Frantic Assembly

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Frantic Assembly have had a powerful and continuing influence on the popularisation of devising practices in contemporary theatre-making. Their work blends brave and bold physical theatre with exciting new writing, and they have collaborated with some of the leading theatre-makers in the UK. The company’s impact reaches throughout the world, particularly through their extensive workshop and education programmes, as well as their individual and collective impact as movement directors on landmark, internationally successful productions such as Black Watch and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Contents List of figures Foreword Acknowledgements 1 Biographical and Artistic Context: A ‘Frantic Method’? Introduction Beginnings: the 1990s Expanding dramatically: 1998–2012 Letting others in: 2012–present Conclusion 2 Key Writings, Principles and Ideas: ‘Always Forward, Never Back’ The Frantic Assembly Book of Devising Theatre Collaboration Physicality Movement and gender Movement and writing: developing the ideas The value of text and movement Learning and training: Frantic Assembly and education Conclusion 3 Ideas in Production: Hymns and Stockholm Hymns: text reconstructed Stockholm: text and silence Conclusion: from friendship to family 4 Practical Work: A Frantic Assembly Workshop The context Fundamental principles Before beginning Physical preparation Group exercises Partner work Weight and contact Lifting Generating physical material Workshopping the material: exploring the potential of what is made Winding up The presumptions Starting points for devising text Performing/acting/making Video Placing practical work in context Conclusion International impact Bibliography Resources Index