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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Nick Curtis

Bluets at the Royal Court Review: A complex fusion of technology and technique, flawlessly done

The perceptions of a person depressed by a breakup and obsessed with the colour blue are splintered across four video screens, and between three actors speaking into microphones and cameras, in this boggling adaptation of Maggie Nelson’s book.

That those actors are Ben Whishaw, House of the Dragon’s Emma D’Arcy and the estimable Kayla Meikle attests to the pulling power of director Katie Mitchell.

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