Blue/Orange

Play :: show/work:S01180018968, production/tour:T0553273655

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7 Apr 00 to 23 Aug 00

Blue/Orange Play :: listing:L1739739619, production:T0553273655, show:S01180018968, venue: V375

Cottesloe (National Theatre) West End Greater London

Details

In a London mental hospital, an enigmatic patient claims to be the son of an exiled African dictator. As the drama unfolds, his story becomes unnervingly plausible. Joe Penhall's first play for the National is an incendiary tale about race, madness and a Darwinian power struggle at the heart of a dying NHS. His previous work includes Some Voices and Pale Horse (both Royal Court), Love and Understanding (Bush) and The Bullet (Donmar). Winner of Critics' Circle Award 2000 for Best New Play. With support from NT New Drama Circle.
Performers Chiwetel Ejiofor, Bill Nighy, Andrew Lincoln. Author Joe Penhall. Company Royal National Theatre. Producer Michael Codron. Producer Lee Dean. Director Roger Michell. Design William Dudley. Lighting Rick Fisher. Sound Neil Alexander.