Just Add Ad-lib!

Adlibbing is a skill central to the Helen O’ Grady curriculum.

We teach our students the art of adlibbing - which is making up sentences or lines on the spot as they go. Mastering this skill brings about new levels of creativity as students have the opportunity to think fast.

Here is a video of our Lower Primary students at our Melkbosstrand studio, showing off their wonderful adlibbing skills in their introductory activities.

Practising this skill also builds confidence and self-belief as they deliver their presentations naturally.

Each lesson begins with introductory activities that see students take on various characters in an array of situations testing and practising this vital skill.

Adlib skills are also incorporated into our Whole Class Improvs where students once again put to practise this art that has made the difference for so many international performers. During this activity students combine learning lines and scripts with the impromptu inserts of ad lib.

Adlibbing is taught from the Kindy level and sustained throughout the age groups including Lower and Upper Primary as well and Youth Theatre.

Students at Atlantic Beach College really getting into their Introductory Activities, using those all important adlibbing skills!