Impro for Storytellers
Keith Johnstone
Faber & Faber - 20.99 USD
An absolute Must-Have! This book is a bit easier to read than Impro , less theoretical, and more oriented towards practical games and theatre sports.
A number of reviewers are less happy about this book, and complain that Johnstone basically recycled his first book. Another complaint is that the text is not clearly organized. But even as this book is a lot bigger than his first, it is a better introduction to the layman.
Johnstone clearly took the time (and the pages) to elaborate on the background reasons for doing what he does. He covers Important People like Laban and Stanislawski in a very practical and readable manner. And the Appendixes with Tilt-lists and Fast Food Stanislawski lists are absolute gems.
You can, in a way, consider this book as a guide on How To Form Your Own Theatresports Troupe and How To Train Improv. Several formats, like Gorilla Theatre and Micetro are covered, with rather explicit instructions on Good Ideas and Bad Ideas on how to use props, how to judge, etc.
What you can do, or dream you can, begin it; boldness has genius, power and magic in it --- Goethe