Thoughts on Frantic Assembly
From my research, I learned that Frantic Assembly is a British theatre company that aims to encourage diverse and ambitious practices of movement performance on an international level. The first video that I watched was the director’s interview for “Things I Know To be True”. I was interested to learn how Frantic Assembly became involved in the project after one of the two artistic directors mentioned that the play was based on the life of an Australian playwright. It was great to hear that the directors could learn from each other when presenting a topic as unique as generational trauma, and i especially enjoyed this quote: “Collaboration isn’t about coming into a room and showing everyone what you know; it’s about discovering what neither of you knew yet.” It’s clear that they understood the importance of intentional movement and how elements of TEAM such as tension effect an audience’s experience. After that video I was really interested in seeing what the actors ...