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 lan...

The Frantic Assembly Book of Devising Theatre, Third Edition demystifies the process of devising theatre, offering an intimate and invaluable insight into Frantic Assembly’s evolution and success.The third edition is a uniquely personal account of the history and practice of this remarkable company. It has been completely revised to include new practical exercises, essays on devising, writing, and choreography, suggestions for scene development, and full-colour photos and ...

Drawing together the work of 12 leading playwrights, this National Theatre Connections anthology celebrates highlights from 21 years of the Connections festival with a retrospective selection of plays.Featuring work by some of the most prolific playwrights of the 20th and 21st centuries, and together in one volume, the anthology offers young performers between the ages of 13 and 19 an engaging selection of plays to perform, read or study.Each play has been specific...

Frantic Assembly's electrifying take on Shakespeare's tragedy of paranoia, sex and murder, firmly rooted in a volatile twenty-first century.In a world of broken glass and shattered promises, of poisonous manipulation and explosive violence, Othello's passionate affair with Desdemona becomes the catalyst for jealousy, betrayal, revenge and the darkest intents.As relevant today as it ever was, Othello exposes the tension, fear and paranoia buried beneath the veneer o...