Theater Games for kids

Today i tell you few mask theater games for kids that help in there personality development. games are the part of dramatically since ancient time in various form.

EMOTIONAL SYMPHONY

It is like a devil power, which gives instant energy to the performer and help them in connecting them with the audience emotionally. In this each performer is assigned an emotion by audience and he/she have to perform that emotion by feeling it. There are 12 basic emotion that performer has to perform randomly.

Following are the basic emotions :

emotion key

              1.  Anger

              2.  Excitement

              3.  Fear  

              4   Hatred

              5.  Heroic

              6.  Humour

              7.  Love

              8.  Mercy

              9.  Quiet

GIBBERISH RELAY

           Silence or wordless speech

It is another highly energy game involves group or team. In this two or more performer come on to stage from different part of the stage by keep one character in his mind without knowing each others character. Audience also didn't know the character of any of performer. Audience have to judge the performers, So performer try to interact with each other without using proper words or medium of language and try to create there own words which are related to the original words to clear there character.

This is very funny and help in developing confidence level on stage.

INTENSIFY EMOTIONS

Sudden emotion 

In this Games audience will suggest two emotion to two different performer and performers have to perform on those emotions and try to build a story. This will help in story making, after building raw story third performer will introduce with new emotion and replace one performer. After taking place of one performer, third performer continues the story, each time one perform will replace existing performer and act at his place. This process will continuous till then story should not complete.

You can use this exercise with a group as well.

ANIMALS ACT 

Crazy act

In this audience assign each performer as a animal. every performer has to act as a animal that is given to him by the audience. They have to feel them self as a animal physically, verbally and thought wise as well. After performing animal act tell them to reform them self in human body and keep the sprite/attitude of given animal in them and continues the act in human form. They can speak normally but within attitude of given animal. This will help in characterization of performer.

CONTACT

Rehearsal

Two performer act scene given by audience, in which dialogues will occur in physical form. performer use his whole body loudly to clear his dialogues physically. This will help in body control of performer.

DUBBING

Voice over

This is very poplar term use to build up character and modification of voice. In this performer try to modify his/her voice in other voice. example celebrity, goods, natural things etc.

This can be funny and energetic exercise.

 

SINGING DIALOGUE

Singing Dialogues 

In this Performer use to sang his dialogues. It's not necessary dialogues should in sense form.

SLOW/FAST 

Slow and fast drive

 This is Game in which there will be one instructor, he/she give command  to all group and other have to follow him blindly and faithfully.

Commands :

Ran

scream

Jump

Lay down

Put your hands up

Back run

Pause and other physical and energetic exercises in mixed up order.