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Established in 2005 by Fight and Intimacy Directors Rachel Bown-Williams and Ruth Cooper-Brown, Rc-Annie Ltd is the UK’s leading dramatic violence company. Every aspect of Rc-Annie Ltd has been thoughtfully created and lovingly developed. Rachel and Ruth are passionate and committed to furthering the art of Stage Combat by offering excellent training, creative and innovative Fight Direction/Action Co-ordination and reliable Dramatic Violence solutions for Stage and Screen. Whether they are working on Intimacy direction or epic battle scene they are known for their sensitive and respectful approach.
Both Rachel and Ruth come from performing backgrounds; Rachel having trained as an actress at Rose Bruford College and Ruth as a performer, variety artist and technician. Both were drawn to Stage Combat via performance, training with the British Academy of Dramatic Combat as Teachers and Examiners, both have served on the committee with Ruth as Chairperson for 6 years.
WHO WE ARE
RACHEL CRISTI BOWN-WILLIAMS
Founder, Fight Director, Intimacy Director, Fight Instructor, Examiner
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HEIGHT
5ft 5.5 inches (recurring)
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TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS
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Mental Health First Aider
Understanding Sexual Violence for Artists and Arts Organisations (SARSAS & Contra)
ScreenSkills - Coronavirus basic awareness on production training
British Academy of Dramatic Combat Certified Teacher
BADC Examiner
Black belt Shotokan Karate
Fencing: 5* Epee, Sabre Level 1 coaching: Foil
Intermediate Tactical Knife (AoC)
BA Acting (Rose Bruford School of Speech and Drama)
Tactical Firearms (Primlus Pilus)
UK Rigging For the Entertainment industry
Aerial and Stunt Rigging (Stunt360)
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LICENCES
- UK Driving License, Powered Access Licence for Mobile Boom (3B)
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MEMBERSHIPS
- BADC, Intimacy Practitioners Guild, Equity, WFTV
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WEIGHT AT BIRTH
- 7lbs something
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CHARACTERISTICS
- Tough, cute, loveable and scary
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POWERS
- Flying Volte and Deathstare
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NAVIGATIONAL SKILLS
- Poor, likely to get lost in a classroom, always in a theatre
RUTH COOPER-BROWN
Founder, Fight Director, Intimacy Director, Fight Instructor, Examiner
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HEIGHT
5ft 4 and a half inches
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TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS
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Mental Health First Aider
Understanding Sexual Violence for Artists and Arts Organisations (SARSAS & Contra)
ScreenSkills - Coronavirus Basic Awareness on production training
NSPCC certificate - Safeguarding Children 16-25 England & Wales
Emergency First Aid at work
DBS
British Academy of Dramatic Combat Certified Teacher
BADC Examiner
Preparing to teach in the lifelong learning sector (PTLLS)
BAF Level 1 Fencing coach in foil. Fencing Foil & Epee 5 Star
Tactical Firearms (Primlus Pilus)
Intermediate Tactical Knife (AoC)
Aerial and Stunt Rigging (Stunt360)
UK Rigging For the Entertainment industry
Boxing
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LICENCES
- UK Driving License, Powered Access Licence for Mobile Boom (3B)
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MEMBERSHIPS
- BADC, Intimacy Practitioners Guild, Equity, WFTV
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WEIGHT AT BIRTH
- 7lbs and a bit
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CHARACTERISTICS
- Grey spiked hair, big mouth, loud laugh, big softy... honest
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POWERS
- Gurning and a killer left hook
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NAVIGATIONAL SKILLS
- Good outside buildings, shockingly bad inside
MEET THE REST OF OUR TEAM
VICTORIA JOHN
DETAILS >VICTORIA JOHN
- Rc-Agent and Administrator-
HEIGHT
5ft 6.5 inches -
WEIGHT AT BIRTH
7lbs 6 ounces -
TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS
BA (Hons) Acting (Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama) -
CHARACTERISTICS
Direct and friendly but sometimes fiercer than a dragon! -
LICENCES
UK Driving Licence -
POWERS
Organising the life out of people, making people smile and cry -
MEMBERSHIPS
Equity -
NAVIGATIONAL SKILLS
Excellent - there isn’t anywhere I can’t find
CLAIRE LLEWELLYN
DETAILS >CLAIRE LLEWELLYN
- Associate Fight Instructor-
HEIGHT
5ft 5ins -
WEIGHT AT BIRTH
7lb 13oz -
TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS
Level 3 diploma in Personal Training
British Academy of Dramatic Combat certified Teacher
BA (Hons) Acting (Mountview Academy)
Level 2 First Aid at Work
PTTLS Level 4
Level 1 Fencing Foil
10m swimming badge -
CHARACTERISTICS
Fun, feisty, formidable (but only on the outside) -
LICENCES
Full Clean Driving License -
POWERS
I'm the granddaughter of a Royal Marine -
MEMBERSHIPS
BADC, Equity, CIMPSA -
NAVIGATIONAL SKILLS
I can't tell my left from my right!
