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I have been working on a couple of the final year showings at LAMDA, Arcadia and The Talented Mr Ripley.
The action is not particularly involved, one is really doing the job of Fight Director, where one is directing the scene from the perspective of the characters. You are looking at who the character is, the context of the situation and then guiding them to find their way through it.
It is always interesting to see who functions well when it comes to this aspects. People who have been quite skilful with the more technical requirements of stage combat may not get this. Others who maybe were less apt in the training might well find they "get it" now.

So here we are

Fight Night went very well. 73 Fighters in 34 scenes, sounds a lot but each half ran at an hour or less. The Lyric Hammersmith was as good as full.

The next day at  the exam 85 people were being examined at levels 1, 3 and Specialisation.
Jonathan Howell was the examiner and we had an enjoyable day, everyone passed with generally very good grades.

New weapons and combinations were tried out and generally made a good show.

So that's the big drive over for another year. Summer schools start next week.