Keith Johnstone's involvement with the theatre began when George Devine and Tony Richardson, artistic directors of the Royal Court Theatre, commissioned a play from him. This was the year of Look Back in Anger in 1956. A few years later he was himself Associate Artistic Director, in particular helping to run the writers' group. The techniques and exercises evolved there to foster spontaneity and narrative skills were developed further in the actors' studio, then in demonstrations to schools and colleges and ultimately in the founding of a company of performers called The Theatre Machine. Divided into four sections, "Status", "Spontaneity", "Narrative Skills" and "Masks and Trance", arranged more or less in the order a group might approach them, the book sets out the specific techniques and exercises which Johnstone has himself found most useful and most stimulating. The result is a fascinating exploration of the nature of spontaneous creativity." If teachers were honoured in the British theatre along-side directors, designers and playwrights, Keith Johnstone would be as familiar a name as are those of Jocelyn Herbert, Edward Bond and other young talents who were drawn to the great lodestone of the Royal Court Theatre in the late 1950s. As head of the script department, Johnstone played a crucial part in the development of the 'writers' theatre '" (Irving Wardle)

Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre

JOHNSTONE, KEITH

Humor & Entertainment

Routledge

Keith Johnstone's involvement with the theatre began when George Devine and Tony Richardson, artistic directors of the Royal Court Theatre, commissioned a play from him. This was the year of Look Back in Anger in 1956. A few years later he was himself Associate Artistic Director, in particular helping to run the writers' group. The techniques and exercises evolved there to foster spontaneity and narrative skills were developed further in the actors' studio, then in demonstrations to schools and colleges and ultimately in the founding of a company of performers called The Theatre Machine. Divided into four sections, "Status", "Spontaneity", "Narrative Skills" and "Masks and Trance", arranged more or less in the order a group might approach them, the book sets out the specific techniques and exercises which Johnstone has himself found most useful and most stimulating. The result is a fascinating exploration of the nature of spontaneous creativity." If teachers were honoured in the British theatre along-side directors, designers and playwrights, Keith Johnstone would be as familiar a name as are those of Jocelyn Herbert, Edward Bond and other young talents who were drawn to the great lodestone of the Royal Court Theatre in the late 1950s. As head of the script department, Johnstone played a crucial part in the development of the 'writers' theatre '" (Irving Wardle)

Impro Improvisation and the Theatre

Arts & Photography

Performing Arts

Theatre Arts Books

Since the sixties, Keith Johnstone has led the work on improvisation in theatre, schools and universities. His unique ideas, set out in the classic text, Impro, have now been taken up by practitioners the world over. Impro for Storytellers builds on and extends the seminal earlier work. Keith's techniques specialize in releasing an individual's potential within the context of group work. He became notorious as the acting coach who would shout 'Be more boring!' and 'Don't concentrate!'. Keith Johnstone is an inspirational teacher and writer, and Impro for Storytellers will encourage a life-long study of human interaction.

Impro for Storytellers (Faber Drama)

Faber&Faber

Impro for Storytellers is the follow-up to Keith Johnstone's classic Impro, one of the best-selling books ever published on improvisation. Impro for Storytellers aims to take jealous and self-obsessed beginners and teach them to play games with good nature and to fail gracefully.

Impro for Storytellers

First published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &amp; Francis, an informa company.

This guide is for all those wishing to train in and produce Maestro Impro(TM). It is a fantastic format to experience Impro Keith Johnstone style and receive all of the personal and group benefits that go along with it. Maestro Impro(TM) player/directors develop in storytelling, spontaneity, joyful failure, confidence, teamwork, playfulness and so much more. In the late 1950's Keith Johnstone was experimenting with Theatresports(TM) in London England. It was first produced in Calgary, Canada in 1977, from there spread around the world and is now played in over 90 countries. Maestro Impro(TM) was developed in the early 1990s and is now played popularly worldwide. The International Theatresports(TM) Institute was created by Keith to entrust and manage his Impro formats. The ITI grants performance rights to groups wishing to train on and perform the Keith Johnstone formats of Theatresports(TM), Maestro Impro(TM) and Gorilla Theatre(TM). Money from royalties goes to member benefits, building the Impro community and managing the trademark and legacy. Keith himself has never taken any profit from the licensing of Theatresports(TM). ITI members have select access to the Maestro Impro(TM) Guide but it is also available for purchase to anyone.

A Guide to Keith Johnstone's Maestro Impro(TM) (Iti Format Guides)

International Theatresports Institute

Impro

Bloomsbury Academic 18/10/2018

This guide is for all those wishing to train in and produce Theatresports(TM). It is a fantastic format to experience Impro Keith Johnstone style and receive all of the personal and group benefits that go along with it. Theatresports(TM) players develop in storytelling, spontaneity, joyful failure, confidence, teamwork and so much more. In the late 1950's Keith Johnstone was experimenting with Theatresports(TM) in London England. It was first produced in Calgary, Canada in 1977, from there spread around the world and is now played in over 90 countries. The International Theatresports(TM) Institute was created by Keith to entrust and manage his Impro formats. The ITI grants performance rights to groups wishing to train on and perform the Keith Johnstone formats of Theatresports(TM), Maestro Impro(TM) and Gorilla Theatre(TM). Money from royalties goes to member benefits, building the Impro community and managing the trademark and legacy. Keith himself has never taken any profit from the licensing of Theatresports(TM). The ITI Theatresports(TM) Guide was originally produced exclusively for performance rights holders free of charge in pdf form. This new print edition has been revised and improved for larger distribution. ITI members still have select access but it is now available for purchase to anyone.

Een gids voor Theatresports(TM) van Keith Johnstone: (Theatersport) (Iti Format Guides) (Dutch Edition)

IMPRO, IMPROVISATION & THEATRE

Literature & Fiction

Dramas & Plays

IPANEMA EDITION

"I remember with pleasure our meetings in London. Good luck and always write the Dichtung and the Wahrheit." Samuel Beckett Keith Johnstone (*1933 in England) is a theatre director, writer and professor whose books have had a major influence on the art of improvisation. He worked from1956 to 1965 at the Royal Court Theatre. In 1970 he moved to Canada and has taught or given workshops at major European Theatre Schools and Universites. Johnstone still lives in Calgary and teaches all over the world. Oliver Oliver lived in a cottage near the beach. He had such hopes when he was younger, but nothing he touched had ever prospered. Even worse, he had been unable to establish amature relationship with a woman. One day he wrote a note that expressed his frustration and loneliness. He added his address (plus a photograph of himself), sealed it into a bottle, and threw it into the sea. Every morning he waited for the post to arrive, eagerly at first, and then with resignation. Years passed before he received a reply. It enclosed a photograph of a woman who had been sitting on the shore when a wave had deposited the bottle at her feet. She wrote that she understood him, that he was her true soul mate, and that God had meant them for each other. Overjoyed, Oliver poured his heart out in a second letter, ending with “…I have been waiting for you for the whole of my wasted life, and I feel sure we will find true happiness together.” And then he sealed it into a bottle, and hurled it into the sea. But the bitch never replied.

The Last Bird: Stories & Plays

Short Stories & Anthologies

Alexander Verlag, Berlin

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Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre

Impro Improvisation and the Theatre

Impro for Storytellers (Faber Drama)

Impro for Storytellers

Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre

A Guide to Keith Johnstone's Maestro Impro(TM) (Iti Format Guides)

Impro

Een gids voor Theatresports(TM) van Keith Johnstone: (Theatersport) (Iti Format Guides) (Dutch Edition)

IMPRO, IMPROVISATION & THEATRE

The Last Bird: Stories & Plays