The Living Room
2000s-present · International (widely taught in UK/Europe)
Also known as Living Room Format
Performers sit in a horseshoe having a real conversation about a suggestion until someone breaks into the center and initiates a scene.
Known for
- Loose structure — cast sits in chairs in a horseshoe and discusses the suggestion as themselves, then mines the discussion for scenes.
- Scenes are initiated from within the horseshoe, played in the center, and then return to the living-room frame.
- Popularized in European teaching by Katy Schutte and others; used as a bridge between personal/authentic improv and narrative form.
Connected to
Concepts
authentic self