Blue/Orange

Blue/Orange
Written by	Joe Penhall
Date premiered	April 2000
Place premiered	Cottesloe Theatre London
Original language	English
Genre	Comedy
Setting	a London psychiatric hospital
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Blue/Orange is a play by written by English dramatist, Joe Penhall. A sardonically comic piece which touches on race, mental illness, and 21st century British life, it premiered at the Cottesloe Theatre in April 2000, starring Bill Nighy, Andrew Lincoln and Chiwetel Ejiofor. It went to London's West End in 2001.

In 2008, Plain Clothes Theatre Productions toured the show around the South-West. Venues included the Tobacco Factory, Bristol; Cheltenham Everyman and the Rondo Theatre, Bath.

Contents 1 Film adaption 2 Awards and nominations 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External links

[edit] Film adaption

In 2005, the play was adapted for a television film directed by Howard Davies for BBC with stars, Brian Cox, John Simm and Shaun Parkes.^[1]

[edit] Awards and nominations

• 2000 Evening Standard Award
• 2000 London Critics' Circle Theatre Award
• 2001 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play

[edit] References

[edit] Further reading

• Penhall, Joe (2000). Blue/Orange (First edition ed.). London: Methuen Drama. ISBN 0413752704. 

[edit] External links

• Blue/Orange at the Internet off-Broadway Database
• Blue/Orange at the Internet Movie Database

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