Multi award-winning BLUE/ ORANGE starring Giles Terera and Michael Balogun to tour this November

Royal & Derngate Northampton, Theatre Royal Bath Productions, and Oxford Playhouse will present the multi award-winning drama Blue/Orange at Theatre Royal Bath from 29 October-13 November 2021, before visiting the Oxford and Northampton venues.

Twenty years after Joe Penhall’s ground-breaking Blue/Orange premiered, he collaborates with co-creators Giles Terera (Hamilton), Michael Balogun (Death Of England) and Royal & Derngate’s Artistic Director James Dacre on a brand new production, which shines new light upon this incendiary interrogation of power and privilege in modern Britain.

In a London psychiatric hospital, a mysterious patient wants out. The problem is that, to him, oranges are bright blue and Muhammed Ali is a whole lot more than just a boxer.

As his doctor and senior consultant debate whether to section or release him, an extraordinary new claim causes them to become more and more divided in their diagnosis. Their power struggle escalates into a startling and provocative exploration of power and privilege, revealing uncomfortable truths about all three men.

Giles Terera said: “I vividly remember how fired up and moved I was watching Joe Penhall’s extraordinary play when it premiered. I believe the play can speak to us just as much, if not more so now as it did then. Getting to explore its themes of identity, mental health, race and a power struggle at the heart of the NHS alongside Michael Balogun is something I’m very excited about” 

The production will feature design by Simon Kenny, sound by Tony Gayle, and composition by Valgeir Sigurðsson.