The Duelling Dames

Women Owned & Operated

Comedy & Swordfighting

Live Theater & sword fighting workshops.

The Dames teach history with hilarity, astound with swordfighting skills, and are daring enough to bring audience members onstage.

Female empowerment? Yes! Anti bullying? We’ve got it! Workshops that disseminate violence in the media? Only the Dames do that!

Best.
Birthday.
Ever.

Swordfighting Workshops

Learn to Wield a Sword
Ages 8+
The essential introduction to swordplay for actors. Learn techniques from a master Fight Director. Improve physical clarity onstage, and connect stage combat to acting intent and emotion.

Stage Combat is a codified art form that once learnt, makes it easy to choreograph and work with fight directors around the world.

Teens/Adults we can accommodate real swords for up to 10 participants at a time. For foam swords, we can accommodate 20 participants at a time.

"In this #me2 movement, why would you NOT hire female fight directors? A lot of actors I know, male and female, have had traumatic experiences with stage combat before. Thanks for teaching me there is another way".
-PARTICIPANT, PortFringe workshop.

The Dames have Duelled at...

Tahoe Renaissance Faire
SEAWAY MALL
Walnut Library
Folsom Renaissance Faire
Guelph Creativity Picnic
YMCA of the Rockies
Stronghold Renaissance Faire
PortFringe
Lady of the Lakes Renaissance Faire
MONTALVO
Long Beach Pirate Invasion
Big Bear Pirate Faire
LKTYP
Santa Monica Playhouse
California City Renaissance Faire
Steve and Kates Camps
HUMBER COLLEGE School of Comedy
Belleville Library
Dwight Library
Arroyo Grande Libraries
Baysville Library
Petrolia Library
Thedford Lilbrary
Sarnia Library
Bright's Grove Library
Picton Library
Stouffville Library
Napanee Library
Alviston Library
Sante Fe Springs Library
Sweetwater County Libraries
Tahoe Forest Suites
Lambton Shores Public Library System
...and many other libraries!

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Live Family Theater

The
Duelling Dames
All ages
35 minute show, plus a meet & greet.

The Quinquagenarian Queen and the Puerile Princess argue...about everything. The Queen believes rulers should be like a sword: Possessing strong hilts. The Princess believes a sharp tip, representing youth, is a better metaphor.

Fighting over how to fight, these loveable characters bring knights onstage, whom they train for minutes and minutes...for a battle that is a hilarious as it is real, for there are no winners.
A delightful tale that both excites families about history while teaching anti violence strategies

Tech requirements:
Minimum playing area of 20x30with a 10" ceiling height

Unarmed Workshops

Learn the magic of stage combat!
Ages 4+
Learn to kick, punch, and slap without getting hurt. The Dame reveals the secrets to the illusion of stage combat, instructs choreography notation, and provides the confidence to create original fights.
Stage combat teaches discipline, co-operation, conflict/resolution, theatrical concepts, and how to disseminate violence in the media.
Stage Combat workshops connect with students whom are typically difficult to reach.

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