Synopsis
House of Games - Making Theatre for Everyday Life
Published by Nick Hern Books
Whether the drama group is based in a youth club or a theatre, a hospital or a community hall, this book offers strategies for developing improvisations and productions which are rooted in the everyday experiences of group members
House of Games is divided into three sections:
Foundations - the essential understandings which underpin drama work
Facilitation- the responsibilities and challenges of facilitating a group
Animations - games and exercises for impro, narrative, imagework, movement and devising performance
REVIEWS
"This is an excellent resource book for anyone involved in participatory drama" ~ Guild of Drama Adjudicators
"It is friendly, accessible, well structured and full of good advice - much of it plain common sense... Reading it is like being in a room buzzing with relaxed and informed conversation about basic principles, and good ruses for realising both general and specific aims" ~ Mick Wallis, Theatre Research International
"House of Gamesis a book I will return to and learn much from" ~ Dorinda Hulton, Studies in Theatre Production