ABSTRACT
For children, play is about learning and socialisation. As childhood comes to an end, so children put play behind them. But for actors play is something to be returned to and an ability to play is something to be relearned. Everyone should get a chance to instruct the others in a game of their choice. These may be party games, playground games, skipping games, chasing games, circle games, blindfold games, musical games or games of hunting and observation. Memory plays tricks with the rules of the games. Leaders may emerge or groupings may find ways of working cooperatively. Some people may work in tight groups clasped together and gliding like one entity across the space. Others may make crocodile chains, or put the biggest at the front to hide the smallest behind.
