Demo squad
Specialist Performers
The SSCS is available for specialist performances at private, public and corporate events. We have a squad of talented combatants, both male and female, skilled in various weapons and fighting styles. Whether it is theme or original the SSCS can provide a performance suitable to your needs. To enquire about using any members of the demo squad please email info@sydneystagecombat.com
Kyle Rowling
Kyle Rowling is a
professional Actor, Director, Weapons Master and Fight Director. He has
twenty-five years experience in various Martial Arts including Chinese
and Japanese styles and has been working as a Fight Director for over a
decade. In that time he has trained, choreographed and performed Stage
Combat for STC, Opera Australia, Ensemble Theatre, Belvoir St, Marion
St, Bell Shakespeare, the David Atkins Group, Sydney Shakespeare Globe
and many more. He also teaches and choreographs regularly at most of
Sydney’s top acting institution including NIDA, VCA, the Actors College
of Theatre and Television, the Actors Centre Australia and The
Australian Theatre for Young People.
Kyle’s Stage Combat and
performance skills have also secured him work in many theatre and film
productions including Star Wars EP II and III as Christopher Lee’s fight double, Eric Bana’s personal weapons trainer for Troy, fight director and performer for the 2000 production of Pan at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre and the 2001 New York tour of STC's The White Devil.
To contact Kyle click kyle@sydneystagecombat.com.
Lawrence Carmichael
Lawrence currently resides in the UK, however his commitment to Stage Combat and his contributions to the SSCS will never be forgotten. Thanks Mate, we miss you.
Actor, Singer, Fight Director. As a performer, Lawrence has worked
professionally with a wide range of companies including QTC, National
Stage Co., Strut & Fret, CUT Theatre & Harlos Productions. As
Fight Director, Lawrence is fully qualified by the 'Society of
Australian Fight Directors' with over 8 years experience in stage
combat, excelling in most weapon styles as well as unarmed &
slapstick.
Lawrence has taught and choreographed for many theatre &
film companies including Sydney Theatre Company, Ensemble Theatre Co.,
David Atkins Productions, Opera Australia, NIDA, Theatre Nepean, The
Australian Institute Of Music, CUT, Harlos, Blackdog & After Glow
Prod. Lawrence is also a respected acting coach, having taught
for various institutes as well as running his own successful acting
studio.
Patricia Cotter
Patricia is a
professional actor, whose passion together with her combat training and
drama teaching, is the 'classics'. Having played most of Shakespeare's
gutsiest women, such as Juliet, Ophelia, Rosalind and many more for
the Shakespeare by the Sea Company; she has also toured for two years with the Bell Shakespeare Company, on their production of The Comedy of Errors and for their Actors At Work program. Recently she has played nurse Ally on All Saints, and a bare-knuckled fighting Russian terrorist for the ABC's Double the Fist.
She is proficient in Rapier & Dagger, Quarterstaff, unarmed combat,
broadsword etc. She is also a competent Harness Flyer (as
performed in Pan at the Capitol Theatre as Wendy Darling.) She is currently performing as Thaisa in Cut Theatre's Queen Lere.
Michael Pentecost
Michael Pentecost has been a professional actor for the past 20-something years and has been involved in stage combat for pretty much all that time. He originally trained under the legendary John Waller in London, before crossing swords with Lawrence Carmichael in a Sydney production of King Lear several years ago and learning about the Sydney Stage Combat School. He is currently an Advanced stage combatant.
Nicole Verhoeven
Nicole graduated from UWS Theatre Nepean in 2003. A semester of unarmed combat in her second year of University led her to the SSCS. She received her Basic Certificate in June 2004 and her Intermediate in February 2005. She is now versed in the art of unarmed, rapier and dagger, single sword, sword and buckler and her favorites, quarter staff and French small sword. As a tutor at MYT, she is directing her first full length production Peter Pan. She is currently training for her Advanced Certificate and looks forward to once again ‘beating up the boys’. She is currently understudying Trish Cotter as Thaisa in Cut Theatre's production of Queen Lere.
Clive Hobson
Deciding to merge his passion for fencing and theatre, Clive Hobson began his stage combat training with the BASSC in London . After moving to Sydney in late 2004, he jumped at the opportunity to continue his studies with the Sydney Stage Combat School , his sights now firmly set on attaining his Advanced certification.
His theatre credits include roles in such diverse shows as Return to the Forbidden Planet, 7 Brides for 7 Brothers, West Side Story, Singing in the Rain, Crazy for you and Les Miserables.
Blake Wells
Blake Wells is currently in his final year of training at The Actors College of Theatre and Television. During his second year of study Blake was introduced to stage combat and since then has never looked back. Receiving his Basic Certificate late 2004, he went on to complete the Intermediate Certificate in February 2005. Blake is competent in Unarmed, Rapier and Dagger, Single Sword, Quarterstaff, Sword and Buckler and what is quickly becoming his favorite French Small Sword. Blake was fight captain for his college's recent production of Vinegar Tom, and is currently in training for his Advanced Certificate.
