27th August 2025 - 29th August 2025
Stage Combat School
3 day course - 27th-29th August
Accredited by The Academy of Performance Combat
Includes Studio Tour experience and Dining Experience upon completion
£200 per person
Limited to 14 places
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What is Stage Combat?
Stage Combat is an essential skill in todays theatre, from creating complex fights with weapons or understanding how to safely fall, it would require the actor to understand their body and how to best perform a move to help build confidence and to keep the audience excited in the moment.
In classes we look at a variety of different weapons, from unarmed combat, to knife and swords, creating choreography that is both exciting to perform and to watch.
The Academy of Performance Combat (APC)
The Academy of Performance Combat is an exam body recognised by Equity with Stage Combat Instructors and Fight Directors working all over the UK & Ireland. As part of an intensive course, you will be examined by an examiner from the APC where you will receive Equity recognised qualifications that you can take out in the professional world.
Instructor - Philip Rafferty (RAFF COMBAT)
Philip Rafferty (RAFF COMBAT), a Stage Combat Instructor and Fight Director, specialising in theatre violence and teaching actors techniques on how to perform safely and effectively.
A member of the Academy of Performance Combat, Philip's work has led him to work with Rose Bruford College based in Belfast. Philip has also worked with theatres across Ireland such as The Lyric Theatre and Fight Directing for their shows, Good Vibrations (Grand Opera House) & Beauty Queen of Leanne (Lyric Theatre)
Studio Tour and Dining Experience
Experience the Game of Thrones Studio Tour on the first day of your course. Upon completion of the 3-day workshop you can enjoy a special dining experience for all participants located in our studio restaurant "The Mess Hall".
