![]() ![]() Actor finishes cleaning it and discovers it is a ring (breaking the routine). Actor cleans the pie off the thing (routine). ![]() Actor finds something in the pie (breaking the routine). For instance actor goes on stage and starts eating a dinner of shepherd’s pie (establishing a routine). Based on Keith Johnstone’s work in Impro for Storytellers and Impro. Interrupting the action with another one to advance the scene. Comes from back when lighting was actually planned with mini mock-ups of the stage and the actors represented by blocks of wood moved around to check audience sight lines, lighting and shadows. Theatre term for the the actual physical blocking of action (movement on stage) and working out staging and movements for a play. “I’m not the Captain and there is no ship.” The opposite of yes and, agreement and accepting. Rejecting offers and the reality presented by other players. Also popular is the Blue Out between scenes, where all lights go out except of the blues between long-form or narrative scenes so the end of scene is defined but actors can still see enough to set up something cool for the next scene. Also happens when someone’s pint knocks the dimmer switch, thus causing an accidental ending to the whole show. Often used to indicate the end of a scene, end of show, or when the group has run out of time. Originates from Stanislavski splitting plays into “bits” but everyone misunderstanding his accent and hearing “beats” instead. Also helpful for learning Game of the Scene as the game can escalate through various beats. For instance a Harold is generally composed of 3 beats. BeatĪ unit of action in a scene or item in a series of connected scenes. Used in narrative long-form and improvised musicals. Backstoryĭetails about a character that happened away from the present moment but are mentioned in a scene to give a character greater depth. People on the backline love rolling up the sleeves of their hoodies. ![]() Less popular in improvised musicals and narrative as the stage looks cleaner and more theatrical with only active characters on stage, so in those forms off-stage is usually in the wings or crouched down near the front out of view. Tends to popular with fast paced long-form as it gives quick access to stage for tag outs and edits. When improvisers line along the back of the stage at the opening or when not in scene. You can say “Can I get a bunch of suggestions of unusual objects” and pick one that will inspire the team. You don’t always have to take the first suggestion. For instance “Can we have a genre?”, “Film Noir!”, “Can we have a word?”, “Pineapple!”, “Can we have a household object?”, “Spatula!”. ![]() Question asked of the audience to get some ideas for the scene. Especially the agreement about location, relationship, character or activity. AgreementĪccepting offers made by improvisers to create a reality, without knowing their full plan. When is it right to expand and when is it right to move on and advance? That’s up to you, your personal taste and your show. Used in balance with expanding where the scene stays in the present moment and explores the details that are already there. Moving the scene forwards into the action and future of the characters. Doesn’t mean always literally saying “yes”, saying “no” can be a way of accepting an offer and advancing a scene. Saying “yes” to the reality presented by other performers. There’s also some helpful things in our improv resources section including lists of exercises, games, blogs, podcasts, videos and books. sexy.Here’s a list of various terms and things that pop up in Hoopla’s improv classes. Each team had roughly 20 minutes to perform an improvisation as the character they dressed as for Halloween. The final show, called The Arena, was a competition between the two graduating classes and is put on by The Backline every Halloween. Afterwards, the crew used the information from the ghost stories to create scenes and made fun of the tales. Since it was Halloween weekend, the cast asked for two volunteers to share their ghost stories. The second act was a twist of The Backline’s signature weekly show, Interrogated. After the Harolds, the graduating class was called on stage one by one to honor their achievement. Harold is the name for a structure used in long form improvisational theatre. It held three different shows, one of which celebrated the graduation of its Level 5 improvisational class.īefore acknowledging the big achievement, both groups of improvers performed two Harolds. Friday, October 30, was a big night for The Backline Comedy Theatre. ![]()
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