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Fight Direction & Stage Combat

Welcome to Rapier Wit, Canada's oldest continuous stage combat school and production company.  Rapier Wit was founded in Toronto, Canada by Daniel Levinson in 1991, and established its first permanent studio in 1996. 

Rapier Wit’s goal is to promote action-motivated theatre and the art of stage combat by training actors, stunt people, directors, and stage management in the art of theatrical violence. We do this through structured and unstructured classes, fight direction and choreography, special workshops, various productions and our comic fight troupe, The Rude Mechanicals.

Stage combat training is a must for performers who want to participate fully in today’s physically challenging theatre, film or television. Rapier Wit offers artists the grounding they need to safely and effectively portray simulated violence, strengthen character choices, develop stronger intentions and, ultimately, to tell the story. We encourage our peers in the artistic community to use Rapier Wit as their stage combat resource.  We are based in Toronto, Canada, but are happy to work throughout Ontario or wherever we may be needed.  If you are looking for a fight instructor, fight director, or choreographer, please don't hesitate to contact us!

Rapier Wit is proud to be a member of TAAS (Toronto Association of Acting Studios).

For more information on TAAS, go to http://www.torontoactingstudios.com.

Events and Classes

at Rapier Wit:

Rapier Wit's PAL Certification/Stage and Screen Firearm Safety Course is happening May 31, June 1 and June 14, 2008. Get in on the action! More info here.

The next Master Monday is June 30 and features guest instructor Dok Stevens.This ain't yer grandma's Open Technique Night...unless yer grandma's workin' on her urban self defense! More info here!

A note on our e-mail address: we have been having issues with spam (the evil variety, not the tasty canned meat variety). Our address has at times been used as a hop point for relay spam, causing it to be blocked by various ISPs. (That wasn't us trying to sell you F4bul0us R3pl1ca W4tch3s, honest.) For this reason we would ask that you add us to your e-mail safe list, especially if you're currently in a class. We have also had to remove direct links to our e-mail from this site, so you'll see our e-mail now written as danielATrapierwitDOTcom, with the caps denoting the at and dot signs. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience related to this!

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