Commissioned and produced by Frantic Assembly in a co-production with Curve, Mayflower Southampton and Lyric Hammersmith Theatre

Love's strange, isn't it? You think you’re going to feel it in your chest, or your gut. But I swear, I can feel it in every cell.

Jess and Robbie. A chance meeting, some disastrous dates, an extraordinary transformative love. It’s the stuff of fairy tales. Or is it?

Lost Atoms is a wild ride through a life-changing relationship, or Jess and Robbie’s recollection of it. Together they scale the soaring highs and crushing lows, relive the beats of connection, the moments of loss. But are their stories the same? And can their memories be trusted?

Written by Anna Jordan (The Unreturning, Yen and TV’s Succession and One Day), Lost Atoms is by turns funny and heartbreaking; a timeless story which explores how love shapes our lives and how we remember it. Two people plunge deep into their shared pasts and propel themselves into multiple futures, risking it all.

Come fall in love.

Approx running time 2 hours 20 minutes (including interval)

Content Advice

Age 14+

Please note that this show contains challenging themes and strong language. It explores issues relating to sex, pregnancy, loss and grief.

For more information see the Content Info for Audiences pack below or please email [email protected]

TOUR DATES

CURVE, LEICESTER - 22 SEPT TO 4 OCT 2025

YORK THEATRE ROYAL - 7 TO 11 OCT 2025

LIVERPOOL PLAYHOUSE - 14 TO 18 OCT 2025

BELGRADE THEATRE, COVENTRY - 21 TO 25 OCT 2025

MERCURY THEATRE, COLCHESTER - 4 TO 8 NOV 2025

THE LOWRY, SALFORD - 11 TO 15 NOV 2025

CONNAUGHT THEATRE, WORTHING - 18 TO 22 NOV 2025

MAYFLOWER, SOUTHAMPTON - 25 TO 29 NOV 2025

BRISTOL OLD VIC - 13 TO 24 JAN 2026

LYRIC HAMMERSMITH THEATRE, LONDON - 29 JAN TO 28 FEB 2026

Music Credit: Psyclo

Lost Atoms is Frantic Assembly's 30th Anniversary production, written by Anna Jordan and directed by Frantic Assembly's Artistic Director Scott Graham.

Set Design is by Andrzej Goulding, Lighting Design by Simisola Majekodunmi, Sound Design by Carolyn Downing, Music Supervision is by Julie Blake and Costume Design is by Alice McNicholas.

The production will premiere at Curve in Leicester in September 2025 and tour until the end of February 2026.

Anna Jordan wrote the hugely successful The Unreturning for Frantic Assembly, which toured to critical acclaim in 2018. Since then Anna has written for numerous TV smash hits including Succession (HBO), One Day (Netflix) and Killing Eve (Sid Gentle/BBC America) as well as Pop Music (Paines Plough/Birmingham Rep - national tour) and We Anchor in Hope (Bunker Theatre).

WHAT IS THE PRODUCTION ALL ABOUT?

LOST ATOMS AND MOVEMENT

THE CAST

THE FRANTIC ASSEMBLY WARM-UP