ABSTRACT
This chapter reviews by asking the audience for suggestions before each scene is the only method some groups know, but it pushes Theatresports towards 'light entertainment', and can result in shows in which there isn't one scene that the players actually want to be in. Suggestions are overused, and are responsible for scenes that are dead at the starting gate, and they are used as an excuse for failure. Self-revelation should be at the heart of improvising, but suggestions offer a way to hide the performers' true identities. 'Tickling a moose in shark-infested custard while licking food-stamps' will create utter rubbish, but it involves zero risk that anyone's secret self will be exposed. A player becomes an 'auctioneer' and gets the spectators to 'bid' for a scene, checking with the other players to see whether any suggestion inspires them.
