Fancy being the next Michelle Yeoh?
Limber up for our BFI Art of Action interactive stunt workshops led by an experienced stunt performer, KA-POW!
Ever wondered how filmmakers make their fights just so realistic? Or how stunt people manage to get up time and time again after taking brutal looking falls?
Then this is the workshop for you.
Film and stage combat is fun. It is a non competitive, incredibly safe and sociable physical activity. This workshop encourages people to work together in teams, building trust and leadership skills, as well as communication and creative thinking.
Inspired by the upcoming screening of Polite Society at Blackpool Film Festival , you will learn all the most fun and gory techniques such as safe kicks to the groin, eye gouges, strangles and good old fashioned upper cuts. The session concludes with a talk from a trained stunt professional and an open Q&A covering body burns, car crashes, stair falls and the exciting world of stage combat and stunts.
Tickets: £5
What you need (on the day)
Who’s it for?
Why is it for women and non-binary people?
There is currently an under-representation of women and non-binary people working in action film. This workshop is a friendly introduction so that we can understand the work of women in this area and enable more performers to enter the industry.
Access & getting here
If you have additional access needs, please let us know by emailing (using the contact organiser button/link) or sending us an SMS text/WhatsApp message on 07957 602790.
Blackpool Film Festival and Aunty Social are celebrating the ‘art’ of action with film screenings and workshops profiling underrepresented voices and the history of stuntwork via female and global majority stars, women directors and stuntwomen. Workshop attendees will receive a discount code for:
BFI Art of Action: Polite Society (2023) + Q&A: Sugar, Spice and Getting in Fights
2pm, Sunday 3 November 2024 at the Backlot Cinema, Blackpool.
Celebrate the women of action cinema with a screening of action-packed satirical comedy, Polite Society followed by a Q&A panel hosted by Reclaim Blackpool.
About the Workshop leader
For over ten years Squire Stage Combat has been working across the UK with students of all ages. They provide workshops within schools, universities and for private theatre groups. They also continue to work within the entertainment industry providing stunt coordination and fight direction for professional clients within theatre, opera, film and television.
@squirestagecombat
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