Introduction to Slapstick
Warm Up
* Learn how to do a trip 5-10 Mins
Aims: Experimenting, learning a new performance skill, physicalising an idea, making mistakes, being serious about silliness
The Mischief Theatre Company show you and your students how to safely, and believably, perform a comedy trip. One of the essential slapstick moves.
* Practice finding objects with your feet 5-10 Mins
Aims: Experimenting, learning a new performance skill, physicalising an idea, making mistakes, being serious about silliness
The video contains a visual example of the concept of “finding objects with your feet” as demonstrated by a member of the Mischief Theatre Company. Another of the essential slapstick moves.