Blue/Orange

This event is part of: Arts of Wellbeing

Rehearsed reading of Joe Penhall's darkly comic Blue/Orange; questioning prejudice thoughout the creaking NHS

When Christopher reveals he is Idi Amin's son his doctors must determine whether he is telling the truth - or simply mad.

This one off rehearsed reading of Blue/Orange exposes the creaking health service for being over stretched, underfunded and intensely competitive for its employees. This situation impacts on its patients, leaving people like Christopher lacking unified care.

Winner of the Laurence Olivier Best New Play when it was first released, Blue/Orange questions power, hierarchy and prejudice, and shows Joe Penhall's writing at its most commanding