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The Improv Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Improvising in Comedy, Theatre, and Beyond

by Tom Salinsky

Exercises and perspectives on improvisation

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Exercises and perspectives on improvisation

Tom Salinsky’s handbook brings together practical activities and discussion of improvised performance. Games and exercises sit alongside interviews with practitioners, giving the book both hands-on material and perspectives on the field. This second edition adds work on endings, managing blind offers, and master-servant games, and expands interviews with Keith Johnstone, Neil Mullarkey, Jeffrey Sweet, and Paul Rogan. Its scope reaches beyond comedy and theatre to improvisation in public speaking and other situations that call for thinking on one’s feet.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • People beginning to explore improvisation or looking to develop existing practice
  • Comedians, actors, and public speakers interested in improv exercises
  • Readers seeking interviews and discussion alongside practical activities

Themes

Improvised performanceComedy and theatreExercises and gamesPublic speakingThinking on one’s feet

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Book overview

The Improv Handbook is the most comprehensive, smart, helpful and inspiring guide to improv available today. Applicable to comedians, actors, public speakers and anyone who needs to think on their toes, it features a range of games, interviews, descriptions and exercises that illuminate and illustrate the exciting world of improvised performance.

First published in 2008, this second edition features a new foreword by comedian Mike McShane, as well as new exercises on endings, managing blind offers and master-servant games, plus new and expanded interviews with Keith Johnstone, Neil Mullarkey, Jeffrey Sweet and Paul Rogan.

The Improv Handbook is a one-stop guide to the exciting world of improvisation. Whether you're a beginner, an expert, or would just love to try it if you weren't too scared, The Improv Handbook will guide you every step of the way.

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