Introduction To Farce
Warm Up
* Emotion Scale 10 Mins
Aims: To convey levels of emotion.
- Put them into groups of three.
- Make an audience.
- Invite two groups onto the “stage.”
- Give each group a prop.
- Explain that they have to show different uses for their prop.
- They have thirty seconds to discuss ideas.
- We then go back and forward between each group.
- Set a timer for one minute.
- If there is any hesitation or repetition, the other team wins!
- If they both make it to one minute, then they both win.
- Play until every group has had a turn.
* Exaggeration Challenge 5 Mins
Aims: Playing and experimenting through sounds and body movements.
- Put the group into pairs.
- One person will start and make a gesture, sound or body movement. It must be as small as they can make it.
- The second person repeats what their partner did but makes it a little bit bigger.
- The first person again repeats the movement, making it a little bit bigger.
- They repeat the movement until one person can’t make it any bigger.
- Repeat and experiment.