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ces through much movement and music, although they have always said this should never stray from the storyline. [1] [2]

Their most notable production, in cooperation with The National Theatre, is The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time, which won a Tony award for Best Play in 2015. In 2016, Frantic Assembly collaborated with State Theatre South Australia and Andrew Bovell to create Things I Know To Be True. They toured Australia (2016) and the UK (2016 and 2017).

In 2018, Frantic Assembly launched a podcast with guest appearances from old-school teachers of Scott Graham, Simon Stephens and Karl Hyde from Underworld. [3]

Production NameYear PerformedMusic ByWritten By
Look Back In Anger1994John Osborne, adapted by Spencer Hazel
Klub1995Devised by Frantic Assembly
Flesh1996VariousDevised by Frantic Assembly
Zero1997N/ADevised by Frantic Assembly
Sell Out1998 Michael Wynne
Hymns1999VariousChris O'Connell
Underworld2001VariousNicola McCartney
Tiny Dynamite2001Various Abi Morgan
Heavenly2002VariousScott Graham, Steven Hoggett, Liam Steel
Peepshow2002 Lamb Isabel Wright
Rabbit2003 Deadly Avenger Brendan Cowell
On Blindness2004VariousGlyn Cannon
Dirty Wonderland2005 Goldfrapp Devised by Frantic Assembly, scripted by Michael Wynne
Pool (No Water)2006 Imogen Heap Mark Ravenhill
Stockholm2007Various Bryony Lavery
Othello 2008 Hybrid William Shakespeare (edited by Scott Graham & Steven Hoggett)
Beautiful Burnout 2010 Underworld Bryony Lavery
Lovesong2011Various Abi Morgan
Little Dogs2012HybridDevised by Frantic Assembly
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2012A National Theatre Production based on the novel by Mark Haddon, adapted by Simon Stephens
The Believers2014VariousBryony Lavery
No Way Back2015VariousDevised by Frantic Assembly
Things I Know To Be True2016Nils FrahmAndrew Bovell
This Will All Be Gone2017VariousDevised by Frantic Assembly
Fatherland2017Karl HydeScott Graham, Simon Stephens, Karl Hyde
The Unreturning2018Pete MalkinAnna Jordan
Sometimes Thinking2019UnderworldPhil Porter
I Think We Are Alone2020Ella WahlstromSally Abbott
Metamorphosis 2023Stefan Janik Lemn Sissay, based on the Novel by Franz Kafka

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References

  1. "About - Frantic Assembly".
  2. Gardner, Lyn (6 June 2015). "Frantic Assembly's Othello: 'You don't want to put people off Shakespeare forever'". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  3. Assembly. "Production - Frantic Assembly PodcastFrantic Assembly". franticassembly.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-23.{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |firsjghghgvbvgt= ignored (help)