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Wednesday 16 November 2012<br />
For immediate release<br />
<strong>Press</strong> <strong>Release</strong><br />
<strong>Frantic</strong> <strong>Assembly</strong> press update<br />
Lovesong extends UK tour with dates at<br />
-‐opened Sherman Theatre (14-‐18<br />
February 2012)<br />
Extra week added to Lyric Hammersmith run<br />
(now 11 January 4 February)<br />
Beautiful Burnout to play at festivals in Australia and New<br />
Zealand in January 2012<br />
<strong>Frantic</strong> <strong>Assembly</strong> to launch website Forum<br />
In a busy few weeks for <strong>Frantic</strong> <strong>Assembly</strong>, their current touring production of<br />
Lovesong by Abi Morgan added two extra weeks to its run, and their 2010 co-production<br />
with the National Theatre of Scotland, Beautiful Burnout,<br />
announced festival dates in Sydney, Perth and Wellington.<br />
Lovesong will play an extra week at the Lyric Hammersmith, extending its run<br />
there until 4 February, before a week at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow and, now,<br />
a week at the re-‐furbished Sherman Theatre in Cardiff (14-‐18 February 2012).<br />
Priority booking for Cardiff opens on 16 November 2011, with tickets going on sale<br />
to the general public from 28 November.<br />
Beautiful Burnout took the UK by storm in 2010, and will aim to do the same Down<br />
Under next year when it plays the Sydney Festival (18-‐29 January 2012), Perth<br />
International Arts Festival (10-‐25 February 2012) and New Zealand International<br />
Arts Festival (3-‐18 March 2012).<br />
Responding to an overwhelming demand for direct contact with the company and<br />
as part of its ongoing and pioneering Learn programme, <strong>Frantic</strong> <strong>Assembly</strong> is<br />
launching a Forum to enable anyone interested in their work to have a voice. The<br />
<br />
enable audiences to share their thoughts and responses to <strong>Frantic</strong> productions. The<br />
Forum will launch next week at www.franticassembly.co.uk/forum.<br />
Lovesong sees acclaimed theatre company <strong>Frantic</strong> <strong>Assembly</strong> join forces with<br />
renowned writer Abi Morgan for a new play about lifelong love. Directed by <strong>Frantic</strong><br />
Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett, Lovesong<br />
intertwines a couple in their twenties with the same man and woman a lifetime<br />
later. Their past and present selves collide in this haunting and beautiful tale of<br />
togetherness.<br />
<strong>Frantic</strong> <strong>Assembly</strong>'s celebrated physical style combines movement, design, music<br />
and text. Recent production highlights include Beautiful Burnout (co-‐production
with National Theatre of Scotland), Stockholm by Bryony Lavery, a radical<br />
reworking of Shakespeare's Othello, pool (no water) by Mark Ravenhill, and Dirty<br />
Wonderland, a site specific show for Brighton Festival.<br />
LISTINGS INFORMATION:<br />
-‐ENDS-‐<br />
LOVESONG by Abi Morgan<br />
Direction and Choreography: Scott Graham & Steven Hoggett<br />
Design: Merle Hensel<br />
Lighting Design: Andy Purves<br />
Sound Design: Carolyn Downing<br />
Video Design: Ian William Galloway<br />
Full cast: Siân Phillips, Edward Bennett, Sam Cox, Leanne Rowe<br />
UK Tour 30 September 2011 18 February 2012<br />
Plymouth press night: Mon 3 October, 7.45pm at the Drum Theatre Plymouth<br />
London press night: Thu 12 January, 7pm at the Lyric Hammersmith.<br />
Future Tour dates<br />
15-‐26 November<br />
Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester<br />
Box office 01243 781312<br />
www.cft.org.uk<br />
2012<br />
11 January 4 February 2012<br />
Lyric Hammersmith<br />
Box office 0871 22 117 22<br />
www.lyric.co.uk<br />
7-‐11 February<br />
Citizens Theatre, Glasgow<br />
Box office 0141 429 0022<br />
www.citz.co.uk<br />
14-‐18 February<br />
Sherman Cymru, Cardiff<br />
Box Office 029 2064 6900<br />
www.shermancymru.co.uk<br />
On sale to general public 28 November 2011<br />
NOTES TO EDITORS<br />
1. <strong>Press</strong> representative
For further information, contact Ben Chamberlain or Stephen Pidcock at<br />
The Corner Shop PR: ben@thecornershoppr.com /<br />
stephen@thecornershoppr.com / 020 7494 3665<br />
2. <strong>Frantic</strong> <strong>Assembly</strong> is celebrated at home and abroad for creating thrilling,<br />
energetic and unforgettable theatre. The company attracts new and young<br />
audiences with work that reflects contemporary culture. Vivid and dynamic,<br />
<strong>Frantic</strong> <strong>Assembly</strong>'s unique physical style combines movement, design, music<br />
and text.<br />
Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett formed <strong>Frantic</strong> <strong>Assembly</strong> in 1994. Scott<br />
and Steven have since performed in or directed all of the company's work.<br />
They seek to collaborate on original ideas with today's most exciting artists.<br />
<strong>Frantic</strong> <strong>Assembly</strong> has toured widely throughout the UK, building its<br />
reputation as one of the country's most exciting companies. Internationally<br />
<strong>Frantic</strong> <strong>Assembly</strong> has performed, created and collaborated in 28 different<br />
countries.<br />
In addition to its productions <strong>Frantic</strong> <strong>Assembly</strong> operates an extensive Learn<br />
& Train programme introducing 5.000 participants a year to the company's<br />
process of creating theatre, in a wide variety of settings. <strong>Frantic</strong> <strong>Assembly</strong><br />
also delivers Ignition, an innovative vocational training project for young<br />
men, particularly targeting those with little previous experience of the arts.
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