Here’s an extended passage from Keith Johnstone’s Impro. Published in 1961, it remains one of the most notable books concerning improvisation.
Space
Space is very difficult to talk about, but easy to demonstrate.
When I was commissioned to write my first play I’d hardly been inside a theatre, so I watched rehearsals to get the feel of it. …
Keith Johnston is the founder of improv comedy. The passage below comes from his second book, Impro for Storytellers, which elaborates on many of the ideas from his seminal first book, Impro.
Be Average
A student still looks up-tight, so I say, ‘Are you trying your best?’
‘Of course!’
‘Is that a good strategy?’
‘If I don’t try I won’t get …