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This is a fantastic exercise for bringing together a new group and helping each other get to know each other through scenes. It is also excellent at encouraging trust, support and teamwork in a group. This game also helps people to learn how to bring their scene partner joy on stage and to make each other look good.<\/p>\n

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  1. Around 5 people up, stood in a line along the back of the stage.<\/li>\n
  2. They take it in turns to step forward and say their name and a short true story about something that brings them joy in life.<\/li>\n
  3. Each person in line tells a story. Everyone tries to remember everyone else’s stories.<\/li>\n
  4. Once everyone has been they do a variety of two person scenes, with the person starting the scene setting up the thing that will bring the other person joy.<\/li>\n
  5. Once each person has experienced a scene based on something that brings them joy the exercise ends and the next group is up.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The teacher or director should side-coach to make sure people are genuinely trying to give each other a good time on stage.<\/p>\n

    Example<\/h2>\n

    Steve: Hi my name is Steve. One thing that brings me joy is not thinking their is a Muller Rice in the fridge only to later to open the fridge and then discover there was one more Muller Rice after all!<\/p>\n

    [4 more stories along the line]<\/p>\n

    [A flurry of scenes based on the stories]<\/p>\n

    [New scene. Angela steps forwards and signals to Steve to join her on stage].<\/p>\n

    Angela: Wow, here we are stuck at sea on a life raft.<\/p>\n

    Steve: Yes, it’s been 4 weeks now.<\/p>\n

    Angela: We are short on supplies.<\/p>\n

    Steve: Yes we are.<\/p>\n

    Angela: Hang on, did you check the mini fridge underneath the tarpaulin?<\/p>\n

    Steve: No not yet.<\/p>\n

    Angela: Have a look.<\/p>\n

    [Steve has a look]<\/p>\n

    Steve: Oh my fucking god there’s A MULLER RICE! THERE’S A MULLER RICE ANGELA! RIGHT THERE!!!<\/p>\n

    Teaching Purpose<\/h2>\n
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    • Scenes.<\/li>\n
    • Getting to know each other.<\/li>\n
    • Trust.<\/li>\n
    • Making each other look good.<\/li>\n
    • Bringing joy to your scene partner.<\/li>\n
    • Teamwork and support.<\/li>\n
    • Whatever your background and whatever you love about life you can bring it to improv.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Origin<\/h2>\n

      We originally learnt this from Shem Pennant, a fantastic UK improviser who brought it back from New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10538,"template":"","format":"standard","class_list":["post-26787","resource","type-resource","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nScenes that bring you joy | Hoopla<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hooplaimpro.com\/resource\/scenes-bring-joy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Scenes that bring you joy | Hoopla\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This is a fantastic exercise for bringing together a new group and helping each other get to know each other through scenes. 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