Frantic Assembly: Thing I Know To Be True

 Frantic Assembly is an internationally renowned theatre company. The company was founded in 1994 by Scott Graham, Steven Hoggett, and Vicki Middleton. At the time they were students at Swansea University, studying English Literature and Geography. Frantic Assembly creates thrilling, energetic, and unforgettable theatre. The company attracts new and young audiences with work that reflects contemporary culture.



The Presumption of weight: The theme of movement and weightlessness is played with in this video, clips are shown of an actor moving naturally and being picked up during her desired movement. Supposing the actor is thinking about flying, other stage actors on stage would come in and lift her off the ground in the smoothest and most natural way possible.


Family Hugs: In this video, the central actor started off the scene by receiving a hug from someone in her family, and the hug is depicted by the relationship between those two people. From the first hug, the rest of the actors began to smoothly transition into hugging themselves, sending a message as to what kind of relationship they have.


Digital Theatre + Show Teaser: In this teaser, we saw a performance that integrated both "the presumption of weight" and "family hugs". As the actor narrated her lines, actions were carried out depending on who she was speaking about or how she was feeling at the time. At moments where she was excited, she was lifted in the sky, at moments where she was reminiscing she would hug someone affectionatley. 


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