Coinciding with the centenary of the First World War, The Return of the Soldier is an intimate new chamber musical based on Rebecca West’s celebrated 1918 novel of the home front. An intensely bitter-sweet tale dissects the very different love of three women for Christopher. When he returns from the war with shell-shock, there are profound consequences for each of them.

With a cast of five, this powerful new music drama with its rich and arresting score, becomes an eloquent treatise on the nature of love, truth, memory and loss. In the end, only an extraordinary sacrifice will restore a fragile status quo. The show will be directed by Charlotte Westenra, with music by Charles Miller, musical direction from Simon Lambert, design by Simon Anthony Wells and the book and lyrics by Tim Sanders.