Beautiful Burnout
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Mar 1, 2011
Closed Mar 27, 2011
Opened Mar 1, 2011
Closed Mar 27, 2011
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Inspired during St. Ann's acclaimed engagement of Black Watch, Frantic Assembly and National Theatre of Scotland's Beautiful Burnout is about the soul sapping three-minute rounds that determine which young men become gods and which gods become mortal. Conceived by Frantic Assembly directors, Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett, and written by Tony-nominated playwright Bryony Lavery (Frozen), Beautiful Burnout was instigated by Hoggett's observations of young boxers in training at Brooklyn's famous Gleason's Gym, where he became intrigued with both the beauty and brutality in the movement and distress of the live boxers. It resonated with the authentic drilling and soldiering he explored so brilliantly as choreographer of Black Watch, coupled with similar issues among working class youth seeking transcendent ways to escape, in this case, through amateur fighting. Set in a Glasgow boxing ring, with a powerful soundscape by Underworld, Beautiful Burnout is a stunning immersion in the visceral world of boxing that "surely, is the closest that dance-drama will ever come to the contact sport itself." (The Independent)
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
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RE:good show
This was much better than the reviews would have had me believe. The boxing was brilliant especially how the action would freeze at key moments to allow one fighter to walk away, give a soliloquy, and return to the bout in mid-strike. The story could have been more involved but maybe this show was more about choreography than story.
Reviewed by bbraat
on Saturday, Mar 26th, 2011
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Both boxing aficionados and neophytes are likely to thrill to Beautiful Burnout, a co-production from Frantic Assembly and National Theater of Scotland, making its American premiere at St. Ann's Warehouse. Directed and choreographed by Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett, the production showcases joyously kinetic training and fight sequences that pay loving tribute to the sport, while also reminding audiences of the risks that come with it.
Featuring a script by former Tony Award nominee Bryony Lavery, the play follows Cameron Burns (Ryan Fletcher), an amateur boxer who gets the chance to go professional. Cameron comes across as a fairly ordinary bloke with big dreams that often have to give w[...]