by christophermwalsh | Apr 27, 2009 | Stage Combat
By Mary Shen Barnidge, reprinted from Moulinet: An Action Quarterly – Number One – 2009SHAKESPLOITATION!A punch whose knap follows several seconds after the swing, but several seconds before the receiver registers the impact, establishes at the outset the...
by christophermwalsh | Apr 21, 2009 | Acting, Stage Combat
Another show is in the books. Camp Freedom! closed Sunday after a lengthy workshop and rehearsal process and a seven-week run. It was a rough one. The reviews were decent but not great, and we had a hard time pulling in audiences. We had to cancel a few performances...
by christophermwalsh | Jan 17, 2009 | Stage Combat
My most recent theatre gig was as fight choreographer for Steep Theatre Company’s production of In Arabia We’d All Be Kings, directed by the amazing Joanie Schultz. This is the tenth show Joanie and I have worked on together. (I think I miscounted when I...
by christophermwalsh | Jan 5, 2009 | Stage Combat
About a year and a half ago I and several other local fight choreographers took part in a round-robin interview with Mary Shen Barnidge for an article about disabilities and stage combat. The interview originally appeared in the August 2007 issue of the stage combat...
by christophermwalsh | Dec 1, 2008 | Acting, General Awesomeness, Stage Combat
My sincerest apologies for the lack of posts, but I swear I have a good reason for it: I’ve just been too damn busy. I had just enough time off to enjoy Thanksgiving with the folks up in Michigan. But I am not complaining.The Mark of Zorro just closed last Sunday,...
by christophermwalsh | Nov 6, 2008 | Acting, Stage Combat
This Saturday is the second (and possibly final!) installment of Atomic Nerdery at the Playground. Once again the hour of dork-based comedy features swashbuckling duo The Gentleman Rogues engaging in mortal combat, their fates decided, literally, by the roll of the...
