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BLUE

BLUE is a play written by award winning playwright Brian Daniels that covers issues that impact nurses’ well-being, including moral distress, compassion fatigue, menopause, vicarious trauma and suicidality.

To write the play, Brian spoke to 30+ RCN members, drawing on all of their individual experiences to create BLUE. Experiences including Hannah Cadogan, Lead Nurse for Lived Experience. Hannah is a nurse that speaks openly about her attempt to take her own life. The isolation Hannah felt when it happened to her caused a desire to help nurses talk openly. One nurse a week on average in the UK is lost to suicide. Hannah wanted to ensure other nurses don’t feel alone like she did.

BLUE programme

Download the programme and hear from Stephen Jones, RCN’s Head of Nursing Practice, about the alarming statistics that kick-started this project, and why we need honest conversations about the pressures of nursing in the UK.
Download the programme (PDF)
Blue programme
John Groves

This is a superb piece of work on every level. I felt quite drained with emotion by the end of the play itself, and even more so having reflected with others on what we had seen and been affected by. Very highly recommended – if you get a chance to see it, take it! 

★★★★★

John Groves Reviewer for LondonTheatre1

Read John Groves' full review of BLUE on LondonTheatre1

Pluto Productions

Pluto Productions is a drama-based education charity that specialise in writing and performing plays based on health and social care themes. Award winning Artistic Director, Brian Daniels, is commissioned to write bespoke plays that professional actors perform script-in-hand. Discussions that follow each performance allow audiences to discuss difficult topics in an open learning environment – prompting reflection and change.

Get in touch

To find out more about commissioning this play, please contact:

ann.paul@plutoproductions.org.uk and brian.daniels@plutoproductions.org.uk.

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