Bones in the Desert

 Berlin, 2022. Artur, a 19-year-old refugee, is stuck in a city that doesn’t feel like home – caught between worlds, and haunted by the ghosts of his escape from the Syrian civil war.

Someone from that journey suddenly reappears and what begins as a joyful reunion soon becomes a reckoning with identity, memory and the question of how to be free.

From the deserts of 1915 to the chaos of today, this powerful new play traces the shadows of war and the lives it still shapes. With raw honesty and urgency, it confronts mental wellbeing, racism in contemporary Europe and the devastating cost of silence.

Written by British-Armenian playwright Joe Nerssessian, the play speaks directly to young adult audiences with heart, humour and an unflinching gaze. It’s about where we come from, who we carry with us and what it means to belong.

Bones in the Desert is an immersive production. There is no assigned seating and audiences stand and move throughout the performance. 

This is the latest production from Half Moon, the UK’s leading small-scale young people’s venue and touring company.