Gwillan Butler Milton
Gwillan has done screen and stage combat for the past 10 years and qualified as a teacher in 2024. Alongside teaching he also works as a Special Action Performer and Trainee Stunt Performer.
Recent credits include: Luther Fallen Sun, Witcher, My Lady Jane, Culprits and Black Doves.
Kaitlin Howard
Kaitlin is an award winning Actress, Director, Stage Combat Instructor and Examiner with The APC and one of only three women on the Equity Register of Fight Directors.
With over 20 years experience in the industry, she is currently resident Stage Combat Teacher for the School of Theatre at Manchester Metropolitan University. In addition to this she has had the pleasure of teaching and assisting on many courses and at some of the UK's top drama schools as well as running workshops and courses of her own for actor training bodies, theatre companies, schools and junior stage schools.
Mark Middleton
Mark graduated as a Stage Combat Instructor in 2012. Since then he has taught regularly for West End Workshops, and has taught exam courses at Northampton University and Oxford School of Drama.
Tom Jordan
Tom is an RSC Associate Practitioner, experienced Instructor and Vice Chairman of the APC. He has taught for Theatre Royal Bath, The Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham and St. Davids Hall, Cardiff among many other establishments. He is also the lecturer in Stage Combat at the University of Gloucestershire, and runs several exam courses in the South West.
Lisa Connell
Lisa trained as an actor at The Guildford School of Acting. After which she began training to become a stage combat teacher and now works on behalf of The Academy of Performance Combat teaching regularly at Guildford School of Acting, Northampton University and PPA (Performance Preparation Academy).