Swords & Stage Combat Workshop
Date: Saturday 4 July
Time: 8.30am - 12.30pm
Venue: New Farm Park
Facilitator: Dugald Lowis
Ages: 16 - Adult
Cost: $85 (Discount for Vox Members and past workshop participants)
Limited spaces - Bookings essential
What to Expect
Ready to bring the fight to the stage? This dynamic workshop explores the foundations of stage combat, falls, and sword work, equipping performers with the skills to create thrilling, believable action.
A perfect companion to Shakespeare’s text, you'll learn how to craft compelling combat moments in a safe, structured, and collaborative environment.
Schedule
8.30 - Registration & Welcome
9.00am - Warm Up
9.45am - Foundations
KNAPs, selling hits, falls
11.00am - Weaponry
• Knife & sword work
• Blocks & parries
• Fencing forms
12.00pm - Reflection , Questions & Cool Down
Teaching Artist
Dugald Lowis
Dugald Lowis is a theatre maker specialising in Intimacy Coordination & Stage Combat Direction in South East Queensland.
As Actor: Phoenix Ensemble: Bare, All Shook Up, Company, Carrie the Musical; Anywhere Festival: Kill the Canvas, The Crash, Almost Maine; Left of Right Theatre Company: Hedonisms Second Album; Queensland Conservatorium: PASH!, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, The Deepest Deep, Measure for Measure, The Seagull
As Fight Director: PIP Theatre: Homegrown, Deal With It, The Cane; Introspect Theatre: Shakespeare in Love; Phoenix Ensemble: Little Women, Company, Carrie the Musical
As Junior Fight Director: 4MBS Shakespeare Festival: Macbeth; Queensland Conservatorium: The Deepest Deep; Technicolour Theatre Company: Romeo and Juliet; Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble: The Rover; Star Casino: Billy Elliot; Observatory Theatre: Picnic at Hanging Rock
As Intimacy Coordinator: PIP Theatre: Homegrown, Deal With It, The Cane; Introspect Theatre: Shakespeare in Love; Phoenix Ensemble: Little Women
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