Games for drama group

Drama and improv games should and can support the curriculum and be used to advance the drama learning objectives. Drama and improv games can be matched according to curriculum objectives - either by the skills supported and encouraged or topic. Skill Based Drama. Skill based drama and improv games help to develop drama and improv skills such as characterisation, physicality, confidence, group work, mime, storytelling and more.

Drama and improv games are fun and can be used for group bonding. Kids will have favourites and get better at the games over time, giving a great sense of achievement and group energy.

In my years of drama teaching, I have definitely found some favourite drama, theatre and improv games. These are games that I not only like myself but that have worked well for my classes. They include circle games and you will find games suitable for different sized groups large or small. Some games are not 'technically' drama games but I have included them because they serve a purpose such as focus, warm up, bonding, lifting energy and some of them are just great fun!

You'll find more of my favourites with my drama and improv card and games collections which you can find HERE! Here is a collection of 45 free drama games and activities for middle school and high school students. I have found these games to not only be engaging and fun and useful for quick warm ups, lifting energy and focus but can also serve a purpose in curriculum objectives when carefully matched with drama curriculum outcomes.

Acceptance Circle. Alphabet Scene. Ball Pass Mime. Ball Count. Bippity Bop. Body Hide. Sword and Shield. Clay Sculptors. Drama Freezes. Dramatic Deaths. Exaggeration Circle. Good for Day Camp , in stages for an event …and those full days of programming.

In the planning stages, have participants decide on a theme for the show such as fall fashions or holiday outfits ; plan music and which roles children will play. Help the players plan the set up; where youth will enter and exit—as well as where the audience will sit. Make a list of special clothing to wear during the show and any other props you may need.

Second session: Give members time to set up the show and get organized. Get the audience seated a let the show begin! Think of all the silliness you can! Of course, there was also the fantasy make-up. It was great fun!!! Barb Shelby. Choose children to participate and have them recreate the story. They can make up the lines or you can reread or tell it as they act it out. A variation is to divide the students into small groups. Have each group pick a story and provide time for them to read it, choose parts and practice acting it out.

You may not at first see this as a drama game—but it is! Have each player in turn describe a food that they cannot stand to eat. Encourage as much detail as possible so that the other group members are disgusted by the food, too. Before the meeting, gather several empty plastic bottles with caps. Fill each bottle with a different material-such as dried peas, pebbles, marbles, sand, and birdseed.

Put the caps back on and cover the bottles with construction paper so the materials inside are hidden. Ask group members to listen to the sound each bottle makes and guess what is inside it. See the range of meaning you can communicate through voice inflection, facial expression and gestures. The first two people in each line begin a conversation.

That speaker then goes to the end of the line and the conversation continues between the new speakers at exactly the point it was interrupted. The rest of the group stands in a circle. Choose a leader who begins and changes all movements. Everyone else should be aware of the leader but not look directly at him. Change movements when the leader does.

Once everyone has the idea, call back the person who left the room. Ask him to stand in the middle and try to figure out who the leader is. Choose a music conductor. Everyone create a sound and rhythm using hands, feet, voice, etc.

Then have everyone describe exactly what happened in writing, giving as many details as possible. Compare the descriptions. Are they the same?

Why not? Poetry in Motion Poetry can be explored and presented effectively through drama and movement Read More. Random Sound Stories A story is told by the group or in pairs, with each person adding one word at a time.

Sculptor and Statue In pairs, create a still image where one of you has a higher status than the other and let others Read More. Shoe Shuffle Develop imagination and mime skills using everyday objects Read More.

Siren Voice Warm-Up An effective and easy humming warm up for exploring and extending the vocal range. Soundscapes A story is told by the group or in pairs, with each person adding one word at a time. Sources of Light Create objects that make or reflect light Read More.

Status Pictures In pairs, create a still image where one of you has a higher status than the other and let others Read More. Story Orchestra The group tells a story, with a conductor guiding the narrative Read More. Ten Second Objects inc Online Version Small groups make the shape of an object using their bodies - in only ten seconds! Text Sparkle Bring texts to life through images and movement Read More.

The Gruffalo Drama activities for exploring and re-telling the story of The Gruffalo. Three Changes An observation and getting to know you game - with online version Read More.