Joshua Bell is a Melbourne-based fight director, fitness and movement trainer with a deep commitment to safe, compelling, and collaborative storytelling through stage combat. Under the mentorship of Lyndall Grant, he serves as an associate fight director with Captivate Action and has been a proud member of the Society of Australian Fight Directors since 2018.
Josh regularly choreographs and consults on stage violence for theatre productions across Melbourne, collaborating closely with directors and performers to create dynamic, emotionally resonant fight sequences that serve the unique world of each production. His work spans a wide range of styles, from classical swordplay to contemporary physical conflict, with recent credits including The Boys in the Band at Chapel off Chapel, The Effect with Et Tu Theatre Company, and Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Twelfth Night and The Whale with Melbourne Shakespeare Company.
An experienced educator, Josh teaches stage combat across public workshops, schools, universities, and training institutions including Captivate Action, NIDA Open, National Theatre Drama School, VCASS and Collarts. His approach emphasizes safety, storytelling, and empowering performers of all experience levels to feel confident in their movement.
Josh is a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts (Theatre Practice, Honours) and a member of the 2016 Acting Company. He is also a qualified personal trainer and fitness instructor, bringing a strong foundation in physical conditioning to his work in movement and performance.
Joshua Bell
Fight Director. Movement Specialist. Personal Trainer.
Formal Qualifications
BFA (Honours) in Theatre Practice
Cert III and IV in Fitness
AUSactive Registered Exercise Professional
Recent work
fight direction
2026
Beauty and the Beast - NEXUS Bendigo Youth Theatre
The Supposed To Be - Footscray Community Arts, Jewel Box Performances, RISING
Never Closer - Patalog Theatre Co.
The Storm Queen - Offworld Entertainment [Upcoming Release]
Release - Cinema Viscera [Upcoming Release]
2025
An Ideal Son -ADFilms [Upcoming Release]
As You Like It - Melbourne Shakespeare Company
Othello - Melbourne Shakespeare Company [Fight Consultant]
Ulster American - Et Tu Theatre, Bellingen
The Boys in the Band - James Terry Collective
2024
Macbeth (an Undoing) - Malthouse Theatre [Associate to Fight Choreographer Lyndall Grant]
Ilarun: The Cutting Comb - Amarantha Robinson & Quiet Riot
Twelfth Night - Melbourne Shakespeare Company
The Whale - Melbourne Shakespeare Company
The Hall - Bullet Heart Club
The Effect - Et Tu Theatre Company
Hamlet - Melbourne Shakespeare Company
The Chapel, the Fire and the Dead Cat - Dreamhouse Theatre Company
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) - Slay Theatre
Romeo & Juliet - Hart Theatre Company, St Leonard’s College
2023
Julius Caesar - Melbourne Shakespeare Company
Powder Room - Powder Room Productions, MC Showroom
Romeo & Juliet - National Theatre Drama School [Assistant to Fight Choreographer Lyndall Grant]
Crocodile Fever - TART. Theatre Collective, Motley Bauhaus
Romeo & Juliet - Australian Shakespeare Company [Associate to Scott Jackson]
2022
Gundog - Three Fates Theatre
Point8six - La Mama [Assistant to Fight Choreographer Felicity Steel]
The View From Up Here - The Voice in My Hands, Theatreworks
A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Melbourne Shakespeare Company
Apparitions - Cinema Viscera
2021
3 O’Clock Flagpole - Dreamhouse Theatre Company
Cloud 9 - Victorian College of the Arts
Yerma - Dionysus Theatre
Everyone is Famous - Riot Stage Theatre
The Cane - Red Stitch Theatre
1800-Real-Talk - The Human Voice Project, Periscope Productions
2019
Stockholm - Et Tu Theatre
Tusk Tusk - Petalog Theatre Co.
Monkey - Dreamhouse Theatre Company