{"id":20978,"date":"2020-07-21T14:15:51","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T13:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hooplaimpro.com\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=20978"},"modified":"2020-07-21T14:17:16","modified_gmt":"2020-07-21T13:17:16","slug":"curveball-story","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.hooplaimpro.com\/curveball-story","title":{"rendered":"Curveball Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 800;\">Curveball Story<\/span><\/h1>\n<h2>Description<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is played in pairs (trios work too). One person makes up a story. As they tell it, the other will call out random words that need to be incorporated into the story. Wait for the last word to be folded in before giving another.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Variations<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Similar to What If? where the other person says something like &#8220;what if it started raining?&#8221; &#8220;What if you jumped on a boat?&#8221; and they incorporate that into the story.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/gcAdyf\">Subscribe to Our Newsletter<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>If you would like to receive our monthly newsletter containing helpful improv resources, improv exercises, casting calls for new shows and news about the UK improv scene please\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/gcAdyf\">subscribe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can also follow us on our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/161372030694784\/\">facebook group<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hooplaimpro\/\">facebook page,<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hooplaimpro\">twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hooplaimpro\">instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hoopla are the UK\u2019s first improv theatre and the UK\u2019s biggest improv school with fun and friendly improv\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hooplaimpro.com\/improv-comedy-club-london-bridge.html\">shows<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hooplaimpro.com\/improv-classes-london.html\">classes<\/a>\u00a0every day of the week in London and across the UK. 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