It premiered at the National Theatre, London, in October 2011 and centres around John, a christ-like figure, who returns from absence to preach an anti-war movement.

The play premiered at the National Theatre, London, on 18 October 2011,[1] directed by Thea Sharrock, with Trystan Gravelle as John and Shane Zaza as Zia.

[3] Michael Billington of The Guardian awarded the play four stars and stating that Bartlett had written a "powerful, disturbing play", and described the set design of the production as "excellently served" by Thea Sharrock and Tom Scutt.

[4] Charles Spencer of The Telegraph gave the play three stars, stating his main problem with it was the Jesus-like hero, John, believing that he'd never gain such a following and describing him as a "sanctimonious Welsh windbag".

Spencer also found the set design of the National Theatre production failing to capture the atmosphere of modern London.