The production will open at the Leicester Curve on the 22nd September, ahead of a UK tour.
Frantic Assembly has announced casting for the production of Anna Jordan’s (Succession, Killing Eve, The Unreturning) Lost Atoms, which will be directed by Scott Graham (Othello, Metamorphosis). It will run at Leicester Curve from the 22 September – 4 October.
The production is set to star Joe Layton (a former Ignition graduate who is currently appearing in ITV’s Coronation Street) and Hannah Sinclair Robinson (Metamorphosis, UK tour; The Play That Goes Wrong, West End).
Lost Atoms tells the story of a relationship: an extraordinary, transformative love. Or is that only in hindsight? Perhaps it was just typical? Or toxic? Or doomed from the start? One thing’s for sure: It changed their lives. Two people plunge deep into their shared pasts and propel themselves into multiple imagined futures. At times hilarious, at times devastating, Lost Atoms explores how memory impacts the way we look at love, and asks what makes a truly ‘successful’ relationship?
After its run in Leicester, the production will then travel to: York Theatre Royal (7 – 11 October), Liverpool Playhouse (14 – 18 October), Belgrade Theatre Coventry (21 – 25 October), Mercury Theatre Colchester (4 – 8 November), Lowry Salford (11- 15 November), Connaught Theatre Worthing (18 – 22 November), Mayflower Studios
Southampton (25 – 29 November), Bristol Old Vic (13 – 24 January 2026) and Lyric
Hammersmith Theatre (29 January – 28 February).
Lost Atoms will feature set design by Andrzej Goulding, lighting design by Simisola
Majekodunmi, sound design by Carolyn Downing, costume design by Alice McNicholas and music supervision by Julie Blake.
In other news, it has been confirmed that following a major fundraising
campaign to save Ignition, sufficient funds have been reached to bring the programme back in 2025. Ignition is Frantic Assembly’s free, nationwide talent development programme for young people with little or no previous experience of the arts. Established in 2008 it gives a rare opportunity for young artists aged 16–24 from underrepresented and socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds to discover, develop and showcase their creative potential. The company has managed to raise to date £129,000 raised ensuring the programme can continue for 2025 but fundraising will need to continue if the programme is to keep running from 2026 onwards.
Ahead of Lost Atoms this summer, another highlight of Frantic Assembly’s 30th anniversary programme of work will be a new project with Aurora Orchestra following their recent collaboration on a staging of Saint-Saëns’s The Carnival of The Animals at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall and on tour last month. Frantic Assembly will once again team up with the pioneering orchestra for a memorised and dramatised staging of Shostakovich’s gripping 5th Symphony as part of the iconic BBC Proms on the 16th and 17th August.
To find out more about Frantic Assembly’s 30th anniversary programme visit: https://www.franticassembly.co.uk/