Blue
Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff
Tue 5-Sat 16 Feb
Chippy Lane Productions has been all about promoting Welsh stories and talent ever since its conception and they’re once again proving that with their new Chapter co-production, Blue – an intimate piece about the struggles of motherhood and familial life which maintains a distinctly Welsh perspective.
The premise is simple and yet has the potential to be the clever exploration of sensitive issues: an old acquaintance arrives in Carmarthenshire and complicates the life of a mother who already has difficulty keeping her family together. The play forces its audience to face hard realities, like the state of healthcare in the countryside as well as more personal issues. The idea of family is central but so is everything else that comes with it – what it means to be at home, whether with someone or at some place, and how you grieve someone who is not completely gone but lost all the same.
Blue is the debut play of writer Rhys Warrington and is directed by PowderHouse’s Chelsey Gillard. The cast is showing great potential and is led by Nia Roberts (Hidden, Keeping Faith) and Sophie Melville (Canaries, The Missing), featuring Jordan Bernarde (Da Vinci’s Demons, The Sea Plays) and Gwydion Rhys (The Village Social, Hinterland). It’s all brought together by Chippy Lane’s founder, Rebecca Jade Hammond.
Tickets: £10-£14. Info: 029 2030 4400 / www.chapter.org
words Szofi Zekov