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Blue Heart
Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond
4/5
IF EXHILARATING, anarchic and unsettling sound like your idea of a good 90 minutes of theatre, the double bill Blue Heart by Caryl Churchill will hit the spot.
The mounting comedy in both pieces — a co-production between the Orange Tree and the Tobacco Factory theatres — is the perfect accompaniment to the fragmented dramas which unfold.
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