{"id":21744,"date":"2020-07-29T15:11:07","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T14:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hooplaimpro.com\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=21744"},"modified":"2020-07-29T17:01:17","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T16:01:17","slug":"what-are-you-doing","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.hooplaimpro.com\/what-are-you-doing","title":{"rendered":"What Are You Doing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 800;\">What Are You Doing?<\/span><\/h1>\n<h2>Description<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two improvisers on stage. One asks \u201cWhat are you doing?\u201d The second replies with any action they like, for instance: \u201cI\u2019m driving a car\u201d. The first improviser then mimes driving a car. The second improviser asks \u201cWhat are you doing?\u201d, the reply is another action such as \u201cI\u2019m bowling\u201d. In this way, each improviser is doing the action the other improviser says they are doing. It\u2019s hard as you\u2019re doing one thing and saying you\u2019re doing another. At some point this will go wrong. Get the group to applaud a lot and send a new improviser in to continue playing the game. It\u2019s an elimination game. If it\u2019s too easy, go faster. Emphasise that mistakes are fun and good, make the people who are \u2018out\u2019 absolute heroes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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 <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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