Young Theatre Makers: Stage Combat Workshop Ages 8-10

A full-day workshop for ages 8–10 exploring safe and exciting stage combat techniques, including choreography and physical storytelling.

Young Theatre Makers: Stage Combat Workshop Ages 8-10

Learn how to create fight scenes for the stage in this workshop exploring stage combat. Stage combat focuses on creating the illusion of a fight safely and skillfully for an audience. Across a full day, participants explore choreography, control and communication in a safe, supportive professional environment, learning primary stage combat moves and how performers make fights look realistic on stage.

The workshop will include:

• Energising physical warm up games
• Learning and practising carefully choreographed stage combat sequences
• Exploring combat moves solo and with a partner
• Using movement, reactions, character and performance to tell a story
• Creating and performing stage combat scenes using choreography learnt throughout the day

The workshop is led by Stage Combat Instructor, Fight Director and performer Annie Mackenzie.