About Marcello
Marcello is a professional actor/fight director and a registered BADC (British Academy of Dramatic Combat) combat instructor and examiner offering fight direction, workshops and training to Film, Opera, TV and Stage companies. He has been the fight master at several established drama schools in London for the last 30 years.
He has worked around the country in venues such as The RSC, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, The Royal Albert Hall, Covent Garden Opera House, the West End, Glyndebourne Opera House to mention but a few. He has also worked around Europe at theatres and Opera Houses in Spain, Italy, Norway and the Czech Republic. He has had the pleasure of working with some of the worlds best fight directors and weapons experts such as Mike Loades, Ric Sordelet, Richard Ryan and William Hobbs to name but a few.
Services
Action choreography for film, TV and stage to suit all your needs and budget.
Whether it is just a slap and push, an intricate sword duel or a battle scene involving dozens of warriors, everything and anything is possible. BADC certification workshops from foundation to advanced level, fighting for camera and workshops available for actors needing to train for an audition or film role.
Reviews
'Finally a man-to-man combat with sticks and kicks, vividly choreographed by Marcello Marascalchi, brings the tragedy to a cliffhanging climax.'
Androcles and the Lion - The Stage (John Thaxter)
'Plus, special mention to fight director Marcello Marascalchi: The fight scenes are awesome.'
Macbeth (Online Review)
'In hand-to-hand combat using staves, tricks and kicks, thrillingly choreographed by fight director Marcello Marascalchi.'
Macbeth - British Theatre Review (John Thaxter)
'I strongly recommend his work on the strengths of his innate theatricality in creating fight scenes mixed with his utmost attention to safety. It is a pleasure to work with him and I can only give his work fine praise.'
Francesca Zambello - Director
'A menacingly real riot.'
Bad Girls - The Musical, Evening Standard, Nicholas de Jongh
'A word should also go to Fight Director Marcello Marascalchi whose evident skills provide a well-paced and precise choreography, ending in a hunting tableaux.'
Macbeth - British Theatre Review (Sandra Giorgetti)
'Throughout, Marcello proved an invaluable resource to the company and managed to choreograph exciting set-pieces that delighted the audience. What impressed the most was his consistently professional approach and focus on safety.'
-Tarek Iskander - Director
'Finally a man-to-man combat with sticks and kicks, vividly choreographed by Marcello Marascalchi, brings the tragedy to a cliffhanging climax.'
Androcles and the Lion - The Stage (John Thaxter)
'Plus, special mention to fight director Marcello Marascalchi: The fight scenes are awesome.'
Macbeth (Online Review)
'In hand-to-hand combat using staves, tricks and kicks, thrillingly choreographed by fight director Marcello Marascalchi.'
Macbeth - British Theatre Review (John Thaxter)
'I strongly recommend his work on the strengths of his innate theatricality in creating fight scenes mixed with his utmost attention to safety. It is a pleasure to work with him and I can only give his work fine praise.'
Francesca Zambello - Director
CV
Over 30 years, Marcello has directed fights for film, TV and theatre.
Nationality: British/Italian
Height 5 ft 8 in
Hair: Salt and Pepper
Eyes: Green
British Academy of Dramatic Combat Master Teacher and Examiner since 1995
Diploma in Drama at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts
5* Fencing Diploma (epee, sabre and foil)
Level 1 British Fencing Association Coaching Certificate
St. John’s Ambulance First Aid qualification
Institute of Environmental Health and Safety certificate
Full Equity Member
E-15 Drama School 1999
School for the Science of Acting 1993
Drama Centre (deputy to William Hobbs 1997)
Teacher at Mountview since 2012
Rosebruford College 2005-2021
ALRA since 1992 until 2016
Central School of Speech and Drama (deputy to Nick Hall)
Fight Arranger / Assistant
Covent Garden Opera House since 1997 assistant in over 10 productions including: Simon Bocanegra, Billy Bud, Tales of Hoffman, The Rosenkavalier, Romeo and Juliet, Aida, De Mastersingers of Nuremburg, Capelleti and Montechi, Forza Del Destino.
