1st Edition
Creating Improvised Theatre Tools, Techniques, and Theories for Short Form and Narrative Improvisation
1. Introduction
Part 1: Nuts and Bolts
2. The basics
3. Spontaneous creativity
4. Creating with others
5. Masks and the art of being in the present
Part 2: Short Form
6. Introducing short form
7. What’s the story?
8. Playing the platform and detecting tilts
9. Riding the rollercoaster to the end
10. The three change tools and Status
11. Physical change
12. Emotional change
13. Mischief and provoking change
Part 3: Narrative Improvisation
14. What is narrative improvisation?
15. Narrative theories
16. The Initial world – locations and relations
17. The Initial world – calls and protagonists
18. Making choices to Get in trouble
19. The Crisis – ordeal and understanding
20. The Climax and the End world
21. Transitions
22. Narrative archetypes
23. Final tips for narrative improvisation
Part 4: The Bits Box
24. Useful "bits"
25. Warm-ups
26. Over to you
Biography
Mark Jane is an English actor, director, and teacher of improvised theatre. Based in Paris, France, he performs and teaches all over Europe. He supervised the French publication of Keith Johnstone’s book Impro – Improvisation and Theatre and, in 2018, published his own book on improvisation, Jeux et Enjeux, in French. He was co-founder of the Improfessionals and currently performs with the Parisian troupe La Compagnie d’improvisation Eux.
