MELBOURNE
27th April to 1st May 2026
FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT: A 5-Day Intensive in action, movement and performance. Sharpen your craft and get agency in the room with essential work for stage, screen and motion capture.
With leading Australian Fight and Movement Director, Lyndall Grant.
What Is it?
This intensive course is a focused training week for actors who want to own their performance.
Stage and screen combat training isn’t just about learning choreography or fighting forms, it’s about allowing you to make bold physical choices – especially in high-stakes scenes. The pressures of performing physical conflict can expose gaps in acting faster than text ever will, and the audience can always feel when an actor is hesitant or untruthful. In our work we need frameworks that support our physical instincts and sell the story. And for this, we need space to learn the skills, techniques and practice that underpins them.
This unique intensive course gives you that space to reconnect with your body as a performance tool and feel confident in any physical moment on stage or screen.
You’ll dive right into a range of sword work, unarmed combat, knives, blunt objects, ‘improvised’ weapons, falls, tumbles, acting technique – embodying key safety principles, performance applications, movement psychology, and dynamic physical storytelling. While exploring these direct skills, the training will also strengthen your performance clarity, commitment, and presence – in ways directors, casting teams, and collaborators notice. When your choices and reactions read as ‘real’, your work stands out.
What to expect.
We will be working across a range of weapon systems, genres, styles, and performance contexts — so that your skills are adaptable across the unpredictable reality of professional practice. By the end of the week you will:
- Expand your physical scope — in everything from subtle contact to high-impact sequences.
- Sharpen performance reliability
- Expand your casting range
- Refresh your practice with space to learn and uninterrupted focus
- Network with professional fight directors and actors who are active across the industry.
When is it?
Monday 27th April to Friday 1st May 2026
10:00am to 6:00pm
Where is it?
Dancehouse Carlton
150 Princes St., Carlton North, 3054
Who is it for?
This intensive is designed for actors who want to expand their craft — not just check a box. We welcome emerging actors and experienced performers alike.
Actors who benefit most will:
- be working professionally or aspiring toward consistent professional engagement
- want to sharpen existing skills
- apply training as a creative investment
- find satisfaction in committed work
We are prioritise safe and accessible learning spaces, so please have a chat to us if you have any questions.
How much is it?
- EARLY BIRD: $665 +GST (closes 15th Feb 2026)
- CONCESSION: $685 +GST
- STANDARD: $715 +GST
Places are strictly limited – early registration is recommended.
How to register.
Click the link above to secure your spot. Your registration is confirmed on receipt of your 50% deposit. Full payment details and your tax invoice will be emailed to you within 2 business days – if you don’t hear from us check your junk mail then get in touch.
Please note that we’re not able to reserve your workshop place without a deposit payment. Your spot is only fully confirmed on receipt on full payment, and any payments made are nonrefundable.
meet the team
Meet your tutors
Lyndall Grant (she/her): TUTOR
Lyndall is a Fight Director, Movement Director, actor and Motion Capture Specialist who works in Australia and Internationally for stage and screen.
Josh Bell (he/him): ASSISTANT TUTOR
Josh Bell is an associate fight director for Captivate, actor and theatre-maker based in Melbourne.