CREATING ACTING GAMES TO IMPROVE ACTING SKILLS

Abstract

            This research work on creating acting games to improve acting skills is a creative research, the purpose of which is to create acting games to improve acting skills. The target group included thirty 3rd-year students of Performing Arts Department of Theatre Arts, Faculty of Arts, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University during the period of 4 months (August-November 2018).
The findings revealed that creating acting games to improve acting skills could be done in 5 forms of activity: 1) physical activity, 2) concentration activity, 3) imagination activity, 4) improvisation and role playing activity and 5) belief activity. The criteria for creating acting games were to 1) improve students’ acting skills, 2) create enjoyment during learning, 3) create students’ participation, 4) be suitable for a specific group of students and 5) allow students to apply knowledge in the actual performance.