, etc.:

on the stage

For Beginners

On this page you will find a lot of favourite impro exercises, especially for beginners:

Hoopla!

Impro Wiki

Kept in German language the improwiki provides a lot of game ideas: listening, status, speed, pantomime, feelings, focus, group, character, story telling, etc.:

improwiki in German
Ok, ok, here`s the English version.

Create a character

In impro theatre you can play whoever you want: a racing-driver, an astronaut, an elephant, a queen, a pop star, a president, a flower on the balcony...

Invent a story

You are fee to create your own stories. Something you have dreamt of before, living in a different century, participating in historical events or changing the world yourself.

Surprise

The best and funniest however is, when creating new combinations that have not existed so far. Let your creatitiy out and surprise the audience.

Emotion Taxi

Questions Only

Acceptance - Yes, and..

Popular Settings

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Inspiring Pics