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Fight Choreography   Live Action Performances   Specialist Workshops

Rachel C Bown-Williams  

Rachel C Bown-Williams

Rachel has a fighting history! At the tender age of 8 she began her instruction in Shotokan Karate. After attaining a 1st Dan Black Belt she trained as an Actress at Rose Bruford College. She was then apprenticed as a Fight Assistant and gained her BADC qualified Teacher status.
Rachel works as a Fight Teacher, Choreographer and Performer. With experience spanning Film and Theatre, Rachel is passionate about fighting and its potential not only to teach discipline but also to thrill and delight audiences

     
Ruth Cooper-Brown  

Ruth Cooper-Brown

Ruth has had a wide and varied career to date. First training in Theatre she began her fighting career 17 years ago as Maid Marian in Historical Entertainment. An invaluable experience, which introduced her to the tricks of the trade through a world of knockabout, illusion and circus side show. All this combined with working back stage in theatre and onstage as an actress has informed, and still influences her present work as a Fight Teacher, Fight Co-ordinator and member of the BADC committee.

Action Performers   S'Blood FX   BADC Qualifications

Rc-Annie’s Work

Rc-Annie is a Fight Company comprised of two Fight Arrangers and teachers Rachel Bown-Williams and Ruth Cooper-Brown. We choreograph fights for Stage and Screen, provide trained fighters, stand ins and Mo Cap artists. We also train performers and teach BADC affiliated qualification courses.

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RACHEL’S USA RAMPAGE

      

Wow. I've had a fantastic 10 weeks in North America. I was completely overwhelmed by the generosity extended to me from the people I was visiting. The practitioners I met opened their homes, classes, rehearsal rooms and minds to me, I am eternally grateful to  everyone I met i North America especially Allen Suddeth, Lloyd Caldwell, Dan Levinson and the guys at Rapier Wit, John Lennox, Michelle Ladd, Dale Girard, Bob Goodwin David Woolley, Babes with Blades, Dom and Jess Green and Richard Gilbert. I have learnt so much and can't wait to incorporate this into my own work and development. I have many ideas of things I want to explore I will be using the fighting form classes on a Monday night to start this process.
Come and play see below for details.

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THE STAGE

Recently Ruth was asked to create a guide for the use of Theatrical Handguns for the Stage Management Assoc which then led to them writing an article for the

The Stage newspaper featuring Rc-Annie. To read the article click on the following link below

Stage Handgun Article

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What Rc-Annie has been doing since its inception in October 2005

     We have been busy with a mix of professional, independent and educational projects. We have worked for several prominent London and Welsh Theatres such as The Garrick Theatre, The RSC at the Hampstead Theatre, Theatre Clywd, The Bush Theatre, The Roundhouse, Wales Millennium Centre - The Weston Studios, Trafalgar Studios, The Sherman Theatre, The Barbican, The Donmar, and The Shaw Theatre in varying roles from weapons and effects advisors to action choreographers. We have worked on the following notable films to be released in 2010, the musical ‘Summertime’ with Tornado Films and ‘Half Hearted’ Fortune Films & Ascension Productions also the music video ‘Spaceman’ will be premiered at ‘Cannes in a Van’ this year. The Internet Release Fan Film ‘The Hunt for Gollum’ has now been downloaded by over 2 million viewers!

Our Corporate work includes Alton Towers the Pirates of Mutiny Bay and Swashbuckling aboard the Golden Hinde on London’s Southbank.

 

“Particularly impressive is the main battle scene - there are hardly any of those awkward moments where enemies politely queue up to be slaughtered which one often sees in big budget productions. Instead we get something which, for all its limitations, feels visceral and real, the final one-on-one encounter being particularly ugly. This film delivers real thrills…”

Eye for Film, The Hunt for Gollum review

STAGE COMPANY/THEATRE DIRECTOR
2010    
She Stoops to Conquer Brockley Jack Theatre Kate Bannister
Pirates Polka Theatre Jonathan Lloyd
Careful What you Wish For  Blue Mountain Joseph Charles
All The Fun of The Fair  Alan Darlow/Garrick Theatre  David Gilmore
TAPE Old Red Lion Julia Stubbs
Alchemist Rosemary Branch Theatre Scarlett Plouviez Comnas
Fighting Brockley Jack Theatre Kate Bannister
Dunsinane (archery consultant)  RSC/ Hampstead Roxana Silbert
Innocence Arcola/KP Productions Helena Kaut-Howson
Never Fear Love Velvet Ensemble/ Wales Mill’cent’ Sarah Bickerton
     
