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So you want my arts job: Fight Director

Nigel Poulton is an award-winning, internationally renowned fight director, weapon and movement specialist, stunt performer and actor. He shares some of his secrets.

26 Aug 2019

Richard Watts

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Nigel Poulton is an award-winning, internationally renowned fight director, weapon and movement specialist, stunt performer and actor, with expertise in classical, historical and adaptive swordplay, firearms, edged weapon use, kinaesthetic movement processes and combat systems.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts