Tramway
Blue Now
- Tickets
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£20/ £15 concession
- Box office telephone
- Dates and times
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Saturday 2nd Nov 2024
7:30PM
The Hunterian, University of Glasgow and Tramway announce live performance of Derek Jarman’s Blue, shown for the first time in Scotland.
If I lose half my sight, will my vision be halved? – Derek Jarman
Blue was Derek Jarman’s final film, completed shortly before his death in 1994. A single unchanging shot of celestial blue is accompanied by a kaleidoscopic soundtrack of voices and music, and we hear Jarman reflecting on his own AIDS-related illnesses, on his mortality, and on loved ones lost to the virus. As AIDS progressively steals his sight, he searches for a vision that ‘transcends the solemn geography of human limits.’
Reimagined as a one-off live event, Blue Now will bring together an incredible live cast and a new score by Simon Fisher Turner, creator of the original soundtrack, performs the new live score created in collaboration with cellist and composer Lucy Railton. Blue Now’s cast includes actor Russell Tovey, poets Joelle Taylor and Jay Bernard and writer and performer Travis Alabanza who together deliver Jarman’s powerful words.
Blue Now is a unique opportunity to reflect on the impact of the AIDS epidemic, and the importance of creating space for compassion, rage and poetry in the face of prejudice and oppression.
Directed by Neil Bartlett
Produced by James Mackay
This performance coincides with the Digging in Another Time: Derek Jarman’s Modern Nature exhibition, open at the Hunterian Art Gallery from 2 November 2024.
Blue Now, in this live event version, was commissioned by WePresent by WeTransfer, first presented by WeTransfer in association with Fuel and Basilisk Communications, and originally produced by Fuel.
ACCESS
British Sign Language Interpreted
Particularly good for Subpacs (Tramway has 3 available)
Audience notes: Contains mature themes
Booking Information
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Large Print and Braille programme material available upon request.
Some performances may also be BSL interpreted, audio described or have further assistance available. Access information for individual events is included in their event listing.
Accessible toilets
Accessible toilets are available on all three levels of Tramway, and come equipped with handrails and emergency pull cords. Please contact Tramway prior to your visit if you have any additional requirements
Assistance dogs
Assistance dogs are welcome. We can provide a bowl of water for an assistance dog. The assistance dog toilet area is located to the rear of the building.
Assistance dogs are allowed in the auditorium.
Wheelchair access
There is level access to all Tramway spaces and the cafe, with lift access to the upper spaces.
There are designated spaces for wheelchair users in the theatre.
Baby changing
Baby changing facilities are available on the ground floor
Baby feeding
Breastfeeding is welcome at Tramway
Cafe or restaurant
Full table service is not available. Food or drinks can be ordered at the counter and will be brought to the table.
No tables are permanently fixed.
No chairs are permanently fixed.
Menus are hand held only, but are clearly presented in contrasting colours. Menus are not available in Braille.
Parking
On street only
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Location Map
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