*A group scene where everyone has a feel for when they should speak, but no-one quite knows...*

## Setup and Format

Inspired by the card game 'The Mind'.

Give everyone a card - ideally cards 1-100, but a regular pack of cards should also be fine. The main thing is that there is an order to the cards. Players look at the card and keep it secret.

Get a prompt for a location with a lot of people and start the scene. Anyone may enter, but you should aim to have your first line spoken in order. That is, a player with the card '1' should be first to speak, and a player with card '100' should be last to speak. Each player aims to speak in consecutive order, even though they only know their number.

At the end, everyone lines up and announces their number. How well did everyone do, are all the numbers in consecutive order?

## Learning Objectives

Keeping the scene fresh when you can only talk when it's your turn - the fight between silence on stage and silent communication between those who haven't entered yet. Using physicality to still be 'in' a scene, but no dialogue.

## Tips

* Don't just enter and leave - use your physicality to exist within the scene before and after your line.

## Variations

* Players can instead have their card stuck on their head, facing outwards, such that they can see everyone else's card, but not their own.
* Players can speak multiple lines if they wish, but the aim is to have their *first* line in order.

The Scene Mind

For this game you need 2 volunteers from the audience. They stand/sit at the front sides of the stage, and act as pillars for the players. 2 players do a scene, and whenever they need a word they tap one of the pillars on the shoulder. The pillars say whatever comes to them, and the players then justify why that has been said. Some words fit perfectly, others will be completely random!

### Examples

Gary: Thanks for helping me fix this car, Denise.

Denise: No problem Gary, I’m glad I could (PILLAR) “help”.

Gary: I really appreciate it, you know I’m so nervous about the race tomorrow.

Denise: You shouldn’t be, you’re (PILLAR) “Batman”. The others don’t stand a chance!

Gary: I know, I’m just scared that if I don’t win I’ll also lose my (PILLAR) “cook”. He only wants to work for winners.

Denise: He does make great (PILLAR) “statues” out of chocolate. I’m sure you’ll win. Hand me the (PILLAR) “oats”.

Gary: I would never think to use oats to repair a car. You’re a genius.

### Tips

* Give the pillars a chance to practice (e.g., “this morning for breakfast I had…”)
* Repeat the word after the pillar has said it
* Listen, and justify what has just been said
* Remember to thank your lovely volunteers!

Pillars

*Expand, warp, and mutate walking across the circle.*

## Setup and Format

* Everyone stands in a large circle

One person begins by walking across the circle, making eye contact with the person they are walking towards, and performing some small movement or sound. Once the original person gets to the other side of the circle, the next person (the one who made eye contact) walks across the circle to another person, but now they copy some aspect of the original walk, but exaggerate or mutate it.

Repeat until you feel like it!

## Learning Objectives

Another in the being silly category. But also physical mimicry, and accepting someone's walk as an offer and acting on it.

## Variations

* Other options are having the instructor call out a body part - now the person walking must 'lead' with that body part, however they intend it.

Exaggeration Circle

*Sometimes the right word is all you need to come in or leave.*

## Setup and Format

* 4 players.

Four players are given a cue word (e.g. a colour, a number, an animal, an object); one each.

Two players start on stage and the other two in the wings. When you hear your cue word, you enter the stage if you are off and exit the stage if you are already on. You must deliver a reason for entering and exiting. Your own cue word cannot be used on yourself.

## Tips

* The cue words are known to all players, so if someone hasn't come or left in a while, find a way to speak the word.
* Similarly, feel free to be playfully mean with a player's cue word, such that they must enter and exit in rapid succession.

Enter and Exit

This is a great game for bringing focus and solidifying a group.

## Setup

Ask the circle to close their eyes and take a deep breath.

Then, any person can begin by saying "One". This will followed by another person saying "Two". This repeats until the circle reaches "Twenty".

## Rules

If two people speak at the same time, the group must begin again from "One", after taking a deep breath and allowing a new person to begin the new attempt.

## Tips

- Make sure that the group is not relying on "a system" (ie. just going around the circle)
- If the group gets there quickly, it's an idea to check if they are allowing everyone to participate, and to encourage them to try again and balance with each other

## Variations

- Instead of standing in a circle, have the players mill about the room randomly instead.

title	type	configuration	categories	Alternative Names
The Scene Mind	🚀 Warm-up / Exercise	♾️ Whole Group	Constraints Physicality
Pillars	⚡️ Short Form Game	🎭 Scenework	Agreement & Accepting Listening	Columns Word Machine
Exaggeration Circle	🚀 Warm-up / Exercise	⭕️ Circle	Escalating Offers Physicality
Enter and Exit	⚡️ Short Form Game	🎭 Scenework	Justification Listening
Counting to 20	🚀 Warm-up / Exercise	⭕️ Circle	Listening Teamwork & Support

Name	Resources Created
Dom Gemoli	67
Sam Sarjant	23
André Ferreira	2

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