# Bones in the Desert

Bones in the Desert at Half Moon Theatre, Thursday 12 November 2026, 16:30.

- Price: £9
- Venue: Half Moon Theatre, White Horse Road 43, E1 0ND London
- Get tickets: https://boxoffice.halfmoon.org.uk/HalfMoonYoungPeoplesTheatre.dll/TSelectItems.waSelectItemsPrompt.TcsWebMenuItem_0.TcsWebTab_0.TcsPerformance_798856.TcsSection_112549
- Go to page: https://www.halfmoon.org.uk/events/bones-in-the-desert/

![Bones in the Desert](https://noky.io/images/872473832ae5f12a8b56fe5565ebc4e83f172f851d163c075363bb7d4af71f25-2000.webp)

Bones in the Desert is a 60-minute immersive play for ages 13+ and young adults, with no seating as audiences stand and move among the actors. Written by British-Armenian playwright Joe Nerssessian and staged by Half Moon, the UK's leading small-scale young people's venue and touring company, it is supported by The Benlian Trust. It tells of Artur, a 19-year-old refugee in Berlin in 2022 haunted by memories of fleeing the Syrian civil war, whose reunion with someone from that journey unravels into a reckoning with identity, belonging and the cost of silence. Spanning the deserts of 1915 to today, it confronts war's long shadows, mental well-being and racism in contemporary Europe, followed by an onstage Q&A with the company.

## Dates

- Thursday 12 November 16:30 — Half Moon Theatre
- Thursday 12 November 19:00 — Half Moon Theatre
- Friday 13 November 10:30 — Half Moon Theatre
- Friday 13 November 13:30 — Half Moon Theatre
- Saturday 14 November 15:00 — Half Moon Theatre
- Saturday 14 November 19:00 — Half Moon Theatre
- Monday 16 November 10:30 — Half Moon Theatre
- Monday 16 November 13:30 — Half Moon Theatre
- Tuesday 17 November 10:30 — Half Moon Theatre
- Tuesday 17 November 13:30 — Half Moon Theatre

Written by a model, sources: [halfmoon.org.uk](https://www.halfmoon.org.uk/events/bones-in-the-desert/)

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