These three solo mime performance scenes give children a complete beginning, middle and end to act without dialogue. They are longer narrative mimes for children who are ready to sustain a character and imaginary setting.
Three Solo Mime Performance Ideas
1. The Magician
A magician enters, bows and takes off a cape and hat. The magician carefully removes a pair of gloves, throws them into the air and imagines that they turn into flowers. The flowers are smelled, shown to the audience and handed to an assistant.
Next, the magician produces a long handkerchief, shows both sides and imagines producing a dove from it. The dove flies away, returns and is handed to the assistant.
A large imaginary box is brought forward. The assistant enters and the door is closed. The magician brandishes imaginary swords and pushes them through the box, then opens it to reveal the assistant unharmed. Both take a bow.
2. The Driving Lesson
Use two chairs to represent the front seats of a car. A learner gets into the passenger seat by mistake, moves to the driver’s seat and explores the controls. On noticing the rear-view mirror, the learner checks their appearance before remembering the lesson.
The car starts backwards, stops, then jerks forwards. It begins to speed up. The learner panics, the imaginary car crashes, and after checking that everything is all right, the learner dusts themselves down and walks away cheerfully.
3. Stuck Up
Carry a heavy imaginary parcel and wrap it in a large sheet of imaginary brown paper. Reach for sticky tape, but it sticks to your fingers and clothes. Every time you pull it free, another part becomes stuck. Gradually your hands, arms and knees become trapped until you have to hobble off.
More Mime Ideas
For shorter timed challenges, try the one-minute solo mime ideas or two-minute solo mime ideas. For the full collection, visit the Drama Start Mime Hub.
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