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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Chris Wiegand

Lost Atoms review – Frantic Assembly scale the highs and lows of a very modern romance

A compendium of life moments … Joe Layton and Hannah Sinclair Robinson go through old memories in Lost Atoms.
A compendium of life moments … Joe Layton and Hannah Sinclair Robinson go through old memories in Lost Atoms. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/the Guardian

Most of us simply dig up memories but the couple in Frantic Assembly’s new show clamber over a wall of filing cabinets filled with them. In a characteristically arresting production directed by Scott Graham, the drawers open to become steps, seats, even a toilet bowl; their contents include photos, golf clubs and glowing lightbulbs.

Each one sparks a recollection in Anna Jordan’s two-hander, which recounts a relationship from the couple’s origin story to their implosion and beyond. Framed by Simisola Majekodunmi’s colourful lighting, Jess and Robbie look back at the days and nights that define them as a pair.

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