Performance Combat: A Taste of Trickery

Come and learn the stage combat secrets, tips and tricks!

Find out how we fool an audience into believing fights on the stage. In this introductory taster session get to grips with how to convincingly portray violence in performance.

This sessions is for ages 10 - 13. The later session at 2pm is for ages 14 - 17.

Please note this is a 'drop and go' session, so parents are not required to stay. We have a wonderful café on site if you'd like to grab a coffee and a bite to eat during your child's session.

About the workshop facilitator, Becca Osborne:

Becca Osborne started her stage combat journey back in 2018 and began her teaching journey in 2022. An experienced stage combat performer and actor combatant, Becca is trained in numerous disciplines from unarmed to axe and shield to rapiers. A core member of the teaching team at Rebel Action, Becca has also spent time assisting at the Royal Shakespeare Company, LAMDA and Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Becca has been working closely with local creative bodies such as Rag and Bone Arts, and has helped to guide a plethora of students from their first taste of combat to daring fight scenes and everything in between. Her teaching style is patient, empathetic, and encouraging; she is committed to helping each student as an individual to grow and achieve.