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A group freezes a moment as a tableau, then rebuilds it as the moment just before, then as the moment just after — three still images that imply a story either side of the scene. The sheet then extends it into rehearsal: devise what happened a day or a year before the scene you are working on, and see what that does to the character's motives.
Prerequisites
- The group needs to have worked with tableaux before — the sheet builds on it rather than teaching it
Practical
- Time
- 20 min
- Group
- 4–∞ · small-group
- Settings
- in-person
- Mechanisms
- creative-expression, perspective-taking
- Change scope
- state → skill · repeatable
Instructions
- Where
- resources.trinitycollege.com/hubfs/Trinity%20Drama%20Games%20… — Drama Games (Trinity College London), open
- Availability
- Open online — published at the link, free to read
Source link checked 1 Sep 2026 — reachable
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Origin
Trinity College London, 'as suggested by drama teachers' — Drama teaching
In this directory via Drama Games (Trinity College London)
status: checked · added 2026-08-31