Spontaneous and rehearsed improvisation can be used to generate new content. Exploring themes in a play and experimenting with styles and status are useful when creating new scripts and characters.
You could improvise in a set style or genre thatâs very different to your original script or devised piece. This can really free up the work and generate new ideas for performance. Here are some examples of genres you could consider:
gothic horror
soap opera (in the style of EastEnders for example)
grand opera
Noel Coward (very English and reserved upper class accents)
contemporary/interpretative dance
childrenâs television
pantomime (with audience involvement)
Or you could try to perform in the style of an established theatre practitionerSomeone who practises or has written theatrical theory and whose theatre may have a definable theatrical form., such as Brecht or Stanislavski. This clip from the National Theatre shows the character of Ophelia from Hamlet being played in the style of Stanislavski (subtitles are available).