Eleanor Rhode’s directing brings about a riveting examination of identity in Blue Door. Now on at The Ustinov Studio, Bath!
February 14, 2019 |

Starring RAY FEARON and FEHINTI BALOGUN

Lewis, a prominent African-American professor of mathematics is just trying to lead a normal, quiet and successful existence. But when he refuses to attend the Million Man March, his wife of twenty-five years suddenly leaves him, and his life is thrown into turmoil. Finding himself suffering from a disorientating insomnia, he inadvertently conjures three generations of his ancestors, who each reveal the hardships and victories that have shaped their lives.

Lyrical, funny and poignant, Lewis’s journey is a thought-provoking window into the soul of one man grappling at the intersection of his own identity, race and culture, encapsulating more than a hundred years of American history.

Blue Door is a tour-de-force infused with abundant humour and vivid theatricality, and woven through with original songs. It is a searing examination of family and identity that will resonate with anyone who has ever struggled to live with, honour – or escape – the past.

FIVE STARS “Moving, thoughtful, humorous and spellbinding” – Daily Mail