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Energy, commitment, focus and risk taking – Theatre Game Combination

Appetizer
03 Splat
Secondary Appetizer
51 Chain Argument
Starter
98 Gruesome Conclusion
Main Course
147 Risky Businesss
Dessert

Additional Comments
This combination of theatre games is all about the giving of energy in performance and committing and taking risks in performance. I used two Starters and just one Appetiser in my combination and it worked really well. My students loved the high intensity of the Chain Argument and I offered quite a lot of coaching as each short scene was played, asking the performers to stay open to the audience, to allow the emotion to affect the physicality and to remain focused for the duration of each short scene (and, as the book suggests, it is a good idea to make clear that physical contact is not allowed during the argument). The Gruesome Conclusion and Risky Business exercises seemed to flow quite nicely from the opening exercises and they used the skills learnt in the chain argument to good effect in the next two exercises. By the time we got to Risky Business, my students were fully focused and committed in performance and we had several impactful and vibrant performances.
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Energy, commitment, focus and risk taking – Theatre Game Combination
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