Sword & Scoundrel

Sword & Scoundrel Stage Combat Workshops/courses/Fight Choreography/performances by Duncan Woodruff & Martyn August.
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New for the Sword&Scoundrel Summer course!⚔️🎭🏴‍☠️🎭⚔️ This year's advanced theme for the summer course is PIRATES!if you'...
11/06/2026

New for the Sword&Scoundrel Summer course!

⚔️🎭🏴‍☠️🎭⚔️

This year's advanced theme for the summer course is PIRATES!

if you're new to stage combat, standard runs the golden three - Rapier & Companion, Single Sword, and Unarmed!

If you're able to do advanced, we're putting a boarding party together! - Group Mixed Weapons, Sabre, and Knife and rope - all within the style of the scurvy knaves of the high seas!

Qualifications recognised by Equity and Spotlight, accredited by ACTT Stage Combat

Join us for a summer of staffs as we run our course at the Deal!8-10th of June⚔️Standard - Staff⚔️ Intermediate - Quart...
25/05/2026

Join us for a summer of staffs as we run our course at the Deal!

8-10th of June

⚔️Standard - Staff
⚔️ Intermediate - QuarterStaff
⚔️Advanced - Bo

All examined and qualified by
Equity and spotlight recognised!

The summer course with our first Pirate Themed advanced course!!A week-long residential course in the Junior Kings schoo...
13/05/2026

The summer course with our first Pirate Themed advanced course!!

A week-long residential course in the Junior Kings school, entirely at our disposal! 3 meals a day, combat 9-5, evening workshops and games, and exams by and recognised by and !

20-24th of July (arrive 19th depart 25th)

Join us me hearties!!! ☠️⚔️🎭

Duncan: I thought to myself, who would be so subversive and cruel to label this after a course? Was it Martyn??No, of co...
25/04/2026

Duncan: I thought to myself, who would be so subversive and cruel to label this after a course? Was it Martyn??

No, of course, it was our hire to production of Dick Whittington, Shrewsbury!

What a wally I felt!

🛡️🗡️🎭⚔️🎭🗡️🛡️Swash! - That's our Spring Course at the Astor complete! A great set of results for our remarkable actors!Co...
22/04/2026

🛡️🗡️🎭⚔️🎭🗡️🛡️

Swash! - That's our Spring Course at the Astor complete! A great set of results for our remarkable actors!

Congratulations to Scoundrel Instructors and and assistant .fighter

Thanks to our maestro examiner Nick Hall,

And to our newly qualified performers!

🥇Standard Broadsword for

Aston Rodberg
Anaïs Stein
Gareth Griffiths
Adam Brown

🥈Intermediate Arming Sword for

Dominic Lamb

🥉Advanced Arming Sword for

James Hill

🏆 Specialist Arming Sword for

Natasja Schaafsma

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Keep an eye out for the next course! And if you want three weapons in one week, join us on the summer course 2026!

🎭⚔️ www.swordandscoundrel.co.uk ⚔️🎭

Next up, Arming Sword! ⚔️🎭Join us from the 13-15th of April for our Broadsword/Arming Sword course - available at Standa...
16/03/2026

Next up, Arming Sword! ⚔️🎭

Join us from the 13-15th of April for our Broadsword/Arming Sword course - available at Standard, intermediate, and Advanced levels.

If you're looking to increase your skills in Theatrical Combat, this is definitely a core weapon for you to pick!

Accredited by The Actors Combat Theatrical Training examination board, and recognised by Equity🎭 & Spotlight 🎭

Book now to avoid disappointment, at

🔗https://www.swordandscoundrel.co.uk/event-details/spring-course-broadsword


All new weekly classes!! In our new London base at the kind agreement of on Thursdays!4-6pm, beginning 5th of March 202...
24/02/2026

All new weekly classes!!

In our new London base at the kind agreement of on Thursdays!

4-6pm, beginning 5th of March 2026.

£20 a session or discounted subscription available.

A different weapon each month.

This month, the Broad Sword!


If you search the website you'll find it...but something absolutely wicked this way comes!
23/02/2026

If you search the website you'll find it...but something absolutely wicked this way comes!

Join us in Feb for our Baton course!Fighting with sticks? We'll teach you to give them a damn good thrashing!📍 🗓️16-18th...
23/01/2026

Join us in Feb for our Baton course!

Fighting with sticks? We'll teach you to give them a damn good thrashing!

📍

🗓️16-18th February 2026

⚔️ Standard: Baton
⚔️ Intermediate: Baton
⚔️ Advanced: K**a

Find our course at www.swordandscoundrel.co.uk

🛡️🗡️🎭⚔️🎭🗡️Huzzah! - That's our Winter Course in collaboration with JackofallBlades, "The Course in the North" at the an...
23/01/2026

🛡️🗡️🎭⚔️🎭🗡️Huzzah! - That's our Winter Course in collaboration with JackofallBlades, "The Course in the North" at the and complete! A great set of results for our energetic actors!

Congratulations to Scoundrel Instructors and and trainee Teacher .movement.corner

Thanks to our maestro examiner Philip Stafford,

And to our newly qualified performers!

🥇Standard Single Sword for

Robert Winterburn
Joe Caslingmiddleton.actor



Finlay Cundy
Elizabeth Race
Ephemeris Cookson
David Balcer-Whittle
Anita Balcer-Whittle

🥈Intermediate Smallsword for

Gerald Panesu
India Knights
Dominic Lamb
Erin Hatfield
Sunny Heald

🥉Advanced Smallsword for


Neo Giddings
Jack Saxby
Jasmine Hinshelwood
Natasja Schaafsma
James Hill
Dan Wigmore
Lee Downes

🥇Standard Baton for

Finlay Cundy
lizzie.r.race
Ephemeris Cookson

Anita Balcer-Whittle

🥈Intermediate Axe for



business.goose

🥉Advanced Polearm for
gfighter

hill97





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Keep an eye out for the next course! And if you want three weapons in one week, join us on the summer course 2026!

🎭⚔️ www.swordandscoundrel.co.uk ⚔️🎭

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