{"id":2723,"date":"2018-04-18T15:23:16","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T14:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hooplaimpro.com\/?p=2723"},"modified":"2020-02-16T21:16:37","modified_gmt":"2020-02-16T21:16:37","slug":"favourite-improv-exercises-hoopla-teacher-james-witt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hooplaimpro.com\/favourite-improv-exercises-hoopla-teacher-james-witt\/.html","title":{"rendered":"Favourite Improv exercises from Hoopla teacher James Witt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi James, \u00a0what are your favourite improv exercises?<\/h3>\n

As a pre-show warm up is \u2018Three Line Scenes’ where you hammer home the names \/ descriptions of who you are, where you are and what you\u2019re doing there.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0This is good practice for when you\u2019re inside the show when adrenaline often means these vital bits of information are missed.\u00a0\u00a0The audience and other players need to know names and relationships or else you can end up with chaotic stories and confused audiences.<\/p>\n

In rehearsal I love the group exercise of talking about an imagined holiday you shared together (as yourselves).\u00a0\u00a0I feel this gets people working on details, and the intricacies of relationships without too much pressure but also builds a sense of camaraderie within the cast.<\/p>\n

In classes<\/a> I like to do exercises that generate lots of content with little thinking time like 8 things, genre cauldron and what\u2019s in the box.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I also like doing Dullprov, super simple scenes like flatmates talking about their favourite Netlix shows or greengrocers talking about the weights of veg, this helps flex the all important \u201cbeing obvious\u201d muscle that Keith Johnstone champions.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The audience often want us to make the most obvious choices to avoid us breaking their suspension of disbelief \/ jumping the shark.<\/p>\n

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You can catch James on stage at the Hoopla improv theatre<\/a> in\u00a0Newsical\u00a0&\u00a0Dreamweaver Quartet.\u00a0\u00a0He teaches all levels of our improv courses<\/a> at Hoopla. \u00a0www.hooplaimpro.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi James, \u00a0what are your favourite improv exercises? As a pre-show warm up is \u2018Three Line Scenes’ where you hammer home the names \/ descriptions of who you are, where you are and what you\u2019re doing there.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0This is good practice for when you\u2019re inside the show when adrenaline often means these vital bits of information[…] <\/p>\n

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