Jill Bernard, una de las favoritas en el circuito de festivales de improvisación, comparte su método de crear personajes espontáneos, VAPAPO. Este pequeño libro es una manera fácil de entrar más en la escena y menos en tu cabeza con atajos para crear personajes más completos y juguetones. Esta edición del décimo aniversario presenta ensayos aún más originales sobre improvisación. Mide 6 “x6” y tiene 20 páginas. En cada pedido, el sobre presenta arte original de la autora, único y exclusivo. “A must read. This book might change your life.” — Joe Bill “It speaks from the heart and to all the voices in your head.” — Mark Sutton

“El libro de Clive Barker es más que una simple guía de juegos de improvisación para actores: es, más bien, una exploración integral de las técnicas de actuación” The New York Theatre Review “Theatre Games es una contribución masiva al arte del teatro … Una cartera abultada de credo, manualidades, consejos e instrucciones … Es deslumbrantemente astuto y una lectura emocionante, bastante diferente a un libro de texto, más bien una larga y fascinante charla en las horas pequeñas”. Los juegos del Stage Theatre son un método para entrenar actores que fue desarrollado en el siglo XX por profesionales destacados, incluido Clive Barker, que entrenó a actores en el Taller de Teatro de Joan Littlewood en su apogeo. Desarrolló su sistema de “juegos de teatro” a lo largo de 20 años y demostró su eficacia para profesores, estudiantes y actores por igual. Su famoso libro combina su filosofía y enfoque de los juegos, describe cómo jugarlos y las habilidades de actuación que pueden desarrollarse a partir de ellos. Los juegos están organizados en orden de complejidad e ilustrados con fotografías y diagramas. Esta reedición de este texto clásico y atemporal ahora incluye un DVD con material de video que muestra…

Free Play discusses the inner sources of spontaneous creation, explains how to learn the skills of improvisation, and suggests ways to overcome common obstacles to creativity. An international bestseller and beloved classic, Free Play is an inspiring and provocative book, directed toward people in any field who want to contact, honor, and strengthen their own creative powers. It reveals how inspiration arises within us, how that inspiration may be blocked, derailed or obscured, and how finally it can be liberated—how we can be liberated—to speak or sing, write or paint, dance or play, with our own authentic voice. Stephen Nachmanovitch, a pioneer in free improvisation, integrates material from a wide variety of sources among the arts, sciences, and spiritual traditions of humanity, drawing on unusual quotes, amusing and illuminating anecdotes, and original metaphors. The whole enterprise of improvisation in life and art, of recovering free play and awakening creativity, is about being true to ourselves and our visions. Free Play brings us into direct, active contact with boundless creative energies that we may not even know we had.

Improvisation, the art of creating the moment Carles Castillo opened our eyes to mime with his book “Mimo, el grito del gesto” (“Mime, the cry of the gesture”). Now, with “Improvisación, el arte de crear el momento”, he brings us closer, and opens the way to the difficult and precious art of improvisation. In the style of this teaching actor, he takes us into his own reflections, his techniques, his games, the difficulties and the help to give free rein to the most ephemeral art of the arts: improvising. The commitment of the character, the creation of space, the questions, the silences, what I think while I improvise… Prologued by José Mota and limited by writings from students and collaborators of Carles Castillo himself, this book is undoubtedly a luxury tool for anyone who intends to use it. Mota himself warns in his prologue: ‘Those of you who pick up this book with the intention of getting started, don’t let it go! Carles will infect you with his pedagogy forever. And for all of us who believe we know how to improvise, we will be surprised to see how our improvisation work improves significantly with any small suggestion that populates…

In an irresistible invitation to lighten up, look around, and live an unscripted life, a master of the art of improvisation explains how to adopt the attitudes and techniques used by generations of musicians and actors. Let’s face it: Life is something we all make up as we go along. No matter how carefully we formulate a “script,” it is bound to change when we interact with people with scripts of their own. Improv Wisdom shows how to apply the maxims of improvisational theater to real-life challenges–whether it’s dealing with a demanding boss, a tired child, or one of life’s never-ending surprises. Patricia Madson distills thirty years of experience into thirteen simple strategies, including “Say Yes,” “Start Anywhere,” “Face the Facts,” and “Make Mistakes, Please,” helping readers to loosen up, think on their feet, and take on everything life has to offer with skill, chutzpah, and a sense of humor. Listen on audible, narrated by Patricia Ryan Madson

IMPRO is a book that brings together, in clear and concise sheets, 90 creative proposals and games with easy-to-apply variants. It also includes a set of very useful guidelines and practical advice for people interested in impro and its pedagogy: teachers and theater groups, coaches, actors, educators of different levels, animators, students of theater and educational sciences who want to improve their training, as well as future improvisers who wish to develop spontaneity in the classroom and on stage. Its authors, Alfredo Mantovani, Borja Cortés, Encarni Corrales, Jose Ramón Muñoz and Pablo Pundik, are actors, improvisers and teachers with long theatrical careers, specialized in improv, who have come together in this publication to share their experiential background. Inventing and representing stories as a team and enjoying “improturgy”, the original concept of the authors of this work, becomes the core of a fun and pleasant job for actors or fans who want to explore the theatrical event from a playful perspective. It includes “Testimonies”, where Dani Rovira and a good handful of actors and actresses with a recognized background in theatrical improvisation offer us their experiences and reflections on this art.

Improvising is a noble game that transcends the occurrence and involves the person in their entire being; their training, their history, their fantasies, fears and freedoms. A perfect manual for those taking their first steps in theatrical improvisation (Impro), very appropriate for advanced improvisers seeking new horizons and essential for teachers and directors. Through practical exercises, personal experiences and technical analysis, the author offers in this work his special sensitivity about Impro. This book can be obtained in digital format for less than €10

Spolin’s Theater Games for the Lone Actor offers theater games a side coaching for the solo player. Available for the first time, this handbook presents more than forty exercises that allow actors to side coach themselves at home, in rehearsal, or in performance. Building on her seminal Improvisation for the Theater, Spolin challenges the actor to develop an ability to enter present time, “a moment of full consciousness, awareness, continuous time, a timeless moment … with all of your responses awake and alert, ready to guide you…allowing you, the real you, or your natural self, to emerge.”

Spolin developed improvisation as a game for childhood development. A must-have.

The ‘Harold’, an innovative improvisational tool, helped many actors on the road to TV and film stardom, including George Wendt (Norm on Cheers). Now it is described fully in this new book for would-be actors and comics. The ‘Harold’ is a form of competitive improv involving 6 or 7 players. They take a theme suggestion from the audience and ‘free associate’ on the theme into a series of rapid-fire one-liners that build into totally unpredictable skits with hilarious results. The ‘Harold’ is a fun way to ‘loosen up’ and learn to think quickly, build continuity, develop characterisations and sharpen humour.