{"id":6087,"date":"2019-01-02T10:47:19","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T10:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hooplaimpro.com\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=6087"},"modified":"2020-08-04T10:08:22","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T09:08:22","slug":"blind-date-character-quirks","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.hooplaimpro.com\/blind-date-character-quirks","title":{"rendered":"Blind Date Character Quirks"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Blind Date Character Quirks<\/h1>\n<h2>Description<\/h2>\n<p>Like the show Blind Date, there is a host, someone looking to meet the love of their life and three contestants. The host asks the dater to leave the room and ask the audience for suggestions of quirks for the contestants i.e they part animal, can only speak in questions, a famous person. The dater then comes back to the stage and asks their potential love matches questions and guesses what their quirks are.<\/p>\n<h2>Teaching Purpose<\/h2>\n<p>This game is great for beginner improvisers when playing characters for the first time, as they will tend to get caught up in the game and make bold character choices they wouldn\u2019t usually make.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s also helpful for the player playing the dater practice\/develop their listening skills and about being happy with making mistakes.<br \/>\nAnd the player playing the host learns how to support the players on stage and make them look good.<\/p>\n<h2>Additional Tips for Playing<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Ask the same questions to each contestant.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">2-3 rounds of questions is ideal. But the dater can ask more if they need to. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The dater can guess lots and keep guessing. Don\u2019t wait until you\u2019ve got the right answer, have fun with getting it wrong.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Have the host can interact with the contestants to help the dater guess.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Show Introduction<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cHello everyone, welcome to Blind Date Character Quirks! One of our improvisers is looking for love. When they return to the stage and they will be meeting these three lucky contestants and will need to guess what their unusual characteristics are, which will be chosen by you the audience.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Origin<\/h2>\n<p>Whose Line Is It Anyway?<\/p>\n<h2>Hoopla courses we play this game in<\/h2>\n<p>In our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hooplaimpro.com\/beginner-improv-comedy-course.html\">level 1 course,<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hooplaimpro.com\/london-comedy-improv-course.html\">level 2 course<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hooplaimpro.com\/super-short-form-course.html\">super short-form<\/a> course.<\/p>\n<h2>Categories<\/h2>\n<p>This exercise is in the following categories:<\/p>\n<p>Making Mistakes<\/p>\n<p>Character<\/p>\n<p>Supporting players on stage<\/p>\n<p>Short-Form Games<\/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, casting calls for new shows and news about the UK improv scene please <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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hooplaimpro.com\/improv-comedy-club-london-bridge.html\">shows<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hooplaimpro.com\/improv-classes-london.html\">classes<\/a> every day of the week in London and across the UK. 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