Lost Atoms

Lost Atoms description

Unique and transformative or an illusion? Lost Atoms explores memory's role in love.

Lost Atoms is a new play by Anna Jordan (Succession, Killing Eve). Premiering in September 2025 before a UK tour, it lands in the capital for early 2026 at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre.

You remember an incident one way, but your other half remembers it completely differently. We've all done it. This thought-provoking play explores what looks like a remarkable, inspiring relationship. But is this fairytale love affair actually toxic, just everyday, or even doomed from the outset? The plot dives deep into the couple's past and imaginary futures to reveal memory's impact with humour and emotional depth.

Over the past three decades, Frantic Assembly has become one of the UK's best-loved and most successful theatre companies, respected for their brave, bold productions. In their words, their work is about 'telling stories in a voice we don't always hear and about finding talent in places we don't always look'.

Joe Layton (Othello, Metamorphosis, The Unreturning, Coronation Street) and Hannah Sinclair Robinson (Othello, Metamorphosis, The Play That Goes Wrong, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) star in the show, which is directed by Scott Graham, Artistic Director of Frantic Assembly. There's Set Design by Andrzej Goulding and Lighting Design by Simisola Majekodunmi. The Sound Design is by Carolyn Downing, Costume Design by Alice McNicholas, and Music Supervision by Julie Blake. Lost Atoms is commissioned and produced by Frantic Assembly in a co-production with Curve, Mayflower Southampton, and Lyric Hammersmith Theatre.

A starry cast and a story to make you think a lot more than twice, Lost Atoms tickets are set to be a hot property for seasoned Frantic Assembly fans and newcomers alike.

Playing at Lyric Hammersmith

King Street, Lyric Square, London, W6 0QL GB (venue info)

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