BETHAN CLARK
DETAILS >BETHAN CLARK
- Rc-Armourer and Associate Fight Instructor-
HEIGHT
5ft 6 inches -
WEIGHT AT BIRTH
2lbs 7oz -
TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS
British Academy of Dramatic Combat Certified Teacher
BA (Hons) Drama (Exeter Uni)
MA Classical Acting (Drama Centre)
First Aid trained -
CHARACTERISTICS
Friendly, witty, suspicious -
LICENCES
Full UK driving licence -
POWERS
Ostrich Leap, Supreme Provider of Snacks -
MEMBERSHIPS
Equity, BADC -
NAVIGATIONAL SKILLS
Exceptional (a necessary requirement to be Rachel’s Apprentice)
ROBIN HELLIER
DETAILS >ROBIN HELLIER
- Apprentice BADC Stage Combat Teacher-
HEIGHT
5ft 10 inches -
WEIGHT AT BIRTH
7lb 7oz -
TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS
Apprentice BADC Stage Combat Teacher
MA (Hons) Psychology (University of Edinburgh)
LLB Law (University of Edinburgh)
MA Classical and Contemporary Text (Acting) (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland)
Embodied Theatre / Polish Laboratory Physical Theatre
First Aid trained -
CHARACTERISTICS
Serious, scruffy, silly, nerd -
LICENCES
UK driving license, Practical Sailing Competent Crew (RYA) -
POWERS
Can always sense in what direction the nearest biscuits lie -
MEMBERSHIPS
Equity, BADC -
NAVIGATIONAL SKILLS
Adequate, except when in the presence of biscuits
CARLOTTA DE GREGORI
DETAILS >CARLOTTA DE GREGORI
- Apprentice BADC Stage Combat Teacher-
HEIGHT
5ft 7in -
WEIGHT AT BIRTH
3,80 kg (I am European, I don’t understand lbs) -
TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS
Apprentice BADC Stage Combat teacher
MA Acting (Drama Centre)
BA (Hons) Acting (Court Theatre Training Company)
Dancer (Contemporary, Ballet, Floor Work, Modern, Jazz, Period and Ballroom) -
CHARACTERISTICS
Long-legged, resilient, thoughtful and on the nosy side of curious. -
LICENCES
None, with good reason. Once crashed a snowmobile into a tree, nearly drove a golf cart down a ditch -
POWERS
Recognised champion eater in at least two continents. Superb coffee fetcher. -
MEMBERSHIPS
BADC, Equity -
NAVIGATIONAL SKILLS
Awful (Rachel really should have checked before taking me on as Apprentice. We’re screwed).
BAXTER
DETAILS >BAXTER
- The Combat Canine-
HEIGHT
About right -
WEIGHT AT BIRTH
Minuscule -
TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS
First rate attention seeker
Highly skilled in sleeping
Expert stuffed toy killer
Very gifted in the art of subterfuge -
CHARACTERISTICS
Waggle bum! -
LICENCES
To lick -
POWERS
The ability to make everyone go 'ahhhhhh' -
MEMBERSHIPS
Who needs a membership when you got my looks -
NAVIGATIONAL SKILLS
Like a rocket!
RC-ACHIEVEMENTS
- Rc-Annie has been going and growing since 2005
- First and only Fight Directing Duo in the UK
- We working nationally and internationally
- We regularly work with notable theatrical institutions such as Shakespeare's Globe, The RSC, NT, ROH, NTS, Theatre Clwyd, Leeds playhouse, Theatre Royal Bath, Chichester Festival Theatre and more...
- Created safe industry practices for Theatrical Handguns
- Innovative industry training inc UK’s First Aerial Fight courses
- Developed their own high quality, non-staining SBlood fake blood
- We create opportunities for the next generation of Stage Combat teachers
- All our teachers teach at recognised drama schools
- We are investing in emerging and associate Fight Directors
- We have built an extensive stock of 'Fit for Purpose' theatrical weaponry for hire
- We created an Rc-Annie methodology of Dramatic Violence
- The first female BADC Examiner (Rachel Bown-Williams)
- The first female BADC Chairperson (Ruth Cooper-Brown)
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