Tension drama games

A classic game than can be adapted and used in a variety of ways. Grandmother's Footsteps. Focus on the characterisation during quick changing emotions. Hi John, You're Jolly. Jumping Jelly Beans! Master Master, Who Am I? Pass a clap around a circle in super-fast speed Nursery Rhyme Action.

Pass The Emotion. Pass emotions around the circle and see everyones smiley face! Pass The Squeeze. How many different meanings can a word have based on how it is said? Personal Advert. Random Sound Story. Use some random sounds as the basis for creating a story. Mould and create a statue out of the clay of another person. Sit, Lie, Stand. A fun improvisation exercise, and possibly even more fun to watch!

String Tension. Bring a scenes energy up and down with a simple piece of string. An exercise to focus minds ready for a drama workshop. Lift a person above your heads with this trust exercise. Word Ping Pong. Group Cohesion When a group cohesion is strong you can achieve amazing things in the classroom. It's worth spending some time exploring these games. About Me Understand more about a group by discovering facts about them.

Change Places If Test the listening skills of your group whilst getting to know more about them. Doctor's Surgery There's only one spare seat in the waiting room and nobody wants you to sit in it! Fruit Salad Warm-up with a fun game that is great as a starter but can be developed beyond 'fruit'. Mexican Clap Pass a clap around a circle in super-fast speed Pass The Squeeze Work as a team to pass a squeeze from person to person around the circle.

Secret Leader A game of teamwork and concentration where a detective must spot a secret leader also can help build dramatic tension. Sit down. Stand up. Think M. Hulot Jacques Tati or Mr Bean. Levels 1 — 4 are our everyday states. Suspense or the Reactive 19th century melodrama. Is there a bomb in the room? The crisis is about to happen.

All the tension is in the body, concentrated between the eyes. An inbreath. The body reacts. John Cleese. Passionate opera.

There is a bomb in the room. The tension has exploded out of the body. Anger, fear, hilarity, despair. You walk into a room and there is a lion sitting there.

There is a snake in the shower. Tragic end of King Lear when Lear is holding Cordelia in his arms. The bomb is about to go off!