The Improv Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Improvising in Comedy, Theatre, and Beyond

Salinsky, Tom/ Frances-white, Deborah

ISBN 10: 1350026158 / ISBN 13: 9781350026155

Published by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2017

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2nd edition. 256 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.25 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Improv Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Improvising in Comedy, Theatre, and Beyond
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1350026158
• ISBN 13: 9781350026155
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.95 kilograms

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Synopsis

The Improv Handbook is the most comprehensive, smart, helpful and inspiring guide to improv available today. Applicable to comedians, actors, public speakers and anyone who needs to think on their toes, it features a range of games, interviews, descriptions and exercises that illuminate and illustrate the exciting world of improvised performance.

First published in 2008, this second edition features a new foreword by comedian Mike McShane, as well as new exercises on endings, managing blind offers and master-servant games, plus new and expanded interviews with Keith Johnstone, Neil Mullarkey, Jeffrey Sweet and Paul Rogan.

The Improv Handbook is a one-stop guide to the exciting world of improvisation. Whether you're a beginner, an expert, or would just love to try it if you weren't too scared, The Improv Handbook will guide you every step of the way.

About the Authors

Tom Salinsky is the co-founder (with his wife Deborah Frances-White) of The Spontaneity Shop. He and Deborah have performed improvisation for The Royal Court, The RSC Summer Season, The Gilded Balloon at the Edinburgh Festival, and at the Bloomsbury Theatre. They have toured the world and performed at many comedy festivals by invitation. They teach at RADA, The Actors Centre, The National Youth Theatre, and many other colleges and institutions, as well as their own successful workshop program.

Deborah Frances-White is a stand-up comedian best known for her BBC Radio 4 show Deborah Frances-White Rolls the Dice. She's performed comedy around the world including The Edinburgh Festival, The Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Roadshow and The London Storytelling Festival. For more info see deborahfrances-white.com.