At present, the most popular improvisational drama societies in Beijing mainly include the "Improvisational Drama Bilingual Workshop" and the "People's Improvisational Commune". The former is based in the Gulou "Xiangjin Wine" bar, and the latter is based in the Gulou "Xiangjin Wine" bar. No. 46 Fangjia Hutong, not far from the Lama Temple - in a consulting company.
The Beijing Improv Drama Bilingual Workshop (Beijing Improv) has been established for more than two years and has more than 30 permanent members. The workshop is divided into ordinary amateur groups and Chinese and English performance groups. Anyone can participate in the amateur group, which is basically white-collar workers.
The Improvisational Drama Bilingual Workshop was founded in 2006 by Jonathan Palley from the United States and Fairy Lottie*** from New Zealand. JP graduated from Stanford University in the United States with a major in physics. When he was in school, he felt that doing scientific research every day would make him more and more dull, so he took a Shakespeare course at Stanford University. One day, JP went to the wrong class. After attending the two-hour class very seriously, he discovered that improvisational drama was taught here. He fell hopelessly in love with improvisational drama and jumped into it... 4 years ago, he came to Beijing and became the founder of the Beijing Improvisational Drama Bilingual Workshop. His full-time job was actually the CEO of a small Internet company. .
The improvised drama bilingual workshop is divided into English group and Chinese group. Every Wednesday, the "actors" from the workshop will provide free training to participants who like improvised drama. Now, they already have a stable performance group - Beijing Improvisational Theater. On the last Saturday of every month, they will perform an all-English performance at the Penghao Theater (pictured). Tickets are 30 yuan. In addition to paying theater fees and other performance costs, all proceeds will be used for charity donations. Compared with the bilingual improvisational drama workshop, the "People's Improvisational Commune" created by improvisational drama trainer Hu Xin is purely Chinese. "I am Teacher Hu who has a cold!" Hu Xin said, covering her eyes with her hands, and the other 15 participants also imitated her words and movements. Every Tuesday night from 8 to 9:30, Hu Xin will conduct free training here. The first item is to introduce himself like this.
Hu Xin said that in 2004, she came into contact with improvisational drama while studying in France. After returning to China, she joined the improvisational drama bilingual workshop as a translator. Later, she went to the New York Improvisational Troupe to further her studies, and founded the "People's Improvisational Commune" after returning to China. This club now has eight regular "actors", including a website CEO, a ballet dancer, and a professional actor.
The "People's Improvised Commune" is most famous for its "Poker Sorting" game. Everyone draws a playing card, cannot look at it, puts the card face outward, and puts it on their forehead, and then uses language to hint to each other about the size of the card. Finally, everyone sorts according to the hints of others. Wang Yang, who graduated from Tsinghua University and works in an IT company, learned about the "People's Improvised Commune" from Douban and came to experience it. "The biggest gain is that I can communicate with people at close range, because I usually don't communicate with many people at work. In addition, although we don't know each other, we are very happy together, which can reduce the pressure of daily work." On the other hand, participant Kuai What Daping values ??more is that improvisational drama can stimulate people's various potentials. "Various games and performances actually challenge people's creativity and imagination!" Yang Chen, a newly arrived girl from Beijing, prepared to establish an "Improvisational Drama Party". Her goal was to make "Improvisational Drama" Ordinary you are getting closer. Those who have watched the drama, please raise your hands! If you want to act in a drama, please go this way!
In March 2010, Yang Chen posted the first event notice on Douban, "Due to the lack of practical experience and relatively mature performance outline, the first wave of activities will be based on performance training games and The situational segment performance begins. "The poem "Many Zhang Xiaoyans and Many Li Dagang" written by Zhou Deng, the backbone of the Changsha Improvisational Drama Club, will be the content of their first activity. You may not see any hint of drama from these lines, but as long as you join their activities, you will feel the fun of "everyone plays me, and I play everyone".
Yang Chen, who once starred in "Little San'er" with great success, said: "On stage, you can really forget the pressure in life. If you do it often, you will feel that your life has become different and more meaningful. . I hope more Beipiao can feel this way.
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