Age: 8 to adult
Players: Pairs
Time: 20-30 minutes
Tags: Improvisation, Speaking and Listening

Take your blindfolded partner on an imaginary and sensory journey while describing the surroundings.

Working in pairs, one person is blindfolded (or has their eyes closed) and is carefully led around while their partner describes the imaginary surroundings. The activity transforms the drama space into any location through verbal description and pure imagination – whether it be the control room of a space ship, the island of The Tempest, a street in Victorian London, an African jungle or Alice’s Wonderland.

As well as using sensory language, the guide can describe imaginary (or real) obstacles that their partner has to step over or through. Experiment with asking the blindfolded partner to feel textures or objects to heighten the experience. These could be things which are already in the space or which have been carefully selected according to the theme.

Director’s Tips

• Model the activity with one participant first so that players can be reminded about safety issues.
• If it is a large group then just have a few pairs at a time – the rest of the group will enjoy watching and listening and can have their turns next.