The Improvisation Book

A practical guide to conducting improvisation sessions, for teachers, directors and workshop leaders.

***Comes with a full set of improvisation cards to use in any improvisation session

The Improvisation Book takes you step-by-step, session-by-session through a graded series of improvisation exercises. Starting with the very first class, it adds a new element at each stage until even the most inhibited students have gained a full vocabulary of improvisational techniques.



John Abbott had a successful career as an actor before turning to teaching. He teaches improvisation, stand up and Shakespeare at the Arts Educational School of Acting in Chiswick, West London. He is the author of Improvisation in Rehearsal, also published by Nick Hern Books.



'A veritable treasure trove... Abbott's book is of real value in the training of actors; I'm enthused and excited about putting it into practice'



'Distils a lifetime of experience and is set out logically and practically so that would-be actors can build skills from the very simple to the remarkably complex'