EmmaClaire Brightlyn

Action Designer, Fight Instructor  

Email: emmaclairebrightlyn@gmail.com

www.spotlight.com/0854-0199-4440                        

MA in Classical and Contemporary Text, Acting - R.S.A.M.D. (2010) 

BFA in Theatre, Acting Specialization - University of Victoria, Canada (2005)

Scottish/Canadian citizenship

Film Fight Direction

BEATS feature film Director Brian Welsh, Sixteen Films

Anna and the Apocalypse feature film Director John McPhail, Blazing Griffin

Lullaby short film Director Liam Bradley, RCS grad film

Haevn or Hele feature film Director Jason Vaugh, Bard’s Pub Productions

A Last Request short film Director Rupert Sansom, PH!X ltd

GlaswAsian Tales series of short films Director Lalitha Rajan, Ankur Productions

Where Do We Go From Here feature film Director John McPhail, Worrying Drake

Bear With Me short film Director Colin Healy, Q Fusion

Instruction

Staff and Session Instructor - Paddy Crean International Workshop - 2019, Banff Canada.

Workshop Leader - Deaf Youth Theatre - stage combat - 2018, 2019, Glasgow.

Intern and Session Instructor - Paddy Crean International Workshop - 2017, Banff, Canada.

Specialist Tutor - Tron 100 Workshop - stage combat - 2016, Glasgow.

Specialist Tutor - Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Short Courses - stage combat - 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 Glasgow.

Guest Instructor – Gilbert Patterson Middle School – stage combat basics - 2011, 2012, 2014, Lethbridge, Canada

Guest Artist - Edinburgh College - stage combat - 2014, Edinburgh.

Workshop Leader – Youth on the Quay Festival – stage combat – 2013, Greenock.

Workshop Leader – National Festival of Youth Theatre – stage combat – 2013, Glenrothes.

Instructor -  Ambassador Theatre Group “Ripple Effect” – stage combat basics – 2012, Glasgow, Scotland.

Assistant Instructor to Tim Klotz, YoungBlood Ltd. - all levels workshop -  2011, London, England.

Instructor – Glenmore Christian Academy basics – 2011, Calgary, Canada.

Assistant Instructor to Tim Klotz – small sword workshop – 2010, Banff, Canada.

Assistant Instructor to Lawrence Carmichael, YoungBlood Ltd. – basic workshop – 2010, Glasgow, Scotland.

Theatre Fight Direction

The Panopticon - 2019 - Director Debbie Hannon - National Theatre of Scotland

Pride and Prejudice (sort of) - 2019 - Director Paul Brotherston - Royal Lyceum Theatre

Crocodile Fever - 2019 - Director Gareth Nicholls - Traverse Theatre

The Browning Version - 2019 - Director Michael Emans - Rapture Theatre

Ulster American (tour remount) - 2019 - Director Gareth Nicholls - Traverse Theatre

Gagarin Way - 2018 - Director Cora Bissett - Dundee Rep Theatre

Twelfth Night - 2018 - Director Wils Wilson - The Royal Lyceum/Bristol Old Vic

Ulster American - 2018 - Director Gareth Nicholls - Traverse Theatre

Motherf**ker With The Hat - 2018 - Director Andy Arnold - Tron Theatre

Richard III - 2018 - Director Lu Kemp - Perth Theatre

Deathtrap - 2018 - Director Johnny McKnight - Dundee Rep Theatre

The Last Bordello - 2018 - Director David Leddy - Fire Exit Theatre

Knives in Hens - 2018 - Director Lu Kemp - Perth Theatre

Cockpit - 2017 - Director Wils Wilson - The Royal Lyceum Theatre

The Oresteia Trilogy (remount for EIF) - 2017 - Director Dominic Hill - Citizen’s Theatre/National Theatre of Scotland

August: Osage County - 2017 - Director Andrew Panton - Dundee Rep Theatre

Queen Lear - 2017 - Director Jennifer Dick - Bard in the Botanics

Measure for Measure - 2017 - Director Gordon Barr - Bard in the Botanics

Taming of the Shrew - 2017 - Director Gordon Barr - Bard in the Botanics

Timon of Athens - 2017 - Director Jennifer Dick - Bard in the Botanics

Dick McWhittington - 2016 - Director Nick Winton - His Magesty’s Theatre

Aladdin - 2016 - Director John Payton - Cymru, Llandudno

Aladdin - 2016 - Director David Fleesham - The Lyceum, Crewe

Rapunzel - 2016 - Director Matt Addicott - Platform

Brigadoon - 2016 - Director Philip Howard - Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

