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Once you've seen that explosive violence - that pink mist - how can you go back again? Lyrical and devastating, this award-winning verse drama is about three young soldiers from Bristol who are deployed to Afghanistan. Pulling no punches, it weaves their experiences together, setting war-torn trauma against the backdrop of their everyday lives and examines both the physical and psychological fractures they bring home. Drawn from interviews with soldiers and their families, this intensely emotional and poetic work recently won Wales Book of the Year and the Roland Mathias prize. It captures the realities of modern warfare with piercing insight and aching power.

Creatives/Company

Author: Owen Sheers
Producer: Bristol Old Vic
Director(s): John Retallack, George Mann (associate director)
Design: Emma Cains
Lighting: Peter Harrison
Sound: Jon Nicholls
Music: Jon Nicholls