This is a scene consisting of 26 lines. The first line starts with a given letter (say ’R’). The reply to that line must start with a ’S’, and so on, until the whole alphabet has been covered. They must start and finish in 90 seconds.
This one is played by 2 performers, one gets their lines from an actual script, and the other is forced to justify whatever the scripted lines are.
Performers improvise a scene in which each takes on the characteristics of animals suggested by the audience.
One performer, the suspect, leaves the room. The other two (detectives) get suggestions from the audience about a crime the suspect has committed. The suspect enters and the detectives interrogate him into admitting what he did. Along the way the detectives call on Boris, an invisible thug, to torture the suspect.
Based on audience suggestions, 3 performers are given specific character traits (i.e. Out of work Shakespeare actor with a lisp). The 4th improviser must play the dating game and identify the traits of each date.
A normal scene is played. At any moment a separate performer, the director, stops the scene and has the actors replay it with different emotions, characters, genres and roles.
One performer, the suspect, leaves the room. The other two (detectives) get suggestions from the audience about a crime the suspect has committed. The suspect enters and the detectives interrogate him into admitting what he did.
Performers improvise one-line scenes in response to suggestions from the audience. The suggestions are written on slips of paper and the good ones are placed in a hat beforehand, and drawn randomly by the host during the game. An audience favotite.