Boris

Description

2 players play an improvized interrogation scene. One is the interrogator, the other is a suspect. The interrogator randomly throws unconnected elements to the suspect, who needs to incorporate these and get himself into (even more) trouble.

And then we have Boris, who is a nasty, huge, but invisible thug assisting the interrogator. Every time the interrogator does not like the suspect`s answers (and also when the suspect does not incriminate himself enough), the interrogator calls on Boris to torture the suspect, prodding him to confess or incriminate him even further.

Notes

• we do not establish the crime beforehand
• the suspect mimes being tortured by Boris
• the investigator can tell Boris what to do (break his leg), but it is more fun to leave the choice of torture up to the suspect
• if the torture does not go far enough to the investigator`s taste, he can always call in Boris` evil twin brother, Igor (also invisible)
• as a gag, the suspect can also incriminate Boris (who can turn out to be a witness/accomplice to the crime).

Origin

This improv game is attributed to Keith Johnstone .

 

He who deliberates fully before taking a step will spend his entire life on one leg. --- Chinese proverb

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