num_pages: 208
description: In this landmark work Keith Johnstone provides a revelatory guide to rediscovering and unlocking the imagination. Admired for its clarity and zest, Impro lays bare the techniques and exercises used to foster spontaneity and narrative skill for actors. These techniques and exercises were evolved in the actors' studio, when he was Associate Director of the Royal Court and then in demonstrations to schools and colleges and ultimately in the founding of a company of performers called The Theatre Machine.Divided into four sections, 'Status', 'Spontaneity', 'Narrative Skills' and 'Masks and Trance', arranged more or less in the order a group might approach them, the book sets out the specific approaches which Johnstone has himself found most useful and most stimulating. The result is a fascinating exploration of the nature of spontaneous creativity.
language: English
title: Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre
titlecomplete: Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre
genres: Psychology, Business, Self Help, Education, Comedy, Communication, Writing, Nonfiction, Art, Theatre
ratings_count: 3291
publisher: Routledge