The show will be co-directed by Scott Graham and the company’s Associate Director, Simon Pittman, and will feature a curated soundtrack from electronic music group Underworld, including never-before heard tracks. It will present a brand-new show entitled Sometimes Thinking written by Phil Porter (Vice Versa for the RSC and The Miser in the West End). The company will return to Latitude Festival as headliners of the theatre arena. Sally Abbott, Kathy Burke and Scott Graham are a formidable team and we are excited to discover what they create together.” We are enormously proud to be associated with the company.”Ĭhris Stafford, Chief Executive and Nikolai Foster, Artistic Director, Curve said: “ We’re delighted to be working once again with the teams at Frantic Assembly and Theatre Royal Plymouth, having previously collaborated on Shakespeare’s Othello in 2014. After over 20 years of working together I Think We Are Alone is our 8th coproduction. It’s good to try new things when you’re a groovy oldie.”Īdrian Vinken OBE, Chief Executive, Theatre Royal Plymouth said: “ Our creative collaboration with Scott and Frantic Assembly has been one of the most fulfilling and enduring in TRP’s history. Kathy Burke said: “ Having been a fan of Frantic Assembly for many years I’m really looking forward to working with them as a co-director as it’s something I’ve not done before. It will tour to venues including Theatre Royal Stratford East, The Lowry, Nuffield Southampton, Bristol Old Vic, Theatre Royal Plymouth and Leicester Curve. I Think We Are Alone is a Frantic Assembly and Theatre Royal Plymouth Production, co-produced with Curve. The production will be designed by Morgan Large (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Wonderland ) with lighting by Paul Keogan (Lady Windermere’s Fan, The Plough and The Stars ) and sound design by Ella Wahlström (Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Jellyfish ). I Think We Are Alone is a delicate and uplifting play about our fragility, resilience and our need for love and forgiveness. But sometimes what connects us is what we need to escape from. From those electric moments of discovery and connection to the dark hours of isolation, we all seek community and resolution.

but that focus will very quickly move to an exciting future of bold and ambitious projects to take the company to the next level”Īs the centrepiece for the year, Frantic Assembly will present the world premiere of a new play I Think We Are Alone, written by Sally Abbott (The Coroner, Vera) and co-directed by Kathy Burke and Scott Graham.

This year we will allow ourselves a brief indulgence of looking back as we celebrate 25 years of leading the way in making new work, new writing, movement direction, direction through movement, workshops and training, etc. Within Frantic Assembly we have a motto of Always Forward, Never Backwards. Our collaboration will be a dialogue into the unknown and is all the more exciting for it! There is much to learn and I cannot wait. I leapt at the opportunity to work with Kathy Burke, a woman whose opinion and work I hold in the highest regard. Looking back on 25 years makes my head spin! How on Earth did that happen? But by far the most thrilling bit is the anticipation of what is still to come! I will be collaborating with brilliant artists to make work that is vital and exhilarating and seeking new voices to ensure a theatre that is robust, relevant and powerful. Frantic Assembly: Kathy Burke and Scott Graham c Natasha Krstic-Howe.įrantic Assembly has announced a year of projects to celebrate its 25th anniversary.Īrtistic Director Scott Graham said: “ This is an incredibly exciting time.

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