{"id":32087,"date":"2019-02-08T15:36:45","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T15:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=32087"},"modified":"2019-02-08T15:36:45","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T15:36:45","slug":"blue-the-laughter-and-tears-of-a-family-hit-by-dementia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/02\/08\/blue-the-laughter-and-tears-of-a-family-hit-by-dementia\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue: laughter and tears of a family hit by dementia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_32090\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32090\" style=\"width: 6969px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32090\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/RQiP8YgY.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"6969\" height=\"4651\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32090\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32090\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/RQiP8YgY.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"6969\" height=\"4651\" \/><\/noscript> Nia Roberts playing Lisa the mother and Gwydion Rhys playing Huw in Blue<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<em>A new play opened in Cardiff last night tackling dementia and its effect on loved ones. Louise Lazell interviewed the young Welsh playwright Rhys Warrington before the show and reviews the first showing of <\/em>Blue<em>.<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Interview with Rhys Warrington<\/strong><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32118\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32118\" style=\"width: 345px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-32118\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/51429181_615905342179598_3990652043986468864_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"345\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/51429181_615905342179598_3990652043986468864_n.jpg 750w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/51429181_615905342179598_3990652043986468864_n-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/51429181_615905342179598_3990652043986468864_n-500x619.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/51429181_615905342179598_3990652043986468864_n-293x363.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32118\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-32118\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/51429181_615905342179598_3990652043986468864_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"345\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/51429181_615905342179598_3990652043986468864_n.jpg 750w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/51429181_615905342179598_3990652043986468864_n-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/51429181_615905342179598_3990652043986468864_n-500x619.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/51429181_615905342179598_3990652043986468864_n-293x363.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/noscript> Rhys Warrington, 26, playwright of <em>Blue<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nIT is a big week for Rhys Warrington; it is his 26th birthday today and last night his debut play was staged for the first time.<br \/>\n<em>Blue<\/em>, at Chapter Arts Centre, took the audience on a turbulent journey as it followed a family coping with the absence of their father, who suffers with dementia.<br \/>\nWhen Rhys arrives at the coffee shop where I am meeting him, he pulls back the hood of his baby-blue raincoat and smiles as he recognises me; his presence is soft, immediately warming.<br \/>\nAt just 26, Rhys says that he is always the baby in the room. His debut play came about after working with the producer of the theatre company Chippy Lane Productions and performing in their first production, <em>Love steals us away from Loneliness<\/em>.<br \/>\nThe producer, Rebecca Jade Hammond, later selected Rhys to write a play revolving around a family in crisis for Chippy Lane, which prides itself on its Welsh name.<br \/>\nWith this, Rhys was impelled towards the topic of dementia, something with which he has a lot of experience.<br \/>\n\u201cThe germ of the idea came from her, the family dynamic, but dementia is something very personal to me and has also touched Rebecca as well.\u201d Rhys explained.<br \/>\nRhys\u2019 dad has vascular dementia, the second most common type of dementia which is estimated to affect around 150,000 people in the UK.<br \/>\nRhys\u2019 honesty with me around his experience of his father\u2019s dementia explains why<em> Blue<\/em> is so beautifully performed; portraying the reality of dementia with both sincerity and starkness.<br \/>\n\u201cIt was challenging. For a long time I\u2019ve wanted to write a play which examined memory.<br \/>\n\u201cTo be touched by it in such a heavy way so young is something I have shaped my character around.<br \/>\n\u201cMy dad is in wonderful, wonderful specialist care now. It is joyous to go and visit.<br \/>\n\u201cWhen he was at home it was really difficult, his personality changed and his temperament changed.\u201d<br \/>\nOne of the driving forces behind <em>Blue<\/em> for Rhys was the lack of representation around those affected by dementia, as opposed to those suffering with it.<br \/>\n\u201cI think at 21 &#8211; when it was all happening &#8211; I was slightly frustrated. Any representation of dementia in the arts is brilliant because it\u2019s a crisis but they focus the attention on the dementia sufferer.<br \/>\n\u201cSo in <em>Blue<\/em>, the dementia sufferer doesn\u2019t feature. It is very much about the family and how they are left to navigate the social, financial, emotional and psychological impact of caring for somebody with this disease.\u201d<br \/>\nMoreover, Rhys explained that there is a tendency in the arts \u2013 especially on television \u2013 to portray a dementia sufferer as doddery or forgetful.<br \/>\n\u201cPeople are forgetful because they&#8217;re old \u2013 that isn\u2019t dementia, it\u2019s completely different.\u201d<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32089\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32089\" style=\"width: 7360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32089\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/GTxYrX-w.