Siobhan Richardson
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Siobhan Richardson is an award-winning actor/fighter/singer/dancer, an internationally-recognized Fight Director, and an Intimacy Director (a pioneer in this specialty). Her work has been seen on some of Canada’s most renowned stages, and her teaching career has spanned Canada, USA and Europe.
Along with her continuous work in universities and in professional development programs as an educator and fight/intimacy director, Siobhan has recently received an Arts Response Initiative grant (Ontario Arts Council) to bring her unique approach to stage combat to Ontario and the world, through online lessons for skills development and maintenance. https://joyfulworkspaces.teachable.com
Acting credits: Clown 2 (The 39 Steps, St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival), (Hippolyta/Titania (A (Musical) Midsummer Night’s Dream, Driftwood Theatre), Maid/Antinous/Oracle (The Penelopiad, The Grand Theatre, London), Gabriella (Boeing, Boeing, Upper Canada Playhouse), Jessica/Julia (The Last Resort, Stirling Festival Theatre) and the short films You’re Never Alone (Thought for Food Productions) and Battlers (Blue Flame Collective).
Selected fight and intimacy direction: Orphans for the Czar (Crow’s Theatre), Room (Grand Theatre, Mirvish), Sex, Getting Married, The Russian Play (Shaw); Phaedra’s Love, Othello (Stratford Festival); Betrayal (Soulpepper); Trout Stanley (Tarragon Theatre)
Instagram: @fighteractress
