Improvisation Games

Abstract

Improvisation is frequently used as a way of creating a piece of theatre in absence of a script. It is also used as a way of exploring a script. The detective work that surrounds the ‘clues’ offered by a script can be both enjoyable and challenging to a group if they are accustomed to questioning, creating and exploring possibilities, always wondering ‘What if …?’ For those working in a non-theatrical environment the same characteristics are surely desirable? Someone who sees what is but wonders how to improve it; who is faced with a seeming full stop but can find a way round it; who expected four people for dinner and can cope when eight arrive.