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We endeavoured to shake off our week both literally and metaphorically. Those of us who could stand up did and shook all our limbs, as I said before people participated to the extent of their abilities. We then played the game  After everyone was warmed up, or as some class members claimed //exhausted// we would focus on the main activities of the class that week. As most of the class were preparing to perform at the //Shakespeare by Northcott// performance, most weeks we focused some of our time on rehearsing their scenes and looking at the language of Shakespeare. Even those not preparing for the performance benefited from our exercises relating to Shakespeare. As a class we looked at the importance of voice projection and speaking clearly on stage. To warm up our organs of articulation we practised several tongue twisters and minimal pairs:  We would play with these and others making them slow and fast, soft and loud singing, yelling, whispering.   So as to include everyone, every week we also played a series of improvisational games and practised improvising scenes around a theme. One game the class enjoyed playing was,  **//Magic box//**//.// ** Some additional games played included · Zip Zap Boing · Statues · Tableaux · Beginning and end  ·   **What are you doing?
 *  //“Yes lets!”// **
 * Everyone stands or sits in a big circle. **
 * One person is in. They offer an activity be saying “lets… for example…sing opera” **
 * Everyone in the group responds with a loud and enthusiastic “Yes lets” **
 * The came continues around the circle with everyone offering a different activity **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Some examples that we played with were: Lets do tai chi, lets be cats, lets catch butterflies, lets dance , lets jump up and down, lets chew like camels etc. **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">It is a great game to warm up the whole body and focus the group into dram time. **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Tongue Twisters: **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">My mother makes me mash my M and M’s on a Monday morning oo ahh! **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Red leather, yellow leather **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Eleven benevolent elephants caught a taxi to Timbuktu **<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Minimal Pairs: **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Long/ wrong **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Shot /shout **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Pond/ pound **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Pot/ pout **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Breathe/ breeze **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Clothing /closing **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Rhythm/ risen **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Guess /gas **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Men/ man **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">End/ and **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">This is a really easy game to set up; all that you need is a box or a simple object. This is placed in the performance area and becomes the //magic box.// The magic is that it can be endowed with any attributes, to become any thing in the world. However the rule is that it must stay being the object it has first been declared in the improvisation. For example if a performer comes on stage, jumps on the box shouting “Help! My boat is sinking” everyone else who enters the improvisation must honour that call and help the sinking boat.
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