BLACKBIRD
Writer: David Harrower
Director: David Grindley
Set and Costume Designer : Jonathan Fensom
Lighting Designer: Jason Taylor
Sound Designer: Gregory Clarke
Fight Director: Paul Benzing

Paul Benzing
Fight Director

Paul has arranged fights for numerous companies over the years with the likes of Kevin Spacey (National Anthems),  William H. Macy (American Buffalo),  Diana Rigg (Mother Courage),  Ken Stott (Princes Play), Ian McDiarmid  (Bond’s Lear),  Christopher Cazenove (Richard II),  Mathew Kelly (12th Night),  Darren Day (Great Expectations), Steve Coogan (Blue Remembered Hills), Gene Wilder (Laughter on the 32nd Floor),  Paul Rhys (Hamlet),  Sarah Crow (Black Comedy & Having a Ball), Jenny Seagrove and Anthony Andrews (Vertigo),  Richard Briers (Spike), Johnny Vegas (Earpingham Camp),  Cathy Tyson & Toyah Willcox (The Shaggaround) ,  Corin Redgrave (No Mans Land),  Samantha Janus (Earth and Sky), Zoë Wanamaker (His Girl Friday), David Soul & Janie Dee (Mack & Mabel),  Damien Lewis (Pillar Of The Community).

Paul recently directed the fights for The Three Musketeers at Basingstoke, Journeys End at The Comedy Theatre, Hamlet at The Nuffield Theatre Southampton, This Story Of Yours at The New End Hampstead, Excuses for ATC,  National Anthems at The Old Vic, Edward Bonds Lear at The Crucible Theatre Sheffield, a recent tour of Twelfth NightManchester Passion for the BBC, Son Of Man and Our Friends In The North for Northern Stage, The Country Wife and The Sea for The Theatre Royal Haymarket, Statement Of Regret at The National and Troilus and Cressida for Cheek By Jowl.

 


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