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"7360\" height=\"4912\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32089\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32089\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/GTxYrX-w.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"7360\" height=\"4912\" \/><\/noscript> Gwydion Rhys and Sophie Melville as Elin and Huw in last night&#8217;s show of Blue<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nYet <em>Blue<\/em> is not subsumed by the darkness of the unspoken disease that affects the characters, it is filled with quick-wit and laughter.<br \/>\nRhys\u2019 ability to move the audience through the confusion and fragility of a family on the brink of crisis while still invoking humour very much reflects the experience of life with a dementia-sufferer.<br \/>\n\u201cAs difficult as it was and as sad as it was, there were still moments of joy where Dad would say something funny or there would be a glimmer of his old self and for 20 minutes we\u2019d laugh and then it would go back to not being funny anymore,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nRhys now lives in London, however he grew up in Carmarthen which is where he decided to base the play. He laughed as he told me this: \u201cSomebody said to me yesterday that the only reason you would have a play set in Carmarthen is if you\u2019re from Carmarthen.\u201d<br \/>\nPerhaps unexpectedly, Carmarthen emulated aspects of American dramas for Rhys, which was another leading influence for <em>Blue<\/em>.<br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019ve always found a connection between American dramas and Wales &#8211; they are all rooted in family.<br \/>\nThe script of <em>Blue<\/em> was published on Tuesday, adding another memorable moment to Rhys\u2019 week.<br \/>\n\u201cI was delighted. I went downstairs and I just burst into tears. This woman opposite me was trying to have a glass of wine and looked very confused as I was sat there crying into my packet of Walkers crisps.\u201d<br \/>\nRhys future as a playwright certainly looks bright. Short-term, he hopes that <em>Blue<\/em> will find its way onto London stages. Long-term, he would love to write for TV.<br \/>\nKeep your eyes peeled for that baby-blue raincoat, because Rhys Warrington is a name and face to remember.<br \/>\n<strong>Review: a family at crisis point<\/strong><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32091\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32091\" style=\"width: 6964px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32091\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/IvJTY4B8.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"6964\" height=\"4648\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32091\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32091\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/02\/IvJTY4B8.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"6964\" height=\"4648\" \/><\/noscript> The cast of <em>Blue<\/em> in the awkward dinner scene<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<em>Nestled in rural Carmarthenshire, the new Welsh play explores the journey of a mother, her son and daughter all battling with the pain of their absent father\u2019s dementia.<\/em><br \/>\nThis play is undoubtedly driven by its strong women. The mother Lisa, played by the fantastic Nia Roberts, has the audience bursting with laughter through her quick wit but also recognisably contradictory maternal love with her children.<br \/>\nLisa\u2019s constant and warming reminiscence of her husband brings to the surface a discussion of past and present; the difficulty of grieving for someone lost, but not yet dead.<br \/>\nThe loud and exuberant Elin, the daughter returned from university, invites a student teacher from her past, Thomas, into her home. Recently bereaved himself, Thomas is thrown into an awkward evening with the messy Williams and acts as the host to each character\u2019s still translating emotions.<br \/>\nClashing personalities pivot the play between moods, however it is the theme of miscommunication drives the underlying tragedy of <em>Blue<\/em>; how individuals\u2019 coping mechanisms create a fierce crucible of conflict and misunderstanding which throws the audience from laughter to tears.<br \/>\nChelsey Gillard\u2019s direction is commendable, preparing the audience for a bubbling finale. The actors each give beautifully crafted performances; four completely different displays of raw emotion, presented in a thoughtful yet surprisingly light-handed manner throughout the play.<br \/>\nConfusion and wrought emotion bring bitter truths to the table and the cracks of the Williams family lead to a shocking and destabilising climax.<br \/>\nThe vulnerability of the characters in the height of the denouement is intense. The audience is left confused yet overwhelmed with emotion; these moments of confusion are not annoying for the audience but reflective of the character experience.<br \/>\nProduced by Chippy Lane Productions, which champions Wales-based pieces, Rhys Warrington\u2019s debut play is a must-see. Taking a step back from the focus of the dementia sufferer, <em>Blue<\/em> looks at the loved ones affected and opens an important and often neglected conversation about the disease.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Blue <\/em>is on at\u00a0the Chapter Theatre until February 16. Tickets can be bought <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chapter.org\/blue\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Or click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/uk\/blue-9781350109063\/\">here<\/a> to get a copy of the script.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new play opened in Cardiff last night tackling dementia and its effect on loved ones. Louise Lazell interviewed the young Welsh playwright Rhys Warrington before the show and reviews the first showing of Blue. Interview with Rhys Warrington IT is a big week for Rhys Warrington; it is his 26th birthday today and last night his debut play was staged for the first time. 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