Artistic Staff

From IOSP

• PEPPE ÖSTENSSON, Artistic Director (SWEDEN)
  As Founder and President of Nordic Stage Fight Society, Swedish-born Peppe has worked as a teacher, actor and fight choreographer for theatre, television and film throughout Scandinavia. Beside founding the International Nordic Stage Fight Summer program in 1992, he has taught at a number of stage fight workshops in Estonia, Canada and USA , and was made Honorary Fight Master by Fight Directors, Canada in 2001. His credits include choreographing for The National Theatre in Norway and Malmbaletten in Sweden.
  Email: postenssen@iosp.org
• SCOTT WITT, Associate Artistic Director (AUSTRALIA)
  Scott is the President of the Society of Australian Fight Directors, Honorary Member of the British Academy of Dramatic Combat and an Honorary Fight Director of Fight Directors, Canada. Scott has worked in stage, television and film since 1984, acting and fight directing for Queensland Theatre Company, La Boite Theatre, Zen Zen Zo, State Theatre South Australia, Bell Shakespeare, Queensland Performing Arts Trust, Opera Queensland, ABC TV and many independent and short films. Festival performances that Scott has directed have toured Queensland, Northern Territory, South Australia, Hong Kong, and he has served as Associate Director for the Queensland Theatre Company. A recipient of two Arts Queensland Grants for the further development of Stage Combat and Fight Direction, Scott is completing his Masters in Fine Art at Queensland University of Technology in Stage Combat and Fight Direction.
  Email: switt@iosp.org