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Count To 20

Concentration, Drama Games, Group Dynamics

A classic concentration and focus exercise, where the group tries to count to twenty.

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Open and Close

Drama Games, Improvisation, Mime and Movement

A brilliant method of performing a series of freeze-frames to tell a story in a drama lesson.

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Introducing Augusto Boal (12 years to adult)

Download - Secondary

3 full-length practical sessions introducing the work of the revolutionary Brazilian theatre maker.

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Hot Spotting

Drama Strategies

An amazingly fun and easy way to mix up hot-seating and freeze frames to develop characters

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Sculptor and Statue

Drama Games, Improvisation, Mime and Movement

Students work in pairs and one mould the other’s body into a character, shape or emotion.

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What If?

Drama Games, Improvisation, Storytelling, Writing

Quick ways to revamp a fairy tale – or any story – through improvisation and discussion.

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Status Pictures

Drama Games, Improvisation, Mime and Movement

In pairs, create a still image where one of you has a higher status than the other.

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Two Truths And A Lie

Drama Games, Icebreakers, Speaking and Listening

Tell your partner three things about yourself – two of which are true and one of which is a lie!

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Three Word Sentences

Drama Games, Improvisation, Language, Speaking and Listening

Players improvise a scene and they always speak in three-word sentences.

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Fruit Salad

Concentration, Drama Games, Warm Ups

A fun game encouraging fast reactions and verbal dexterity by saying the names of fruits.

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