One & Other - Review: blue/orange

Tue 01 May 2012

Written by Stuart Goulden

We sent a handful of reviewers along to tonight’s show armed with smartphones to commentate in short 140 character bursts on Twitter.

The Press - Review: blue/orange

Wed 02 May 2012

Written by Charles Hutchinson, The Press

"Like the gradually emptied bowl of oranges, every last bit of juice is squeezed out of Penhall’s outrageously candid play by Forster’s cast... you would be mad to miss it"

Backstage Pass - Review: blue/orange

Wed 02 May 2012

Written by James Eaglesfield, Backstage Pass

"This is a tough, uncompromising show that is wonderfully enjoyable too and which the York Theatre Royal should be applauded for staging. It raises many questions and must be a must see for anyone in the mental health profession – or any of the caring professions for that matter. And as for the rest of you? Well you should see it too!"

British Theatre Guide - Review: blue/orange

Wed 02 May 2012

Written by Mark Smith, The British Theatre Guide

"...despite the weighty topics at its heart, the play invites—and here receives—a blackly comic treatment. This is a skilfully mounted production of an excellent modern play, and both play and production deserve plaudits."

Ambassador - Review: blue/orange

Thu 03 May 2012

Written by Beth Marriott, Year 10

Joe Penhall’s play Blue/Orange is an enthralling piece which covers the issue of schizophrenia. A topic which, as Robert states, is “not popular” amongst the media because there is no cure or glamour like there is with the drugs and drink associated with so many celebrities today.

Ambassador - Review: blue/orange

Thu 03 May 2012

Written by Hannah Brown, Year 10

Blue/Orange runs up the walls as serene jazz music echoes in the air. A sense of warmth and welcoming lingers around the office like set up in the intimate auditorium as the audience take their seats. But as soon as they begin you are unsettled. It becomes not an opportunity to relax but to observe; to become part of. For when they begin you cannot take your eyes of the stage...

Ambassador - Review: blue/orange

Thu 03 May 2012

Written by Ela Portnoy, Year 10

No wrong or right. No bad or good. No black or white. Only two options: In or out, illusion or truth, blue or orange? There are always two sides to a story, but which one wins?

Yorkshire Evening Post: Review - blue/orange

Thu 03 May 2012

Written by Rod McPhee, Yorkshire Evening Post

blue/orange is unquestionably impressive. Lekan Lawal is solid as troubled Christopher, a black 24-year-old from Shepherd’s Bush with serious mental health problems, while Jonathan Race is equally impressive as Bruce, a young psychiatrist in his first year of training in an NHS teaching hospital.

York Mix - Review: blue/orange

Fri 04 May 2012

Written by Chris Titley, York Mix

Christopher has been sectioned and tells doctors that he is the son of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin – and that oranges are blue...

blue/orange

Winner of the Olivier Award for Best New Play and The Evening Standard Best Play of the Year.

In a London psychiatric hospital, an enigmatic patient claims to be the son of an African dictator.

blue/orange is an incendiary tale of race, madness and a Darwinian power struggle at the heart of a failing NHS.

‘Exuberant… Penhall has the gift of making serious points in a comic manner and of conveying moral indignation without preaching...Stinging satire’ The Guardian

‘Provocative, blackly funny...taut with thought-provoking ambiguity’ Independent