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A working drama teacher's site of lesson plans, teaching articles and acting tips. One lesson plan is mined here: seventeen exercises for building confidence, arranged as a run — six warm-ups, six main exercises, five cool-downs — each with the author's own statement of what it is organised as, what it works on and what it is for. The site is monetised through Amazon affiliate links.
dramatips.com — Carlijn — a qualified high-school drama teacher (BA in Teaching Drama), writing at DramaTips; the site is owned and operated by TrulyContent, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
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Applause
One at a time a volunteer steps into the circle and does or says anything at all for at least five seconds. The group applauds fiercely — regardless of what it was. Then the nex…
Count to 20
The group tries to count to twenty out loud with no order agreed and nobody leading. Anyone may say the next number; if two people speak at once the count restarts at one. Getti…
Fingertips
In pairs, all ten fingertips touching, one player closes their eyes and is led around the room by the other — over and under obstacles — with the connection at the fingers the o…
Free Falling
One player stands in the middle of a close circle, closes their eyes and lets themselves fall; the others catch them. The source describes a raised variation from a chair or tab…
I Know That Hand
Two lines of partners take each other's hands and learn them by touch alone, then rotate so that everyone has studied everyone's hands. Then one line closes their eyes and holds…
Knee Tag
In pairs on the floor facing each other, each person uses one hand to tag and the other to defend, trying to touch their partner's knees.
Look up, look down
The circle looks at the floor. On 'look up' everyone raises their eyes and looks directly at one other person. Two people who find themselves looking at each other both scream,…
Mirror Sessions
In pairs facing each other, one person moves and the other mirrors the movement and the facial expression as closely as they can. A performance variation asks a pair to mirror i…
Run To Center
The group stands in a large circle and at any moment anyone may start running toward the centre — at which point everybody runs. The aim is that the reaction is fast enough that…
Scorpion
Players mill about with eyes closed while one of them, tapped on the shoulder beforehand, kills by squeezing a forearm. The victim screams, opens their eyes and is out. Players…
Solitaire
Players line both sides of a run. One person sprints its length with their eyes closed while the others keep them straight and catch them at the far end. The source notes how ha…
The Chase
Everyone stands in a circle facing the back of the person in front, evenly spaced, and each player tries to tag the back of the one ahead of them. The addition that makes it dra…
Throw the Ball
A ball goes round the circle, and the rule is that whoever holds it must make eye contact with the person they are throwing to before it leaves their hands. More balls are added…
Zip, zap, boing
An impulse is passed round the circle by pointing and calling: zip to the left, zap to the right, boing to send it straight back at whoever aimed at you. Hesitating, or saying a…
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