Why is that So Funny? A Practical Exploration of Physical Comedy
Author(s): John Wright
A practical investigation of how comedy works, by a well-respected practitioner and teacher. With a Foreword by Toby Jones.
Comedy is recognised as one of the most problematic areas of performances. For that reason, it is rarely written about in any systematic way. John Wright, founder of Trestle Theatre and Told by an Idiot, brings a wide range of experience of physical comedy to this unique exploration of comedy and comedic techniques.
The book opens with an analysis of the different kinds of laughter that can be provoked by performance. This is followed by the main part of the book: games and exercises devised to demonstrate and investigate the whole range of comic possibilities open to a performer.
Why Is That So Funny? will be invaluable to teachers and performers and fascinating for anyone interested in how comedy works.
Product Information
John Wright is a director and a teacher of performance skills. He set up Trestle Theatre to investigate mime and masks, then founded Told by an Idiot, a theatre company that specialises in physical comedy.
About Laughter The Gentle Art of Playfulness (Play; Complicity; Theatre as Game) Messing About with Meaning (States of Tension; Rhythm; Timing; Making Choices and Shaping Action) The Gentle Art of Idiocy (Simple Clown; Pathetic Clown; Tragic Clown) The Gentle Art of Ridicule (Parody; Pastiche; Caricature; Burlesque; Buffoon)
General Fields
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- : Nick Hern Books
- : Nick Hern Books
- : 01 January 2006
- : 22.00 cmmm X 13.50 cmmm X 3.00 cmmm
- : books
Special Fields
- : John Wright
- : Paperback
- : en
- : 334
