Drama Game: Waiter plate

Age: 7 to adult

Players: Individuals/whole class

Time: 10 minutes

Skills: Ice-breaker, mime and movement, warm up

A fun and effective physical warm-up that involves juggling imaginary plates like a waiter

Everybody stands in a circle. Discuss how waiters need to be super-skilled to carry dishes across a restaurant. In this game, everyone is a waiter. Now show them the special Waiter Plate sequence: Hold an imaginary plate out to your side, turn it in towards your body, keep it turning in the same direction until your hand rises above you, still with the palm towards the ceiling. You will need to bend your body to allow this. Continue turning the ‘plate’ round – keeping it flat – and bring it back to the starting position. (For a short video demonstrating this, go to https://geni.us/waiter-plate.)