Synopsis
Blue/Orange
$15.99 Published by Methuen
3 Male 0 Female
In a London psychiatric hospital, an enigmatic patient claims to be the son of an African dictator - a story that becomes unnervingly plausible. An incendiary tale of race, madness and a Darwinian power struggle at the heart of a dying National Health Service, Blue/Orange premiered at London's Cottesloe Theatre in April 2000 and transferred to the West End in 2001
"Joe Penhall creates as riveting and compelling a new chamber play as we have seen since Michael Frayn's Copenhagen" ~ Daily Mail
"Britain's best new play since Michael Frayn's Copenhagen...thrillingly original" ~ Financial Times
"Funny and irreverent...Penhall's writing is vibrant throughout" ~ Independent on Sunday
"I came out of Joe Penhall's new play in a state of hot, black excitement: emotional, intellectual, moral excitement. How many plays can claim that much?" ~ Sunday Times
"Exuberant...Penhall has the gift of making serious points in a comic manner and of conveying moral indignation without preaching...Stinging satire" ~ Guardian
"Provocative, blackly funny...[and] taut with thought-provoking ambiguity" ~ Independent