Art+dramatique

5 active group members, rest spectators - 4 volunteers go out into the hall - full group decides on OLO, not necessarily connected to each other (e.g. doctor, Antarctica, hair dryer) - 1st volunteer reenters - a member of the full group conveys, with mime, gibberish, sound effects, humming (everything EXCEPT words) the 3 elements. Once the 1st volunteer thinks she has understood one, she indicates WITHOUT NAMING THE ITEM that the full-group member can continue to the next one. When the 1st volunteer thinks she has understood the last item (the object), she must kill the full-group member with it. - 2nd volunteer is invited in, and the 1st volunteer conveys to her the 3 elements. - after volunteer #4 has guessed the items, review (in reverse order) what everyone thought each element had been.
 * OLO = Occupation, Location, Object**

full class involvement: - divide into partners, decide who is A and who is B - all the As go out into the hallway - the Bs decide on a topic of conversation that they will discuss, but WITHOUT every mentioning the topic or a synonym. The topic can be concrete, real, metaphorical or as abstract as you wish. - the As come back in and listen to the conversation between the Bs - when an A thinks she knows the topic, she whispers her guess to a B. If she is wrong, she keeps on listening; if she is correct, she joins the conversation with the As. - keep talking until all the Bs have correctly guessed the topic
 * Mystery Conversation**

4 active group members, rest are spectators **Detectives** - two volunteers leave the room; 2 other people are “the detectives” - the group decides who the 2 people in the hall are. Must be some duo, e.g. Adam & Eve, Robin & Batman, and decide what they are charged with. They re-enter. The detectives then question the duo, and the duo has to figure out who they are and what they’ve been charged with.

3 active group members, rest are spectators - three players: one person is a talk show host, one guest «expert» speaks in gibberish, and a second guest acts as the interpreter. Audience provides the area of expertise for the expert. full class involvement ** One word stories ** - around the circle: Fortunately, ... Unfortunately, ... Fortunately, ... 3 active group members, rest are spectators - 4 players: one is talk show host, the other 3 are collectively the «expert». Have audience supply the expert's area of specialization - during the interview, the host asks questions, and the guest expert replies, building sentences using one word from each head.
 * Interpreter **
 * Three-headed expert **