2009    
This Wide Night  Clean Break Lucy Morrison
Suddenlossofdignity.com The Bush Theatre Anthea Williams
Much Ado About Nothing Embassy Theatre Ben Naylor
The Contingency Plan Bush Theatre Mike Longhurst
Painting a Wall Finborough Theatre Titus Halder
Stovepipe The Bush and The National  Mike Longhurst
‘Spaceman’ Music Video  Summer Holiday Vikki Psarias
Gut Girls  Velvet Ensemble Amy Bonsall
Macbeth Embassy Studio Theatre  Martin Wylde
Norfolk Rose Bart Lee Theatre Bart lee
Into The Woods Baltimore USA  
Butchers Dozen    10 in a Bed  Mike Shephard
King Lear  Embassy Theatre Spencer Butler
Arabian Nights Arden Paul Jaynes/Mitchell
Henry IV Part 1 Embassy Studio Theatre Ben Naylor
The Meek Arden Helen Parry
The Sea  Arden Robert
Guilty Blue Mountain Joseph Charles
Romeo & Juliet Saga Theatre Mark Oldknow
Agamemnon Haberdashers’ Aske’s Carole McIlwain
Caesar Instant Classics David Cottis
     
2008    
Chorus Of Disapproval Clwyd Theatr Cymru Terry Hands
Jane Eyre Brockley Jack Theatre Kate Bannister
Turf The Bush Theatre Anthea Williams
2000 Feet Away The Bush Theatre Josie Rourke
In My Name Trafalgar Studios Kevin Watt
Pirates of Mutiny Bay Alton Towers Daniel Wood
Macbeth Eton College Hailz Osbourne
Romeo & Juliet Principle Theatre Paul Gladwin
The Ghost of Jerry Bundler  SAVVY Company Sheree Vickers
Scarlet Pimpernel Cambridge Suzanne Emerson
Richard III Instant Classics David Cottis
     
2007    
Great Expectations  Brockley Jack Theatre Kate Bannister
Twelfth Night Principle Theatre Co Paul Gladwin
Peter Pan Deptford Festival Norman Murray
Black Slap & Sequins Landor Theatre Robert McWhir
Charlie & Henry Good Stuff Productions/Hampstead Jason Lawson
Neville’s Island  Yeller Skunk Rhys McClelland
A Fool’s License  Rc-Annie Limited R&R
Stolen Landor Theatre Barbara Siman
Road Fer’vant Cameron Jack
Hound of the Baskervilles Brockley Jack Theatre Kate Bannister
     
2006    
Romeo & Juliet Fer’vant  Cameron Jack
King Lear Culturcated Theatre Co Jen Lunn
Of Mice and Men Shaw Theatre/ Fervant Mike Bernardin
Playhouse Creatures Gatehouse Theatre Alexander Holt
A Violent History Rc-Annie Limited R&R
One Flew Over Cuckoos Nest Fer’vant Cameron Jack
Othello Tight Fit Mark Oldknow
     
2005    
Love Loyalty Union Theatre Ben Bibbings
A Clockwork Orange Fer’vant Cameron Jack
Train spotting Fer’vant Cameron Jack

                                                                        

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FILM COMPANY DIRECTOR
2010    
Pride of Wade Ellison NFTS Sean Branigan
Bump CSSD Film Actors Smita Bhide
Sucker CSSD Film Actors George Milton
Boundless Edwin Aldridge Independant
The Tower UZONG Films Conscian Morgan
We May be Shadows  Hanover Pictures  Paul Dudbridge
     
2009    
Summertime Tornado Films Maxine Evans
Forest of Fear Superteam Productions Ian Patterson
Half Hearted Fortune Films & Ascension Productions Max McGill
     
2008    
Lundon UZONG Films Conscian Morgan
Cock Of the North CSSD Film Actors MA George Milton
Born of Hope Actors at Work Kate Madison
Hunt for Gollum Ind’ Online Cinema Chris Bouchard
Fight Reel Rc-Annie Limited R&R
     
2007    
Siren LFS Brandon Osterman
     
2006    
(Mo cap) Poseidon Warner brothers Wolfgan Petersen
Gracie 23 Films Jane Foster
EMP   Joaquim Barreto
Hamlet Zed Resistor Alexander Fordor
Twilight Palpable Productions Brandon Osterman
Bandit King Red Dragon Prod Gareth Harfoot
Product Recall  Palpable Productions Brandon Osterman
More To Life  UCCA Jonathan Grff
Nurture Palpable Productions Brandon Osterman
     
2005    
Nobody the Great Arawak Films Kara Miller
Project Alpha 9889 D code Digital Samuel Martin
My Best Mate Independant Charles Buckingham
     
     
     
     

      

TEACHING

Rc-Annie Limited runs weekly ongoing evening and drop in classes and at least two intensive courses a year.

DRAMA SCHOOLS that Rachel and Ruth regularly teach at
Central School of Speech and Drama, Cygnet Theatre School, East 15, Redroofs Theatre School, Performers College Essex, Bird College Sidcup and The Roundhouse.

And as guest tutors at
LIPA (Intensive Course) The Arden Manchester, ALRA (Summer School) Arts Educational (Intensive Course) The Academy Theatre School, Charlton Performing Arts College, Drama Centre London, Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, North West Academy of the Arts, Tiffany Theatre College, University of the Arts, Yale Wrexham

SPECIALIST COURSES
Ariel Combat, Fight Directing, Handguns, Swashbuckling, Breakables, Blood.

We collaborate with some of most reputable international practitioners of their field to create highly innovative and ground breaking courses for the Stage Combat industry.

RC Annie - Rachel & Ruth