Impro
Improvisation and the Theatre
$41.39
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
18 October 2018
Summary
In this landmark work Keith Johnstone provides a revelatory guide to rediscovering and unlocking the imagination. Admired for its clarity and zest, Impro lays bare the techniques and exercises used to foster spontaneity and narrative skill for actors. These techniques and exercises were evolved in the actors’ studio, when he was Associate Director of the Royal Court and then in demonstrations to schools and colleges and ultimately in the founding of a company of performers called The…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781350069039 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1350069035 |
| Author: | Keith Johnstone |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 18 October 2018 |
| Weight: | 256g |
| Series: | Bloomsbury Revelations |
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Critics Review
A hundred practical techniques for encouraging spontaneity and originality by catching the subconscious unawares… here is an inexhaustible supply of zany suggestions for unfreezing the petrified imagination. * Daily Telegraph *
If you don’t have this book - get it quick… Johnstone’s insights are as powerfully clear as ever… It’s a treasure trove of ideas and methods; it will ease and enrich work and studies… An invigorating read. * Reviews Gate (August 2007) *
For insight into a truly creative mind, read Impro. * Psychologies (February 2010) *
Keith Johnstone
Keith Johnstone (1933-2023) was an internationally recognized authority in the field of improvisation. His books Impro, and Impro For Storytellers, have been translated into many languages. He led master classes in improvisation around the world.
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