Performer Name: Half Moon Presents

Show Name: Bones in the Desert - a Half Moon production

Show Description

Two lives. One past. A hundred years apart. A story that refuses to stay buried. Berlin, 2022. Artur, a 19-year-old refugee, is stuck in a city that doesn’t feel like home - caught between worlds, between roles and haunted by the ghosts of his escape from the Syrian civil war. When someone from that journey suddenly reappears, 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, Bones in the Desert traces the long shadows of war and the lives it still shapes. With raw honesty and urgency, it confronts mental well-being, racism in contemporary Europe and the devastating cost of silence. Written by British-Armenian playwright Joe Nerssessian, this powerful new 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. Presented in an immersive style with a pulsating contemporary soundtrack, Bones in the Desert is the latest production from Half Moon, the UK’s leading small-scale young people’s venue and touring company.

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Lighting / Sound: Lighting and sound are operated from within the floor area as part of the action by our SM. We tour with 4 LX stands and 4 speaker stands which are positioned in each corner. All equipment is toured. There is no requirement for the in-house P.A. Lighting control is a toured via Nomad so a DMX connection to the house dimmers is required to control the venue pre-rigged items that are part of the lighting design (expected to be 1 or 2 overheads only).
Venue Specification: Full blackout required. No auditorium seating used. Flat floor (or open pros-arch stage where audience can stand) with minimum of 8 metres by 6 metres footprint. The audience is within this floor space footprint. Capacity limited to 80 for the minimum area, maybe increased if extra floor space available. Setting: Black box theatre presentation. No wing space required. Get-in / Out: Maximum 3 hours prior to the performance start time and 1 hour after audience have cleared. Lighting / Sound: Lighting and sound are operated from within the floor area as part of the action by our SM. We tour with 4 LX stands and 4 speaker stands which are positioned in each corner. All equipment is toured. There is no requirement for the in-house P.A. Lighting control is a toured via Nomad so a DMX connection to the house dimmers is required to control the venue pre-rigged items that are part of the lighting design (expected to be 1 or 2 overheads only). Venue technical staff: 1 venue tech from get in required. Parking: For a long wheel-based crew van. Facilities: Secure dressing room for 2 performers ideally with an ironing board and access to hot and cold water and toilet facilities.
Up to 500 A5 colour flyers and 20 A3 colour posters. (NB: overprinting will be at an additional cost, please enquire). Images/production photos and other digital assets for use within venue brochures or broader usage. We can provide assets for venues/partners to make their own print etc. if that is preferred.
Half Moon is the UK’s leading small-scale young people’s venue and touring company. We commission and create new home-grown theatre productions, often in co-production, and tour them around the UK and internationally. In addition, we are pleased to offer a range of productions as part of our Half Moon Presents portfolio – work for young audiences developed in partnership with our associate artists and companies.