Frantic Assembly
{{Short description|British theatre company}}
Frantic Assembly is a theatre production company. They have worked in over 40 countries and are widely studied as practitioners for A-Levels in the UK.{{Cite news |title=Frantic Assembly |language=en |work=Theatre and Dance |url=https://theatreanddance.britishcouncil.org/artists-and-companies/f/frantic-assembly/ |access-date=2018-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143058/https://theatreanddance.britishcouncil.org/artists-and-companies/f/frantic-assembly/ |archive-date=2018-06-12}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/ztfk6sg/revision/2|title=Physical theatre|website=bbc.co.uk|access-date=24 November 2016}}
Background
Frantic Assembly was formed by three students of Swansea University in 1994. None of the three studied drama but were inspired by theatre and wanted to create their own unique company. They wanted to create non-realistic pieces through much movement and music, although they have always said this should never stray from the storyline.{{Cite web |title=About - Frantic Assembly |url=https://www.franticassembly.co.uk/about}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/jan/06/frantic-assembly-othello-scott-graham-steven-hoggett-interview|title=Frantic Assembly's Othello: 'You don't want to put people off Shakespeare forever'|last=Gardner|first=Lyn|date=6 June 2015|work=The Guardian|access-date=24 November 2016}}
Their most notable production, in cooperation with The National Theatre, is The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time, which won a Tony award for Best Play in 2015. In 2016, Frantic Assembly collaborated with State Theatre South Australia and Andrew Bovell to create Things I Know To Be True. They toured Australia (2016) and the UK (2016 and 2017).
In 2018, Frantic Assembly launched a podcast with guest appearances from old-school teachers of Scott Graham, Simon Stephens and Karl Hyde from Underworld.{{Cite web|url=https://www.franticassembly.co.uk/the-frantic-podcast|title=Production - Frantic Assembly PodcastFrantic Assembly|last=Assembly|first=Frantic|website=franticassembly.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-08-23}}
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Production Name !Year Performed !Music By !Written By |
| Look Back In Anger
|1994 | |John Osborne, adapted by Spencer Hazel |
| Klub
|1995 | |Devised by Frantic Assembly |
| Flesh
|1996 |Various |Devised by Frantic Assembly |
| Zero
|1997 |N/A |Devised by Frantic Assembly |
| Sell Out
|1998 | |
| Hymns
|1999 |Various |Chris O'Connell |
| Underworld
|2001 |Various |Nicola McCartney |
| Tiny Dynamite
|2001 |Various |
| Heavenly
|2002 |Various |Scott Graham, Steven Hoggett, Liam Steel |
| Peepshow
|2002 |Lamb |Isabel Wright |
| Rabbit
|2003 |Brendan Cowell |
| On Blindness
|2004 |Various |Glyn Cannon |
| Dirty Wonderland
|2005 |Devised by Frantic Assembly, scripted by Michael Wynne |
| Pool (No Water)
|2006 |
| Stockholm
|2007 |Various |
| Othello
|2008 |William Shakespeare (edited by Scott Graham & Steven Hoggett) |
| Beautiful Burnout
|2010 |
| Lovesong
|2011 |Various |
| Little Dogs
|2012 |Hybrid |Devised by Frantic Assembly |
| ''The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
|2012 | |A National Theatre Production based on the novel by Mark Haddon, adapted by Simon Stephens |
| The Believers
|2014 |Various |Bryony Lavery |
| No Way Back
|2015 |Various |Devised by Frantic Assembly |
| Things I Know To Be True
|2016 |Nils Frahm |Andrew Bovell |
| This Will All Be Gone
|2017 |Various |Devised by Frantic Assembly |
| Fatherland
|2017 |Karl Hyde |Scott Graham, Simon Stephens, Karl Hyde |
| The Unreturning
|2018 |Pete Malkin |Anna Jordan |
| Sometimes Thinking
|2019 |Underworld |Phil Porter |
| I Think We Are Alone
|2020 |Ella Wahlstrom |Sally Abbott |
| Metamorphosis
|2023 |Stefan Janik |Lemn Sissay, based on the Novel by Franz Kafka |