Drama warmup activities


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Everyone stands in a large circle. The starting player, A, calls out someone's name (B) and starts to walk towards them. Before A gets to B, B calls out someone else's name and heads towards them, so A can fill their spot in the circle. To keep track of who has moved, players can sit down once they are in someone else's spot.
One student has to say as many words as they can, where the words have nothing to do with each other.
Make up a fake name for a children's game. Players immediately start playing the game, but they can only communicate with each other in gibberish. See if they can eventually play the same game.
Play the game 'mirror', except that the "real" person speaks in gibberish and acts out a particular emotion. The mirror doesn't have to copy the actions and gibberish, but they do have to mirror the emotions.
The whole class counts from 1 to 10, starting low and quiet then gradually getting louder. 10 should be as loud as possible, with everyone standing with their arms in the air.
Going around a circle, one student makes a little gesture. The next person copies it but exaggerates it a little bit. This continues until, by the end, the motion is completely wild.
Everyone (except for one student, perhaps someone who has been misbehaving) form a line. The 'victim' stands before them all. The first person says a completely random word and the victim has to respond with the first word that comes to mind. This continues on with the second person in line, who says a word unrelated to the first one.

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