Beautiful Burnout

Frantic Assembly and National Theatre of Scotland

Written by Bryony Lavery
Directed by Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett

AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

Through broken hearts and broken heads, heart-rending intimacies and knockabout comedy, Beautiful Burnout is total immersion in the world of boxing.

Tony-nominated playwright Bryony Lavery gives voice to working class youth seeking transcendent ways to escape. An athletic cast sweats, skips and punches at the dreams and terrors of gifted young boxers. Told from the ring on a revolving stage, against banks of screens, this is spectacular storytelling choreographed to the pulsing heartbeat of music by Underworld.

'A brilliantly acted exploration of what makes boxers box and what happens when a shooting star shines brightly and falls to earth.'
(The Guardian)

'Like Black Watch before it, Beautiful Burnout has all the ingredients of a knock-out hit.’
(The Independent)

Click here to watch the trailer.

This performance contains strobe lighting.