FRAY Show - An Epic Quest

THE FRAY STORY

FRAY tells the story of Tullio and Ziya, two deeply bonded brothers, whose connection frays as the elder brother Ziya is lured into a wondrous virtual game world by Lucious, a beguiling AI avatar character he conjures up for a gaming contest.  The contest calls for building a great puzzle game, but as Ziya’s foray into AI blurs the line between real and virtual, the brothers are drawn into a real-life quandary in which restoring the frayed connections of their relationship means confronting the reality that people are the greatest puzzles of all.

THE TEAM
FRAY brings together an innovative team of creators, including writer/Executive Producer/Director Kate Duhamel of Candy Bomber Productions and the Olivier award nominated lyricist, dancer, director, founder of Breakin’ Convention and maverick hip hop dance pioneer Jonzi D, who is FRAY’s Artistic Director, with music supervision by respected UK hip hop artist Micall Parknsn, musical contributions by the award-winning saxophonist, composer and broadcaster Soweto Kinch, with choreography by dance captain Ola Papiór (Rihanna, Alexandra Burke, Olly Murs, X Factor, BRIT Awards, Netflix Dance 100).

FRAY features an exciting cast of eleven performers of dance and spoken word, including Kieran Lai (Britain’s Got Talent, West End show & Juliet) as Tullio and Kailon Chéry (Raye, Aitch, BirdGang LTD, Avant Garde, Just Us Dance Theatre) as Ziya, with Emma Houston, aka ‘Shortbread’ (finalist at Red Bull BC One UK Cypher, ZooNation, Boy Blue), Sean Edwards (George Michael, STOMP, Punchdrunk, Secret Cinema), Fi Silverthorn (FKA Twigs, DJ Snake & Ellie Goulding, BirdGang LTD), Kelsey Miller (Kendrick Lamar, Stormzy, Little Mix,Giggs, Chase & Status, Raye, Boy Blue) and George Fairbrother (BBC headliner stage at Leeds festival, JD sports, Puma) and Jane Sekonya-John (Disney’s The Lion King, Aeroplane Man).

The ensemble of dancers portray a variety of characters, across an exhilarating and moving 90 minute performance.  A vivid tapestry of music, dance, hip hop, spoken word and large screen vibrant visuals capture the real and captivating virtual worlds, 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.

FRAY is an ambitious, multi-platform experience that includes FRAY Game, a real-life, playable video game for PCs in which players take on the role of Tullio as he and Ziya navigate four challenging levels, dance battling cunning enemies and solving puzzles to reach an allegorical home.  FRAY Game will be released on STEAM on June 15 th

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