Two beautiful days crafting medieval bedlam with the good folks of @titfortatcircus 🤹♀️🎪
I feel very lucky to have been welcomed into a creative space with such warmth, humour, physical attention to detail and well studied irreverence ⚔️❤️🔥
Wielding, wanging and juggling more weapons than would fit in a clown car, this promises to be one heck of a show. See it on the streets of the UK this summer! ☀️🤡
#dramaticcombat #neverfightaclown
BADC STANDARD LEVEL at @cragpitstudios ⚔️❤️🔥👊
Last week saw the successful completion of the second @badc_uk residential course at Crag Pit Studios!
Participants shared a week living, eating and training together, working intensively on rapier and unarmed dramatic combat… along with chill out time and some trips to the seaside 🏡🌊
Enthusiastic and committed students gathered from across the UK and Europe, bringing a gorgeous multitude of practices into the mix: screen performance, physical theatre, historical reenactment and musical theatre 🌍🎭
Huge thanks to @rosannamallinson for creating the incredible training space, and for being such a welcoming host. Massive kudos to @katesketchley for being an awesome teaching assistant, and all of the appreciation to @combatclairefights for running the performance exam and workshop 🙌🙏
My heart is full of gratitude for these best of times shared with the best of humans.
Onwards to more courses (and inevitable victory)!
Photo credit to the incomparable @flowie8a
#dramaticcombat #actortraining #fightperformer
If you listen carefully you can hear the sounds of clashing swords from the barn, the perfect breakfast soundtrack.
The BADC Rapier and unarmed combat course at cragpit studios has begun! #fightweek #combat #badc #workshop #theatre #swordfighting #breakfast #actorslife #artistsinresidence
Can't wait to see the final product.
Hugely greatful to be part of this team. Too many amazing people to tag but I'll give it a go.
#motioncapture
#actorslife
#performancecapture
#wefewsurvivors2
🚨 Final few spaces left - last chance to sign up! 🚨
⚔️👊 Residential BADC Standard: Sword & Unarmed
Develop your dramatic combat abilities to the next level on this intensive training retreat. This is your heroic training montage!
🗓️ 8 days of classes in swordplay and unarmed dramatic combat: gain performance skills for stage, screen and motion capture.
Dates: 27th March - 3rd April 2026
🏡 This catered, residential course takes place in a beautiful country house. Eat, sleep and breathe your training time - without commute time - then have the proper downtime to compliment it.
Location: Aldeburgh, England
🎟️ Private or shared room available.
🤝 Sign up with a friend and share a room for a discount.
🔗 Full details and signup via link in bio!
@badc_uk
#dramaticcombat #actortraining #fightperformer
The Billionaire Inside Your Head @hampstead_theatre
September to October 2025
Always a dream to work with Anna @annaledwich
Fights and Intimacy in close up, thrust staging demands total commitment and execution of some of the most challenging techniques we use to craft physical stories. The cast utterly smashed it!
Cast: Allison McKenzie, Nathan Clarke, Ashley Margolis
@nafeclarke@ashley_margolis
Director Anna Ledwich
Writer Will Lord @lordguil Designer Janet bird Lighting Designer James Whiteside
Sounder Designer Max Pappenheim
Fight & Intimacy Director Bethan Clark
Associate Fight & Intimacy Director Robin Hellier
Stage Manager Em Cox @emcox02
Production Manager Sean Laing
Costume Supervisor – JD Newman Turner
Celebrating two shows from Autumn 2025 - a classic and a new write!
Collaboration and creativity were in abundance!
First up was a bold and brilliant version of Lord of the Flies @chichesterft
This ensemble of actors were delicious to work with under the glorious guidance of Anthony Lau.
We created and crafted some impactful, meaty, expansive and inventive violence.
Piggy Alfie Jallow @alfie.jallow
Jack Tucker St. Ivany @tuckerstivany
Ralph Sheyi Cole @sheyicxle
Simon Ali Hadji-Heshmati @alihadjiheshmati
Eric Bertie Hawes @_bertiehawes_
Bill Riley Woodford @riley432__
Maurice Hiroki Berrecloth @hirokiberrecloth
Roger Cal O’Driscoll @calodriscoll
Henry Nevil Patel
Perceval Ruben Reuter @rubenreuter28
Sam Ethan Rouse
Parachutist/Naval Officer Jonathan Savage
Director Anthony Lau @anthonycylau Designer Georgia Lowe Lighting Designer Matt Daw Music & Sound Designer Giles Thomas Movement Director Aline David
Fight & Intimacy Director Bethan Clark Musical Director Chris Poon
Voice & Dialect Coach Tess Dignan
Assistant Director Nathanael Campbell Casting Director Jacob Sparrow Associate Fight & Intimacy Director Robin Hellier Costume Supervisor Loz Tait
Assistant Costume Supervisor Luke Abbot Wigs, Hair & Make-Up Supervisor Beau Brett Props Supervisor Kate Margretts Props Associate Zoë Wilson Production Manager Chris Hay Company Stage Manager Linda Fitzpatrick Deputy Stage Manager Lorna Seymour Assistant Stage Manager Elsa Gear Assistant Stage Manager Zoë Lyndon-Smith
🚨 Start a new year, gain new dramatic combat skills! Only £100 deposit required to secure your space.
⚔️👊 Residential BADC Standard: Sword & Unarmed
Develop your dramatic combat abilities to the next level on this intensive training retreat. This is your heroic training montage!
🗓️ 8 days of classes in swordplay and unarmed dramatic combat: gain performance skills for stage, screen and motion capture.
Dates: 27th March - 3rd April 2026
🏡 This catered, residential course takes place in a beautiful country house. Eat, sleep and breathe your training time - without commute time - then have the proper downtime to compliment it.
Location: Aldeburgh, England
🤝 Sign up with a friend and share a room for a discount.
🎟️ Early bird prices available until January 31st 2026.
🔗 Full details and signup via link in bio!
@badc_uk
#dramaticcombat #actortraining #fightperformer
L’INCORONAZIONE DI POPPEA at @hgopera@jacksons_lane
This autumn I had the great pleasure of providing Fight & Intimacy support to Hampstead Garden Opera’s production of ‘The Crowning of Poppea’.
Charting the rise to power of a Roman Emperor’s mistress, this double-cast telenovela drama brought blood, romance, betrayal and passion by the bucketful ❤️🗡️🩸👑
Winner: Assessors’ Choice Award by @offwestendcom
“Gusto, panache and joyous sense of fun, this raunchy production will remain in the memory for quite some time.”
- Ham & High, ****
Creative team:
Director: @smashpears
Music Director & Conductor: Seb Gillot
Set Designer: Sorcha Corcoran
Costume Designer: @alice_carroll4
Lighting Designer: Sofia Alexiadou
Stage Manager: @zoe.navarre
Ast Director & Language Coach: @valeriaperboni
Production Manager: @thomas_quine
Fight & Intimacy: @hellier.robin
Photo credit: @julianguideraphotography
#fightandintimacydirector #dramaticcombat #hgopera
