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Rc-Annie Limited
Rc-Annie Limited is a UK based dramatic violence company. They provide Fight Directors, Fight Teachers and train fight performers. Performers are schooled in stage combat techniques for theatre and film, through BADC (British Academy of Dramatic Combat)certification courses and their own specialist workshops.

One of Rc-Annie’s training objectives is to create training opportunities in specialist performance fight skills not readily available in the UK, such as Aerial (wire work) and Theatrical Handgun workshops. To this end they collaborate with and host international practitioners in the UK. A branch of Rc-Annie called 'Horde' is a small fight performance group.

History
The company was established in 2005 by Rachel Bown-Williams and Ruth Cooper-Brown, who had met previously while pursuing their teacher training and early work in Stage Combat. Both work as Fight Teachers at Drama schools such as Central School of Speech and Drama, Cygnet Theatre Training School and ALRA.

Today
Ruth Cooper-Brown is currently the Chair, and Rachel is the Training Officer of the BADC. Their recent work on theatre shows include 'Bruised' at Clwyd Theatre Cymru and the 'Snow Queen' for the Unicorn Theatre. Recent films include Plan B’s debut Brit Movie ‘iLL Manors’ and British horror movie ‘The Seasoning House’ starring Sean Pertwee.

"Congratulations to fight directors, Rachel Bown-Williams and Ruth Cooper-Brown for working visual wonders with all those fencing bouts, and to the cast for making them look so convincing in this entertaining show". Susan Elkin, The Stage (8 April 2011)

"Bouncy, boisterous and brutal, this is children’s theatre at its best. Rosamunde Hutt’s lively production is full of swash and buckle, without glossing over the darker side of the story which gives it its heart – the fight scenes steal the show: fight directors Rachel Bown-Williams and Ruth Cooper-Brown have done a fine job. Up, down and every which way around Christopher Fauld’s split-level set, the fights gallop about which the requisite spectacular rescues and near misses". Review by Eleanor Turney, A Younger Theatre (April 2011)

“Particularly impressive is the main battle scene - there are hardly any of those awkward moments where enemies politely queue up to be slaughtered which one often sees in big budget productions. Instead we get something which, for all its limitations, feels visceral and real, the final one-on-one encounter being particularly ugly. This film delivers real thrills…” Eye for Film, The Hunt fro Gollum reviewed by Jennie Kermode.