exercise · all tools
The director’s theatre
Depth · what it can open●○○○1 — informational
Holding · facilitation1 — host
Trust · group readiness★any
Disclosure · what is sharednone
One person calls theatre commands — upstage, stage left, bring in the flies, tableau, tragedy, comedy, wings — and everyone else obeys as fast as they can, miming or running to position. The last to respond each round sits out until one player is left and takes a bow.
Hold with care
- The sheet says it directly: the game requires quick movement around the space and health and safety measures may need to be considered
- Players are eliminated one at a time until a single winner remains
- Two of the commands ask for an enacted death and an enacted fall
Practical
- Time
- 10 min
- Group
- 8–∞ · large-group
- Settings
- in-person
- Mechanisms
- attention-training, behavioral-rehearsal, creative-expression
- Change scope
- state · 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