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Frantic Assembly

FRANTIC ASSEMBLY  (1994 - )

 Nationality:    Welsh
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Frantic assembly produces thrilling, energetic and uncompromising theatre. The company makes work that reflects contemporary culture and attracts new audiences. In collaboration with a wide variety of artists, Frantic assembly's artistic Directors - Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett - create new work that places equal emphasis on movement, design, music and text. Since its formation in 1994 Frantic assembly has toured extensively throughout the UK and abroad, building its reputation as one of the country's most exciting companies. Frantic assembly operates a year-round Creative Learning and Training Programme; introducing participants to the company's methods of creating theatre, developing their physical performance skills and promoting confidence through achievement.

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below is a list of Frantic Assembly's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 Dead Born Grow         Dirty Wonderland         Flesh         Hymns         It Snows         Klub         Little Dogs         Peepshow         Stockholm

Dead Born Grow

Synopsis:
We put up fronts and wear masks to hide how we really feel so that others wont know when were weak or vulnerable  right? Why do we frown at each other for expressing ourselves? To appear stable?  happy?  sane? Or are we just protecting ourselves from what lives underneath?

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Organisations:
National Youth Theatre of Wales with Frantic Assembly

1st Published:
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Music:
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piece

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  12 performers

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Dirty Wonderland

Synopsis:
set in a faded hotel on the final weekend before closure an audience of 30 is herded around as prospective buyers. anarchy, hedonism and confusion as the lives of staff and guests become intertwined.

Notes:
script by Michael Wynne, devised by the company

1st Produced:
Grand Ocean Hotel, Brighton    2005

Organisations:
Frantic assembly

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
site-specific Play

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  -

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Flesh

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    1996

Organisations:
Frantic assembly

1st Published:
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Music:
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Hymns

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Frantic assembly

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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

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It Snows

Synopsis:
Same old story. Boy doesn't meet Girl. Girl doesn't meet Boy. Threatened by terrifying Lads Gang. Threatened by awe-inspiring Girls Gang. Mum and Dad have declared War. against each other. Weird neighbour in the building opposite. Usual ordinary gloominess. Then, one day, it snows. and everything changes. Want in? You are going to have to get physical. . .

Notes:
written by Bryony Lavery And Steven Hoggett, Scott Graham (Frantic Assembly)

1st Produced:

Organisations:
New Connections

1st Published:
in New Connections 2008, Faber and Faber, London, 2008   -

Music:
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Genre:
Youth audience

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  5            Other:  ensemble who can be played by either gender, as many as you like

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Klub

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
-    1996

Organisations:
Frantic assembly

1st Published:
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Music:
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Little Dogs

Synopsis:
across the city, hearts are beating and the mating ritual has begun. In the nightclubs, the bus shelters, the back streets and the sand dunes, daring girls and reckless boys engage in a desperate dance while the less fortunate observe and pretend it doesn't hurt. Devised by Frantic assembly and staged in Swansea's richly atmospheric Patti Pavilion, this production is inspired by the Dylan Thomas' story Just Like Little Dogs, and the furtive hours so many of us have spent searching for kindness and warmth in the shadows of the city.

Notes:
devised by Scott Graham, Steven Hoggett And the company

1st Produced:
Patti Pavilion, Swansea    09 May 2012

Organisations:
National Theatre of Wales in partnership with frantic assembly

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Piece

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  5            Other:  -

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Peepshow

Peepshow
Friends, lovers and loners in a tower block

Notes:
written by Isabel Wright devised by Frantic Assembly

1st Produced:

Organisations:
Frantic assembly

1st Published:
Oberon   978-1840023459

Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

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Stockholm

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
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Organisations:
Frantic assembly

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
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