Drama Games for Actors
Series: Drama Games
Imprint: Nick Hern Books
Paperback, 176 pages ISBN: 9781848423732Publication Date:
23 Mar 2017
Size: 216mm x 110mm£12.99 £10.39You save £2.60 (20%)
Ebook, 176 pages ISBN: 9781780017716Publication Date:
23 Mar 2017
£12.99 £10.39You save £2.60 (20%)

Drama Games for Actors

Exploring Self, Character and Text

By Thomasina Unsworth

Paperback £12.99£10.39

Ebook £12.99£10.39

From the bestselling Drama Games series, this dip-in, flick-through, quick-fire resource book offers dozens of games to serve as a rich source of ideas and inspiration for all actors – and those teaching or directing them.

This must-have companion is divided into three sections, each focusing on a different aspect of the actor's process:

  • Self provides methods to deepen relaxation, sharpen focus, boost energy, expand imagination and enable a company of actors to work collaboratively
  • Character suggests strategies to aid the process of transformation, encouraging actors to explore characteristics that are distinct from their own
  • And Text offers exercises to unlock the words, allowing free and imaginative work within the structure of a script, without losing specificity

The games range from solo explorations which can be performed alone, to ideas for pairs and group work – making them suitable for a wide variety of scenarios and requirements. Overall, the book will serve as an essential foundation for every actor's creativity, helping improve preparation, rehearsal and performance.

'A mass of invaluable ideas for all ages and all types of actors, amateur or professional. It's hard to imagine anyone involved in theatre who wouldn’t find it useful' Richard Eyre, from his Foreword

Blog Post: Richard Eyre on what makes a good theatre director: 'It never works to give the actors – who are always numbed to deafness by nerves – a lengthy lecture about the background to the play and its meaning: it doesn’t encourage actors to be made to feel that the director holds all the cards and they hold none.' Read more >>

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'A great addition to the series... a useful resource that can be adapted according to group size and ability'

Teaching Drama

'Invaluable… a very helpful resource book that will challenge both the facilitator and the actor and I am sure will result in some excellent and imaginative performances'

Word Matters - Journal of the Society of Teachers of Speech and Drama
Series: Drama Games
Imprint: Nick Hern Books
Paperback,176 pages ISBN: 9781848423732Publication Date:
23 Mar 2017
Size: 216mm x 110mm£12.99 £10.39You save £2.60 (20%)
Ebook,176 pages ISBN: 9781780017716Publication Date:
23 Mar 2017
£12.99 £10.39You save £2.60 (20%)

Also by Thomasina Unsworth:

Becoming an Actor

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