The Lonesome West - 2016 - Director Andy Arnold - Tron Theatre

The Oresteia Trilogy - 2016 - Director Dominic Hill - Citizen’s Theatre/ National Theatre of Scotland

Dance of Death - 2016 - Director Candice Edmunds - Citizen’s Theatre

Peter Pan - 2015 - Director Nick Winston - His Magesty’s Theatre

Jack and the Beanstalk - 2015 - Director Ed Curtis - The Alhambra Theatre

Rapunzel - 2015 - Director Lu Kemp - Citizen’s Theatre

Titus Andronicus - 2015 - Director Stewart Laing - Dundee Rep Theatre

The Straw Chair - 2015 - Director Liz Carruthers - Borderline Theatre

West Side Story - 2015 - Director Andrew Panton - Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Slope - 2014 - Director Stewart Laing - Untitled Projects

Hamlet - 2014 - Director Alasdair Hunter - Bard in the Botanics/Wilderness of Tigers

Ophelia - 2014 - Director Stewart Laing - A Play, a Pie and a Pint

Festen - 2014 - Director Maggie Kinloch - Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

The Libertine - 2014 - Director Dominic Hill - Citizen's Theatre/ Bristol Old Vic

Miss Julie – 2014 – Director Dominic Hill - Citizen’s Theatre  { Fight consultant }  

Dragon – 2013 – Directors Jamie Harrison and Candice Edmunds - National Theatre of Scotland/ Vox Motus

MCBTH – 2013 – Director Alasdair Hunter - University of Cumbria

Macbeth –2013 – Director Rachel O’Riordan - Perth Theatre/ The Tron

The Idiot at the Wall – 2013 – Director Emily Reutlinger - Stoirm Og

I’ll Keep the Light – 2013 – Director Alasdair Hunter - Cardboard Fox Theatre Co

Deadinburgh – 2013 – Director Barra Collins - LASTheatre

Takin’ Over the Asylum – 2013 – Director Mark Thomson - Royal Lyceum/ Citizens Theatre {Fight consultant}

Waiting for Lefty – 2013 – Director Christopher Emms - White Bear Theatre (London)

The Seafarer – 2013 – Director Rachel O’Riordan - Perth Theatre

The Maids – 2013 – Director Stewart Laing - Citizens Theatre

Edinburgh Fringe

          Defunct Pig – 2012 – Director Justyna Mytnik

           My Sister – 2012 – Director Debbie Hannan

Oran Mor, A Play, A Pie, and a Pint

           Private Lives – 2012 – Director Susan Worsfold

New Arts Concerts (touring production in Italy and Germany) {Assistant Fight Director}

           Ben Hur Live! (arena production) – 2011 – Director Philip Wm McKinley

The Arches:

           Dead Man’s Cell Phone – 2011 – Director Stasi Schaeffer

           One Good Beating – 2011 – Director Bill Wright

           Paragon – 2010 – Director Marcus Roche

           Marriage ala Mode – 2010 – Director Stasi Schaeffer

Stage Combat Training        

BADC Advanced Stage Combatant  – Unarmed/Knife, Quarterstaff, Broadsword, Case of Rapier, Small Sword, Sword and Buckler.

SAFDi Basic – Unarmed, Single Sword, Rapier and Dagger.

FDC Basic  – Unarmed, Single Sword, Rapier and Dagger, Quarterstaff.

The Nordic Stage Fight Society Summer Workshop – Advanced Class – 2013

The International Paddy Crean Workshop 2008/09 and 2010/11

With YoungBlood Ltd:

           Shakespeare’s Swords – 2010

           Intro to Contemporary Martial Arts for Screen – 2010

           Case of Rapiers (with Maestros Jacques Cappelle and Jonathan Howell) - 2011

Response

“In my years of working with a wide range of skilled theatre practitioners, it is rare to work with someone who has such a high level of skill, technique and creativity…”  

- Susan Worsfold,

BA Hons (Directing), Royal Conservatoire of Scotland | Director & NGT Accredited Teacher | Associate, Voice Studio International | Associate Teacher, Centre for Voice in Performance, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

“My students were able to learn a number of useful techniques and concepts, and integrated them beautifully into their compositions … I was especially impressed with how [EmmaClaire] balanced individualized coaching in this class of 17, with group instruction.”

- Lisa Doolittle

Professor, Theatre and Dramatic Arts, University of Lethbridge