Improv

Description:

These were improvisation games that can make the participants challenge themselves in the situation with high uncertainty and unknown to grasp the feeling and try to explore and handle the situation.

1.   (Green) Strobe Monument

It’s a group exercise (min 4 people, max 8). The task is to create a monument that will be changing like in the strobe light by a new person joining the composition. Every participant chooses the number to indicate the order. The first person stands in a pose in front of the others in a posture, gesture, mimics that he or she wants to give character to the monument. The task for the next person is to get the mood of the monument and by joining the composition completely change the character of the piece of art. The bigger, the funnier, the more unexpected change the better.

2.   (Yellow) Cab Driver

It’s a group exercise. You need 2 chairs placed next to each other like in the cab. 2 people are on the stage and the rest are watching or waiting for their turn. The group chooses 2 people to start. One will be a driver, the second one will be a client. The cab driver starts by sitting on the driver's seat and starts driving. Then the client gets in the cab and sets the scene by changing the situation and starting the discussion. The driver does not know who the client is and where the person wants to go and why.

When the scene gets boring, or it's stuck in a dead end, the driver must find a pretext to get out of the car. Then the client sits behind the wheel and looks for the client. The next person in a queue gets in the cab and another scene starts.

3.   (Red) Job interview

One person is chosen to leave the room. He or she will be the person who applies for a job. The rest of the group must choose which job this person is applying for. When they agree on the position, they invite the person to join the rest. Then the rest of the group asks questions regarding this post. The interviewee has 2 goals – 1) he really needs to get the job and 2) he needs to guess which position he is applying for. The questions need to be constructed in a way to give small hints to the interviewee but not disclosing the position from the beginning. The facilitator can end the interview when the situation is stuck in one point or when the interviewee seems to know the job he is applying for.