Lisa Maguire
31 Eyre Street Hill
London EC1R 5EW
T +44 (0)20 7841 3115
F +44 (0)20 7833 8694
E lisa@franticassembly.co.uk
W franticassembly.co.uk
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SIZE OF COMPANY
5–13 on the road
SCALE OF VENUE
Small-, middle- and large-scale
PERMANENT STAFF
Co-Artistic Directors
Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett
Executive Producer
Lisa Maguire
General Manager
Laura Sutton
Administrator
Fiona Gregory
ARTISTIC POLICY
Frantic Assembly has produced thrilling, energetic and uncompromising theatre that reflects contemporary culture and attracts new audiences for 15 years. In collaboration with a wide variety of artists, Frantic Assembly creates new work that places equal emphasis on movement, design, music and text.
REVIEW EXTRACTS
‘The tragedy gains an electrifying new vigour and relevance.’ The Independent on Sunday ()
‘This is valuable new work that is, in every way, bruising.’ Evening Standard ()
CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
By Bryony Lavery. Treading a fine line between tenderness and cruelty, fantasy and reality, reveals a relationship unravelling. It’s beautiful, but it’s not pretty. delivers an extraordinary perspective on the nature of modern love. (70 mins, no interval, 2 on stage, 5 on the road, includes strong language, violence and sexually explicit content, suitable for age 16+.)
by William Shakespeare, adapted by Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett. An electrifying take on Shakespeare’s gripping thriller-tragedy. Fusing a taut adaptation of the classic text with its trademark hard-hitting choreography, Frantic Assembly exposes prejudice, danger and fear in 21st-century Britain. (100 mins, no interval, 9 on stage, 13 on the road, includes violence, age 14+.)
WRAP-AROUND
In addition to their work on stage, the company runs an extensive programme of activity to introduce young people to physical theatre and develop their performance skills and confidence. The Creative Learning Programme consists of workshops, creative residencies and teacher training, which explore devising and physicality or current productions. Frantic Assembly also run a Training Programme for aspiring professionals consisting of workshops with the Artistic Directors in devising and physicality.
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