Sadler’s Wells | Lilian Baylis Theatre
June 21-22, 2024 | 7:45 pm
“From the dancing to the video game concept to the the relatability of the bond being very nearly severed; Fray is a world-class, dazzling production which is absolutely worth a visit.”
-Theater and Tonic, Five Stars
The Only Puzzle AI Can’t Solve
FRAY Show Evolves!
FRAY Show - Sadler’s Wells, Lilian Baylis Theatre
June 21-22, 2024.
The FRAY Show is getting some new circuitry as I welcome a growing team of collaborators to join the creative team in exploring the frontier of hip hop dance theater. We dive right into the fray, picking up Tullio and Ziya’s story in their late teens as their brotherly bond unravels when Ziya is lured into a spellbinding virtual world by “Lucious,” an AI character he's created for a video game contest. The contest calls for building a great puzzle game, but as Ziya's growing illusion blurs the line between real and virtual, the brothers are drawn into a real-life quandary in which restoring the frayed connections of their deep relationship means confronting the reality that people are the greatest puzzles of all. FRAY weaves a vivid tapestry of music, hip hop dance, large screen visuals and spoken word as Tullio and Ziya struggle with what it means to love a brother, and with the very nature of what it means to be human.
Collaborators
Ola Papior - Choreographer/Dance Captain
Jonzi D - Artistic Director
Kate Duhamel - Executive Director/Writer
Micall Parknsun
Music Supervisor
Image created in Midjourney
The FRAY Video Game
Releasing on Steam June 15th.
In addition to the live hip hop dance theater show, the FRAY team has taken up Ziya's challenge in the story by developing a video game for PC's, currently in development. FRAY Game is an imaginative, rhythm based puzzle game in which the player takes control of Tullio to light the way through a maze-like world of isometric dance puzzles and rhythm based challenges. Along the way, cunning enemies attempt to break the bond between the brothers and seduce Ziya into the underworld forever. By moving to the rhythm and mastering energy-blasting dance routines, Tullio must keep improving his dancing skills to acquire enough energy to carry his ailing brother to the final level’s end - an allegorical home.
Built on Unreal.
“FRAY Jam” - A Mobile App Too
CandyBomber brings to life one of the games the brothers build in their teens in the story - a short mobile game called “FRAY Jam,” creating additional links between the FRAY Show and the FRAY Video Game. Available for free in app stores now, “FRAY Jam” invites audiences to play the game on their mobile devices before the show in a dance-based challenge that takes characters and animation from the FRAY Video Game. Players must stay on the beat and match the moves of the challenger rats. Built on Unity.
FRAY Jam is available for free in app stores now:
Click HERE to get the game on your device in the Apple App Store.
Click HERE to get the game on your mobile device in the Google Play Store