About the Book
The Visual Guide to Improv is an illustrated handbook to the art of improvisation theatre. It explains tricky concepts, ideas, techniques and formats through illustrations and concrete, easy-to-use tips. Whether you are a student or performer looking to develop your improv skills, or a teacher looking for inspiration and new ways to explain improv – this book is a must-have.
The Book Includes
- 160 pages with more than 500 illustrations and infographics.
- 50 tips to help you develop brilliant scene work.
- A crash course in classic storytelling – how to build heroes, villains and captivating stories.
- 24 tips on how to edit scenes.
- 18 improv formats.
- Inspiration for genre work – ranging from action and rom-com to Jane Austen and Alfred Hitchcock.
Reviews
This book is like improvisation itself – it’s clear, full of surprises and sexy!
Great examples - simple and powerful! Lots of exercise ideas. The drawings make this book very readable and fun!
Will HinesThe ideas in improv are simple to say and hard to keep hold of — this book solves that.
A must-add to your improv collection.
Tim Orr