The Life Game
1970s-present · Calgary (origin) / London / International
Also known as Lifegame
A real audience member is interviewed on stage about their life; the cast improvises the milestone events from their past as they hear them.
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- Created by Keith Johnstone; rooted in his 'How It Was' exercise about capturing a person's actual formative experiences.
- Improbable (UK) produced an acclaimed touring version beginning in the 1990s; ran off-Broadway at the Jane Street Theatre in 2000.
- Guest is pre-selected, interviewed for ~20 minutes before the show, then on-stage interview feeds into a series of improvised reenactments.
- Celebrates dramatic possibility in ordinary lives; distinct from Armando in that the guest is a 'civilian' rather than a professional storyteller.
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