Blue 1993 was British artist and filmmaker Derek Jarman’s last feature film. Thirty years after it was made, British director Neil Bartlett and actor Russell Tovey have worked together to create a special live performance of the film.
Blue features a continuous single shot of the colour blue, as he reflects on his AIDS-related illness, impending death, and loved ones lost to the virus.
Due to this illness, Jarman became partially blind – his vision was often interrupted by shades of blue light. In the poignant film, he describes blue as the colour that, ‘transcends the solemn geography of human limits.’
Directed by Bartlett, BLUE NOW’s cast includes Travis Alabanza, Jay Bernard, Joelle Taylor who will together deliver Jarman’s powerful words (previously voiced by Jarman himself, Tilda Swinton, Nigel Terry and John Quentin). Simon Fisher-Turner, who created the original soundtrack, will compose a new score to perform live on the night.
BLUE NOW is unique opportunity to reflect on the impact of the British AIDS epidemic, and the importance of creating space for compassion, rage and poetry in the face of prejudice and oppression.
Live performances commissioned by WePresent by WeTransfer in association with Fuel and Basilisk Communications