Show Running Order

Introduction to the players – Paul

ACT ONE

Three Line Scenes

Everyone. Quickfire scenes to warm up the players and the audience.

Party Quirks

Laura C (Host), Avis, Holly, Sioban

Typewriter

A writer is writing a fiction book, and other performers act it out. Audience decides genre.

Tim (writer), Holly, Avis, Sarah. (other players can enter/exit)

Enter or Exit when word is spoken

Each player is given a word; they must enter or exit the scene when that word is spoken.

Laura C, Avis, Sioban

Three Headed Expert (One Word at a Time)

Rammone, Tim, Laura H, Sioban (interviewer)

Half Life

2 players perform a scene for 90 seconds. They then have to repeat the same scene, halving the time available each time.

Avis & Sioban (Sarah is timekeeper)

Twins

Twins are a shop assistant helping a customer. They agree with each other, have the same mannerisms, finish each others sentences, and sometime speak in unison.

Rammone, Holly, Tim (customer)

Freeze Tag

Start with Avis and Laura, all other players can freeze tag

New Choice

Laura C, Sioban, (Shirley if available), Tim (caller)

Five Lines

A five line scene is repeated with different emotions/feelings

Laura C, Sarah, Holly gives last line

ACT TWO

Press Conference

Laura H

Words 1-8

Each player is given a number. That is the number of words they are allowed to use in each sentence.

Everyone

Top Hat

Audience have written sentences onto cards which we draw out of a hat and use in the scene.

Laura H, Sarah, Sioban (other players can enter/exit)

Animal Expert

Sarah (Interviewer), Holly & Ramonne (Experts)

Genre Switch

Sarah, Laura H, Holly, Avis (Tim to call genres)

Foreign Film Dubbing

Sarah & Ramonne (performers), Tim & Laura H (Translators) (Shirley if available)

Household Olympics

Avis, Holly, Laura C (Competitors), Tim & Ramonne (Commentators)

Four Stories in Rotation

Holly, Laura C, Laura H, Sarah

Inappropriate Job Applicants

Laura C, Laura H, Holly. Sarah (interviewer) (maybe swap Sarah and Holly, as Sarah has already been an interviewer in Animal expert)

Story Die

Everyone