Blue/Orange // Ustinov Studio Bath, Royal & Derngate Northampton 2021

by Joe Penhall

 

created by: Michael Balogun, James Dacre and Giles Terera

director: James Dacre

lighting designer: Charles Balfour

composer: Valgeir Sigurdsson

sound designer: Tony Gayle

associate designer: Ruth Hall

 

photographer: Marc Brenner

 

★★★★★ The Telegraph

★★★★ The Times

★★★★ Daily Mail

★★★★ Whats On Stage

★★★★ “Everything we see before us – all the characters, all the interpretations, all the actions – is presented in many, many shades of grey. All three men appear on Simon Kenny’s clean-lined, sunken set in greyscale attire: Robert in a sharp suit, Bruce in some smart-casual wear and Christopher in an Adidas tracksuit. The only aspects of the design that aren’t black, white or grey are a blue watercooler and a bowl of almost-glowing oranges.” The Stage