Hello everyone! Hope your holidays were enjoyable and restful... mine was actually pretty busy, spending time with family and friends and getting caught up on some badly needed house cleaning and crafting! I'm back at work at Original Kids, and we had our first rehearsal for Disney's The Little Mermaid Jr. yesterday! I was really …
Tag: Stage Combat
Treated Like Royalty: Medieval Times and Renaissance Hotel in Toronto
I am a huge Medieval Times fan. I make no bones about it. I love the swordfighting, the horses, the food, the experience, and especially the feeling of having gone back in time to an era of chivalry and romance. (I don't think about the lack of modern plumbing and rampant disease, of course.) Shawn …
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Big news! I’m Fringing next year!
"Congratulations!! You have been successfully drawn in the London Fringe Festival!" I'm so excited to announce that Shrew'd Business will be presenting a new show at the 2013 London Fringe Festival! It's called... [THEY FIGHT!] For those who don't know what a Fringe Festival is, the London Fringe Theatre Festival is a Canadian annual fringe theatre and …
Goblin Tales Fight Choreography
I was asked to do some fight choreography for OKTC's production of Jason Rip's Goblin Tales. It's co-directed by Jim Schaefer and Kathy Gerber, and goes up October 20-27, 2012. In this scene, Mathilde invokes the Devil... and what do they say? "Speak of the Devil and he shall appear!" Or in this case, She shall …
Fights from “Physical Discussions”
Here are the four fight scenes that I performed in for "Physical Discussions" with the Art of Combat at the Access Theatre, New York City, on July 20 and 21, 2012. Titus Andronicus (fight director: Jared Kirby) (final fight scene between Titus, Saturninus, Tamora, Marcus and Lucius set in a Western theme) Goodnight Desdemona/Good Morning …
Kerry Hishon 