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\u201cApple, pineapple, jackfruit, guava\u2026\u201d A group stands in a circle, listing fruits and playing a fruit-basket game in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad. \u201cThe game is to warm up, focus and break the ice,\u201d says Jayashree Raj, founder of Improv Commune, an improvisational theatre collective who has been in the city for nine years now. The games and improv exercises are part of a workshop-cum-production with a filmy twist, to be staged at Rangbhoomi Spaces on August 30.<\/p>\n
While one of the city\u2019s popular improv shows is helmed by stand-up comedian Rajashekhar Mamidana, Hyderabad\u2019s growing tryst with improvisation \u2014 an unscripted form of live theatre \u2014 is gaining attention. Armed with a repertoire of techniques, performers respond to audience prompts \u2014 an idea, word, character, problem or situation \u2014 and build scenes on the spot. The audience gets to see its suggestions played out as actors construct stories seemingly out of nothing.<\/p>\n
Because improv often veers towards comedy, some view it as an extension of stand-up. But the art form has far greater possibilities, with diverse forms of expression.<\/p>\n
Artistes of Vikram bae-Taal theatre group during a session
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