

Rebecca Mahar
Acting. Combat. Intimacy. Design. Education. Scholarship. Consent-Based Practice.
Rebecca is a multi-hyphenate, interdisciplinary, award-winning, artist, educator, and scholar working primarily in theatre. A Certified Intimacy Director with Intimacy Directors & Coordinators and an Advanced Actor-Combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors, she brings rigour and excellence to every aspect of her work.
Born and raised in Alaska, Becca is currently based in Edinburgh, Scotland, while pursuing a PhD in European Theatre at the University of Edinburgh. You can find her writing in arts and theatre criticism on her blog Speak the Speech, and at All Edinburgh Theatre.
website under construction.
Current & Upcoming Work
Fight Direction for
"Nottingham"
with The EdinBards
24-28.05.2026
Fight & Intimacy Direction for
"Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead"
with GUTTER.
04-07.03.2026
Fight Direction for
"The Ladykillers"
with Edinburgh People's Theatre
18-21.03.2026
Fight & Intimacy Direction for
"The Taming of the Shrew"
with Necessary Cat Ltd.
Dalkeith County Park 01-02.08.2026
Dunbar Battery 08-09.08.2026
Edinburgh Fringe 17-30.08.2026
Fight & Intimacy Direction for
"The Woman's Prize, or The Tamer Tamed"
with Necessary Cat Ltd.
Dalkeith County Park 01-02.08.2026
Dunbar Battery 08-09.08.2026
Edinburgh Fringe 17-30.08.2026