Blue / Orange An edgy comedy by Joe Penhall Thurs 10th - Sat 12th July 2008 01642 81 51 81/ 7.30pm
Olivier Award for Best New Play - 2001
What do you do when you can’t tell the inmate from the shrink? In a London psychiatric hospital. Christopher claims he's the son of the late Ugandan dictator, Idi Amin and that oranges are blue. - a story that becomes unnervingly plausible. This baffling young man becomes a human punchbag in the battle between two psychiatrists. But is Chris seriously ill, or is he being misdiagnosed by an uptight doctor? Blue/Orange keeps us guessing as our perception of the characters, and their relationship to each other, constantly shifts. An incendiary tale of race, madness and a Darwinian power struggle at the heart of a dying NHS, Blue/Orange challenges assumptions about 'normality' and questions whether 'sanity' is dependant on the colour of your skin. Directed by Middlesbrough Theatre regular Karen Henson – last seen in Tabs Productions’ Snake in the Grass a year ago – Blue/Orange is being specially re-mounted for the theatre as part of its Summer Drama Season. |
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