ABSTRACT
Frantic’s journey offers a fascinating and compelling picture of what it has meant over the past 25 years to set up, develop, run and sustain a contemporary theatre company. Their journey also challenges the current idea that scratch nights, emergent artist showcases and endless development are what ultimately matter and make a difference for new theatre-makers. Frantic learnt their craft on the road, from the feedback they got from each other, and from the responses of audiences, critics and those they worked with. So much of Frantic’s work, both onstage and behind the scenes, has been about the struggle to connect with others, the need for love, intimacy and friendship, the desire to explore the limits of what is possible, and the drive to challenge each individual to push those limits for themselves. The impulse behind Frantic Digital is the same, fundamentally, as that which has driven the company since its very inception: the wish to empower others.
