If the new theater piece Beautiful Burnout is any indication, the Scottish theater company Frantic Assembly is aptly named. This work by Bryony Lavery (Frozen) set in a boxing gym is a whirlwind-paced portrait of young pugilists training and sparring. Superbly staged and choreographed, it’s fascinating to look at. But it offers little in the way of meaningful drama to complement its striking movement.

A co-production with the National Theatre of Scotland, it’s directed and choreographed by Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett. The latter also served as choreographer for Black Watch, the equally kinetic but far more substantial piece that was presented to great acclaim at St. Ann’s Warehouse a few seasons back.

For this production, the audience sits on three sides of the stage outfitted as a boxing ring. Through a fast-paced series of short scenes and monologues, we are introduced to the characters, including Bobby Burgess (Ewan Stewart), the hard-driving, tough-talking trainer; the three young male hopefuls under his tutelage (Taqi Nazeer, Eddie Kay, Henry Pettigew); the female boxer (Vicki Manderson) who is no less fierce than her male counterparts; and one of the boxer’s mother (Blythe Duff), who offers acerbic commentary throughout.

The sketchy narrative and characters seem mere afterthoughts to the staging, which offers a plethora of intricately choreographed training and fighting sequences, all scored to throbbing techno music by the band Underworld. The sensory assault is further amplified by an array of striking images projected on video monitors.

Although the fierce commitment and physical prowess demonstrated by the performers is highly impressive, it’s not enough to prevent the proceedings from becoming tedious. Beautiful Burnout thankfully avoids most of the clichés endemic to so many boxing dramas, but it also offers little to make us care about its would-be warriors.

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