Frantic Assembly & Creating Brave Theatre Beyond The Stage with Scott Graham #38
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Today I’m talking with Scott Graham. Scott is the Artistic Director of Frantic Assembly, co-founding the company in 1994. He has received nominations for his work on Beautiful Burnout (Drama Desk Award, New York), Curious Incident (Olivier, Tony and Fred Astaire Awards). With Steven Hoggett he won the TMA Award (now UK Theatre Awards) for Best Direction for Othello.
He has provided movement direction for shows at the Royal National Theatre, National Theatre Wales, National Theatre of Scotland. His recent directing credits with Frantic Assembly include TOUCH, I Think We Are Alone, Sometimes Thinking, Fatherland, Things I Know To Be True.
He has developed and written extensively about The Frantic Method. With Steven Hoggett, he has written The Frantic Assembly Book of Devising Theatre (Routledge).
He also leads the Ignition Programme. Ignition is Frantic Assembly’s free, nationwide talent development programme that seeks out underrepresented talent in unexpected places. Ignition has been discovering and nurturing talent for 14 years and has worked with thousands of young people in that time. In 2019, the programme alone engaged over 800 young people. Ignition graduates have gone on to successful careers within the creative industries, working with Frantic Assembly and other national and international companies.
Scott is passionate about creating opportunities for people who might see theatre as a challenge or alienating and believes that these new voices and fresh perspectives are vital to the health of the arts.
Can you be terrified and fearless? From a reckless leap into the unknown 25 years ago, Frantic Assembly has developed into one of the UK's most successful and best-loved theatre companies.
We’re talking about…
Scott’s artistic journey and how a teacher’s invitation to a theatre class completely changed his life trajectory.
Frantic Assembly’s history and how it grew from a group of friends creating together to one of the best-loved theatre companies in the UK.
The Ignition Programme - Frantic Assembly’s free, nationwide talent development programme that seeks out underrepresented talent in unexpected places.
The Frantic Assembly Method and creating through movement.
Creating theatrical works where the audience is invited to step into the unknown.
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