Macbeth

Playing Shakespeare with Deutsche Bank

Fight Director

  • What does a fight director do?

    Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - 11:15

    The key responsibility of the fight director is to create all the action that happens on stage and in Macbeth there’s rather a lot of action! To start...
  • How and why do characters fight in the play?

    Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 11:22

    Fights tend to happen when words run out, when you become so frustrated or so angry that you can’t express yourself with words, and you resort to phys...
  • What is it like to direct fights on the Globe stage?

    Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 11:30

    One of the nice things about the Globe stage is actually the setting – having the audience on three sides, on the ground and also going up into the...
  • How do you ensure that stage fights are safe?

    Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 11:35

    Before you start you have to give the general health and safety bit: to say, “Look guys, these are steel blades”, or “these are aluminium blades, or...
  • How did you get in to fight directing?

    Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 11:38

    I went to drama school, I wanted to be an actress and part of your training is in stage fighting and I was spotted quite early as being somewhat unusu...