The Unreturning by Anna Jordan

I went to see The Unreturning earlier this year in Oxford. The collaboration between Anna Jordan's fantastic new script and Frantic Assembly's beautiful movement choreography created an incredibly moving show, full of beautifully interwoven stories which were sensitively told, hard hitting and immensely poignant at the same time.

Cleverly set across three different time periods spanning 100 years, Jordan's play explores three men's experiences of war, from WW1, to the war in Iraq, to a future dystopian battle in 2026. The way in which she interlaces their experiences is swift and clever and it reminds the audience of the impact of war off the battlefield as well as on it. The men are damaged by their experiences and haunted by the things that have happened to them. Celebrating 10 years of the Ignition project, The Unreturning explores what it's like to come home after being at war and whether it will ever feel the same.