101 Drama Games and Activities: Theatre Games for Children and Adults, including Warm-ups, Improvisation, Mime and Movement [Paperback]

David Farmer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 23, 2009

Gain access to a personal collection of 101 highly effective drama games and activities suitable for children or adults. Sections include improvisation, mime, ice-breakers, group dynamics, rehearsal, story-telling, voice and warm-ups. This unique book has been developed over a thirty year career in education and theatre, through workshops with actors, teachers and children around the world. The pages are packed with tried and tested ideas for a whole range of activities useful for drama lessons, workshops or rehearsals.

This ground-breaking book will equip you with the following knowledge and skills:

• Quickly create scenes and starters for improvisation
• Learn to develop movement and mime skills through fun and enjoyable activities
• Help new groups get to know each other with tried and tested ice-breakers
• Develop group awareness and trust through group dynamics games
• Spice up rehearsal sessions with activities to develop characters and new approaches
• Explore the use of physical theatre
• Find new ways of using story-telling in drama
• Help your students to develop their voice through games, activities and tongue-twisters
• Have fun with dozens of warm-up games!

'Belongs amongst the top 10 books any director or drama teacher should own.' - English Touring Opera

Editorial Reviews

Review

'David Farmer's excellent little book... it is here that you will more than likely find an activity that will suit your needs.'
--Journal of National Drama

'One of the handiest things to have around; if a non-specialist teacher picked it up it could lead to a really enjoyable lesson.'
--Teaching Drama Magazine

About the Author

David Farmer is a drama consultant in the UK, offering training to teachers and arts services to schools. He runs a highly popular drama resource website and was previously Artistic Director of Tiebreak Theatre Company, touring plays to half a million children across Europe and North America.

Product Details

• Paperback: 90 pages
• Publisher: CreateSpace; 2 edition (April 23, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1442131616
• ISBN-13: 978-1442131613
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #282,904 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

David Farmer is the author of "101 Drama Games and Activities," a collection of highly effective drama activities suitable for children or adults.

The book covers improvisation, mime, ice-breakers, group dynamics, rehearsal, story-telling, voice and warm-ups.

David lives in Norwich in the east of the UK, where he works with children in schools as a storyteller and helps teachers to develop creative learning approaches.

He also manages a drama resource website, trains teachers in drama techniques, writes articles and directs plays.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 101 is not enough, August 31, 2010

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Drama King "Alan" (West Jordan, UT USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 101 Drama Games and Activities: Theatre Games for Children and Adults, including Warm-ups, Improvisation, Mime and Movement (Paperback)

David Farmer's 101 Drama Games and Activities is an invaluable resource for any theater teacher. The games and activities are clear, succinct and easy to adapt according to your own class' needs. Every time I go through it, I find another game or activity that I can use as a theater specialist in an elementary school. If I had to nit pick about it, I would suggest that the cross referencing to other games included the page number so I could go directly to it, instead of having to search for it. Since many of the titles have similar words in them, it can get a bit confusing, but that's seriously nit picking, and of course, after I'm finished with it, I want more (which is a real compliment). Thank you, David, for all the work that went into creating such a versatile guide for theater teachers!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars really useful resource, July 1, 2010

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J. Webb "julwe" (Norwich, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 101 Drama Games and Activities: Theatre Games for Children and Adults, including Warm-ups, Improvisation, Mime and Movement (Paperback)

A really useful book of drama games - with games suitable for drama groups, schools and as general ice-breakers for classes and groups. I purchased the book after attending one of David's workshops in London and was pleased to find some of the games that he used in the workshop. I have used some of the games (e.g. Traffic Lights, Grandma's Footsteps and Clap Together) with my pre-school group and also used some of the games as warm-ups for my drama group at art school. The book is laid out clearly and is really easy to use too.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good book, July 11, 2009

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A. Sandoval (Frisco, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 101 Drama Games and Activities: Theatre Games for Children and Adults, including Warm-ups, Improvisation, Mime and Movement (Paperback)

I like this book, but I was not as surprised as I was expecting. Good resource for drama teachers.