Cabaret

Cabaret is a performance game where one or more players become cabaret singers. The twist: the setting isn't a fancy venue. It's an unusual, everyday location the audience suggests. Players sing — improvised or adapted — and chat with the crowd between numbers. Both the songs and the patter should blend classic cabaret flair with the details of that odd location. Mix up your styles, tempos, and emotions, and keep the audience right there with you.

• Pick one or more players to be the cabaret singers.
• Get a suggestion for an unusual, everyday location.
• Put on a cabaret — sing songs and talk between them.
• Blend the cabaret style with details of the suggested place.
• Keep the audience engaged.
• Vary your song styles, tempos, and emotions.

• Nothing required (you'll want a location suggestion). Simple staging like a stool or chair helps, and a musician is a nice touch — or just mime one.

• Can have multiple singers.
• Can include other characters from the environment.