The Improv Handbook is the most comprehensive,smart,helpful and inspiring guide to improv available today. Applicable to comedians,actors,public speakers and anyone who needs to think on their toes,it features a range of games,interviews,descriptions and exercises that illuminate and illustrate the exciting world of improvised performance.First published in 2008,this second edition features a new foreword by comedian Mike McShane,as well as new exercises on endings,managing blind offers and master-servant games,plus new and expanded interviews with Keith Johnstone,Neil Mullarkey,Jeffrey Sweet and Paul Rogan. The Improv Handbook is a one-stop guide to the exciting world of improvisation. Whether you're a beginner,an expert,or would just love to try it if you weren't too scared,The Improv Handbook will guide you every step of the way.
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCISBN: 9781350026162Number of pages: 520Weight: 788 gDimensions: 234 x 156 mm
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Co-founders of the London-based improvisational theater company TheSpontaneity Shop,Salinsky and Frances-White provide a wonderfuladdition to the growing literature on theatrical improvisation. The bookcan serve as both a scholarly resource,since it covers the history ofimprovisation from its beginnings to the present,and a practical guide,for the beginner and advanced improviser... The authors includeinterviews with ten leading international improvisers,and they concludewith an appendix that details many of the most common improvisationalgames used in academic and professional settings. This book is a mustfor institutions supporting theater and performance programs. SummingUp: Highly recommended. All readers,all levels.A brilliant guide for those embarking on an improv journey,or those with more experience looking to recap and refresh.
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