Drama Games For Devising (NHB Drama Games)

Jessica Swale

• Publisher: Nick Hern Books
• Year: 2014
• ISBN:
  9781780012360
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Acting & Auditioning

As part of the ever-growing, increasingly popular Drama Games series, Jessica Swale returns with another dip-in, flick-through, quick-fire resource book, packed with dozens of drama games that can be used in the process of devising theatre.

The games will be invaluable to directors and theatre companies at all levels who are creating new pieces of theatre from scratch and need lively, dynamic games to fire the imagination. They will particularly appeal to school, youth theatre and community groups where devising is a growing trend - and a core element of the drama curriculum.

Written with clear instructions on How to Play, notes on the Aim of the Game, and illuminating examples from professional productions, the games cover every aspect of the devising process and develop all the skills required: generating ideas, creating characters and scenarios, using stimuli, structuring the piece, and creating an ensemble.

Mike Leigh, the most dedicated and celebrated creator of devised work, hails the book in his foreword as 'highly original and massively useful'.

'very useful' - British Theatre Guide

'This new volume is packed full of activities to help the work of teachers, as well as directors.. Any drama teacher, youth leader or play director seeking to develop skills in text-free environments is likely to find practical inspiration here...' - Teaching Drama

'A brilliant collection of starting points and structures that can be used again and again' - DramaResource.com

'A book which fairly fizzes with ideas' - The Stage

'A remarkable compendium of games and exercises' a lively starting point for rich invention' Mike Leigh, from his Foreword

INDEX OF GAMES

SKILLS

NUMBERS REFER TO GAMES NOT PAGES

Analysis
33.	Animal Instincts
26.	Archetypes
13.	Bricolage
10.	Coward’s Adverbs
42.	Deconstruction
45.	The Dramagraph
44.	The Gallery Game
39.	Gas Ring
27.	Hydra
15.	Marbles
29.	Match Point
24.	Painting by Numbers
22.	Site Specifics
20.	Sound of the Underground
31.	Stan’s Game
43.	Where Am I?
Articulation
52.	Neither Up Nor Down
54.	Tongue-Twisters
55.	Trinidada
53.	Vowel Jazz
Awareness
2.	Big Booty
1.	Hammertime!
27.	Hydra
51.	Narrative Ring
32.	Sir Anthony!
5.	Synchronicity
43.	Where Am I?
Breath Control
47...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Contents
• Dedication
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Stage One: Preparation
• Stage Two: Generation
• Stage Three: Exploration
• Stage Four: Distillation
• Stage Five: Presentation
• Index of Games
• About the Author
• Other Titles in the Series
• Copyright Information