Grammalot

Grammalot is the language used when Commedia actors are in a foreign country where they do not speak the language of the native audience. It is a string of made-up words and syllables-- gibberish, basically-- that is put together to sound similar to the native language but is totally nonsensical and made up.

Sometimes they would throw in random actual words from the native land to help establish a plot line.

We played around with this in a fun activity during class today. :D :D
We got to get onstage and improv a scene using only gibberish and a few choice words to help get the point across. I chose the words

FOOT

BLISTER

POP

to help tell the story. :) :)