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MASTER AT ARMS

Leading Fight Choreographers and Stage Combat Instructors

Built around the experience and expertise of our members, ‘Master At Arms’ offers a respected and recognisable platform through which its members can work, continue to train, and develop new ideas alongside others industry professionals.

‘Master At Arms’ offers a wide range of services; alongside choreographing and co-ordinating violence and action for stage and screen, we also teach across many platforms and institutes.

Theatre, Feature Films, Television, Music Videos, Live Events, Commercials, Video Games, Animation and everything in between – our team regularly work with many well known companies throughout the UK.

COVID : All of our Practitioners have successfully passed the ‘APA COVID-19 Shooting Guidelines Assessment Test’. You can find details on our response to the COVID-19 situation by clicking here.

ABOUT US

‘Master At Arms’ was founded on the principles of recognising individual standards of professionalism and excellence. Its founding members sought each other out on the foundation of respect and recognition of the array of experience individually forged over many years in the theatre, film & television industry.

Our aim: to establish a group of like-minded, respectable, industry professionals – encouraging both the individual and the organisation to flourish whilst focusing on the ever growing practice of 21st Century Stage Combat performance.

You can find out more about the practitioners which make up ‘Master At Arms’ on our Practitioners page, along with individual contact details.

Academy, Society, Guild? We looked to history for inspiration, traditionally the Master-at-Arms was ‘the officer in charge of physical training.’

The fight scenes are beautifully choreographed

TIME OUT
High quality training for a modern industry

DR CHRIS MAIN – DIRECTOR, EAST 15 ACTING SCHOOL
Splendidly directed

ELAINE PINKUS – UK THEATRE NETWORK
Highly skilled, professional, approachable

PAUL AINSWORTH – ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, THE MARLOWE THEATRE