What Are You Doing?
Player A mimes an activity. Player B asks 'What are you doing?' - Player A names a completely different activity, which Player B must immediately begin miming. The pace keeps increasing.
About
What Are You Doing? is a fast-paced physical warm-up that trains the ability to commit to an action before the mind has time to evaluate it. The game creates a constant split between what the body is doing and what the mouth is saying, which is both physically demanding and reliably funny.
How to Play
- 1
Player A begins miming a clear, specific activity (e.g. brushing their teeth, conducting an orchestra).
- 2
Player B approaches and asks: 'What are you doing?'
- 3
Player A names a completely different activity from the one they are actually miming (e.g. 'Climbing a mountain').
- 4
Player B must immediately begin miming the named activity. Player A stops.
- 5
Player A now asks 'What are you doing?' and the cycle continues. Keep increasing speed.
Variations
- -Circle format: the question travels around the circle. Group format: everyone mimes together and the whole group switches simultaneously when a new activity is named.