Things You'll Need:
- An improv group
-
Step 1
Have three players get onstage to start a scene. One will act as normal, but the second will put his hands behind his back while the third player sticks his arms through the other players arms to provide new, more entertaining hands. The second player must keep his hands behind his back at all times while the third player continues to provide the hands for the duration of the scene.
-
Step 2
Set up a scene. This can be a standard scene, or an interview, or an instructional video. Generally speaking, the character with the extra hands should often be placed in a position of some authority or expertise, to make gesticulation easier to work into the scene. Props are entirely optional, but often hilarious when used by the extra-handed character.
-
Step 3
Be sure your two combined players are comfortable with each other. The more comfortable the players are together, the further they can go in terms of doing things like making the combined character pick her teeth, adjust her bra, &c.
-
Step 4
Keep the hands in motion. Once the scene starts, if the combined character is not moving his hands, the game is not adding anything to the scene. Hand motions should not be irrelevant, so be sure that the player controlling the hands moves them in response to what his head is saying.
-
Step 5
The player serving as the torso for someone else's hands needs to pay close attention to what those hands are doing. Her speech should incorporate whatever the hands are doing, not simply saying "Oh, I'm going to point at you now", but saying things like "You there, yes, right there..."
