The Return

This show is part of Four Wheel Drive’s CONNECT Festival taking place from the 19th-23rd July.

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'Breath-taking, striking, utterly engrossing' ★★★★★ Everything Theatre

An immersive insight into hidden consequences of war.

The beaches are lovely. Remembering is crass, embarrassing and in poor taste. But to remember is to return. If we cannot return, where do we start from? Come to laugh, to cry and to feel awkward. Whatever it is, we will survive it - survival being an art. Or an embarrassment?

The Return is a devised one-woman show exploring the hidden consequences of war. The story, based on the experience of living in Croatia during the breakup of former Yugoslavia is fragmented and collaged. It unveils an aspect of family history and explores the surreal circumstances around a conflict building up and what goes into surviving it.

Combining movement, storytelling and poetry the piece explores how living through war has affected where Natasha is now.

Written and performed by: Natasha Stanic Mann
Directed by: Andres Velasquez
Lighting Designer: Josephine Tremelling
Sound Designer: Valentino Nioi, Chris Prosho
Producer: Dahna Borojević
Artistic Assistance: Filomena Campus, Emily Harwood, Steve North

Music by Iva Bittova
Poem 'The Return' by Dobriša Cesarić