The Improvisation Book: How to Conduct Successful Improvisation Sessions

by John Abbott

Overview

The Improvisation Book takes you step-by-step, session-by-session through a graded series of improvisation exercises. Starting with the very first class, it adds a new element at each stage until even the most inhibited students have gained a full vocabulary of improvisational techniques.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781854599612
Publisher:	Theatre Communications Group
Publication date:	04/01/2008
Series:	Nick Hern Bks.
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

John Abbott is an author with a wealth of experience in theatre and education. He had a successful career as an actor before turning to teaching. He was Head of Acting at the Arts Educational School of Acting in Chiswick, West London, where he taught improvisation, stand up, and Shakespeare before retiring in 2012. He is the author of The Improvisation Book (Nick Hern Books, 2007), Improvisation in Rehearsal (Nick Hern Books, 2009), The Acting Book (Nick Hern Books, 2012) and The Drama School Handbook (Nick Hern Books, 2024).

Table of Contents

Author's Note     1
Introduction     3
Trusting Yourself     18
Trusting Others     30
Being There     42
Atmospheres     51
Adjusting the Scenario     62
Emotions     74
Activities     83
Objectives     91
Character     100
Consolidation     110
Listening     114
Building Together     121
Releasing the Imagination     131
Re-incorporating     140
Incidents     147
Interruptions     158
Warm-up Games and Exercises     166
Epilogue     185
The Improvisation Cards     187