ImprovIt
Warm-up

Emotional Symphony

An everyday scene, coloured by emotion.

3+ players5 min

How to play

  1. Start a simple everyday scene — shopping, making dinner, waiting for a bus.
  2. One player stands aside as the "conductor".
  3. As the scene plays out, the conductor calls out an emotion (joy, rage, grief, terror, boredom…) and points at a player.
  4. That player instantly plays the scene through that emotion until the conductor changes it.
  5. The conductor can layer different emotions on different players at once.
  6. Swap the conductor after a minute or two.

Tips

  • Keep the scene simple so the emotions can do the work.
  • Commit fully to each emotion the moment it's called.