About Castle Wall
Castle Wall Productions is a theatrical combat troupe specializing in live-steel entertainment, portraying many characters, fictional and historical, based in 1194 AD England. We perform several different types of shows, including themed faires, weddings, and various other social functions. Our shows can be performed in a variety of venues, whether indoors, outdoors, on grass, pavement, or stage. The show itself typically runs between 15 minutes to one hour in length, and can be supplimented by various "extras", including a behind the scenes look at our show, a complete "in-character" tournament, and various street fights and complex interactions between the characters, and with the audience. Operating in full capacity, Castle Wall Productions maintains wandering characters throughout a given venue, interacting with both the patrons, and each other, and features three shows, each approximately an hour long, that comprise Prince John's Grand Coronation Tournament. Our mainstay show portrays is a mix of several legends, books, and films, with characters not only from popular fantasy, but also real historical figures, and a few original additions. The central story is the age-old fight between the outlaw Robin Hood and the notorious Sherrif of Nottingham, including such characters as the Lady Marion, the dark Ranora, Black Knight, Little John, Guy of Gisbourne, and Alan-a-Dale. In addition, the story of Ivanhoe and his arch-nemesis Brian de Bois Gilbert unfolds as the two struggle over Lady Rowena and Lady Rebecca. Many other characters wage their own personal battles, as their alliegances to the Norman or Saxon sides become apparent. Good and Evil lock in mortal combat, in the no-holds-barred battle that is Castle Wall Productions. We also regularly  perform a Demonstration  show which showcases  a "behind the scenes" look at the fighting techniques and procedures that we use to put together our shows, all in an interactive question and answer setting. Castle wall also does a Fantasy show which showcases our members talents  and creativity  in character creation all while focusing on the sword play our audiences have come to love.
Castle Wall's History
Castle Wall was founded by Samantha Cone in 1992 in Florida as an alternative to the Living Chess Tourament performed at many of the major fairs at the time. Samantha went about gathering a group of like minded individuals able to swing 10lb swords at each other and in November of 1992 they performed at their first fair. In 1993 Samantha moved to Colorado and started up Castle Wall once again.  The group performed at the Wyoming Renaissance Fair and a number of similar events before disbanding in 1998.  Although the Castle Wall perfomance group was no longer togther, it was still alive as Castlewall Coffee, a coffee house and small performance arena based in Aurora Colorado. Eventually the coffee house was sold, and in late 2000 Castle Wall Productions was reborn, with lighter swords (6-8 lbs) and a short sword and dagger routine developed by Samantha and her daughter Rayne. Samantha brought together the best and brightest of potential sword fighters and actors to form a tight-knit performance group. The group has performed for schools, the Boulder Shakespeare Festival, the Sioux Falls Renaissance Festival. Castle Wall has also worked with the Celtic community, performing at the Kiowa, Sterling, and Highlands Ranch Celtic Festivals.  Castle Wall has a strong community relationship, performing for Magic Moments, The Boy Scouts of America, and other community groups. In 2004 Samantha handed over the reigns of Castle Wall to her Vice President of four years, Eric Medved. She has moved on to other pursuits, feeling confident that her "baby" had grown up and could move on without her. The future of Castle Wall include performances at the OPUS Literary Arts Festival, Elizabeth Celtic Faire, Highlands Ranch Scottish Games, FAMR/RRCC Revelry, and the Farmington Renaissance Festival. We wish to thank our many fans that have supported us for over a decade, and we look forward to bringing you more of the great entertainment that Castle Wall Productions has become famous for.		Samantha Cone - Founder of Castle Wall Productions