Blue/orange

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