Femi Elufowoju Jr on his all-female Blue/Orange

26th October 2010

 

BLACK VOICES: FEMI ELUFOWOJU Jr

The Artistic Director of Tiata Fahodzi theatre company talks to Amardeep Sohi about his radical, all-female revival of Joe Penhall’s 2000 hit, Blue/Orange, currently running at the Arcola Theatre, London. Recorded at Tiata Fahodzi.

I haven’t really concentrated on the theme of race and madness. I was more interested in how power, class and ambition are easily transferable across gender.