Glyndebourne Festival Opera: Otello directed by Sir Peter Hall, Julio Cesare directed by David Mcvicar, as assistant to Nick Hall
'Romeo and Juliet' a film version for Iambic Productions starring Roberto Alagna and Angela Gheorghiu
Recent Credits:
2018 Of Mice and Men UK Tour, Selladoor Productions
2018 Flora and The Red Menace Mountview
2018 Mother Teresa is Dead Mountview
2018 Bad Jews Mountview
2018 As You Like It Mountview
2017 The Producers Bernie Grants Theatre
2017 Guy and Dolls Bernie Grants Theatre
2017 Macbeth Rose Theatre
2017 The Cherry Orchard Rose Theatre
2016 Hamlet The Busey Building Peckham
2016 Blue Stockings Karmel Club
2015 The Crucible Rose Theatre
2015 When We Were Women Orange Tree Theatre
2015 Death and The Maiden English Theatre of Frankfurt
2014 Warriors Philmcompany Productions
2014 The Ring Cycle The Scoop
2013 Spend Spend Spend Mountview
2013 The Libertine Mountview
2013 Othello Busey Building Peckham
2012 Days of Significance Unicorn Theatre/Rose Bruford
2012 Harrigans Nick Tall Tree Pictures
2011 Inteview With A Hitman Scanner Rhodes Productions
2011 The Man Inside Scanner-Rhodes Productions
2010 Jungle Book ALRA
2010 Bad Girls - The Musical MTA
2010 True Stories - Gladiators Blink Productions
2010 Arden of Faversham Rose, South Bank
2010 Love and the Nightingale Unicorn Theatre,London
2009 Romeo and Juliet Oxford Shakespeare Company
2009 Macbeth Faction Theatre Company
2008 Liberty The Globe, London
2008 The Empire Builders The Pleasance, London
2008 Worlds End Trafalgar Studios, London
2008 Dangerous Liasons Greenwich Theatre, London
2007 How to Kill a Giant Unicorn Theatre, London
2007 Otzi's Story Farrwest Films - National Geographic
2007 Macbeth Disciple Spearean Interactive
2007 Bad Girls - The Musical Garrick Theatre, West End
2007 Cyrano De Bergerac Valencia Opera House with Placido Domingo
2007 Accidental Death of an Anarchist Tarik Iskander, Hackney Empire
2006 Party at the Palace - Queens 80th Celebrations Buckingham Palace
2006 Show Boat Royal Albert Hall
2006 David Copperfield ALRA
2006 Erpingham Camp ALRA
2006 Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens The Venue, Leicester Square
2006 Macbeth Teatro Tecnics, Camden
2005 Children of Hercules
2005 Treasure Island
2004 Androlces and the Lion The Steam Factory
2004 Life and Death in Rome Shine Productions/Sky TV
2004 The Quest BBC TV / Blue Peter
2004 Bella and the Boys BBC TV / Century Films
Instructional Videos / Documentaries
Blow-by-Blow Guide to Renaissance Duelling
Running Wolf Productions
Archery: It's History and' Forms
Running Wolf Productions
Crusades
BBC Documentaries - Alan Erera and Terry Jones
Gladiators
BBC Documentaries - Alan Erera and Terry Jones
Duels of Honour
Discovery Channel - Mike Loades
Weapons that Made Britain
Lion TV / Channel 4 - Mike Loades
Life and Death in Rome
Shine Productions - Mike Ibegi
True Stories - Gladiator
Blink Productions
Extensive experience in all forms of combat, horse riding, archery, and acrobatics.
Championship springboard diver and swimmer.
Experienced skier (water and snow), skating (ice and blades).
Rental Shop
Sword and prop rental available at very competitive prices.
Belts, hangers, baldricks, gloves.
Shields, bucklers, swords of various styles and periods, quarterstaffs and wasters.
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