Tony, Olivier and Pulitzer winner CLYBOURNE PARK to Play the Fugard Theatre

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama (2011), the Olivier Award for Best New Play (2011) and the Tony Award for Best Play (2012), Bruce Norris's acclaimed black (and white) comedy CLYBOURNE PARK is set to have its South African premiere at the Fugard Theatre this year. Eric Abraham - a producer of the play in the West End - presents this Fugard Theatre production.

CLYBOURNE PARK is a response to Lorraine Hansberry's renowned play, A RAISIN IN THE SUN. It is 1959, and Russ and Bev are selling their desirable two-bedroom Chicago Bungalow in Clybourne Park which enables the first black family, the Youngers from Hansberry's play, to move into the neighbourhood, creating ripples of discontent amongst the cosy white suburbanites of Clybourne Park. Fast forward to 2009, and the same property is being bought by a young white couple, Lindsey and Steve, whose plan to raze and redevelop the house stirs similar echoes of unhappiness in the now all-black community. Scathingly funny and uncomfortably honest, Norris's hilarious script explores the fault line between race and property.

The South African cast of CLYBOURNE PARK includes Andrew Buckland (TOBACO, AND THE HARMFUL EFFECTS THEREOF), Susan Danford (MISSING...), Lesoko Seabe (SIEMBAMBA), Scott Sparrow (STRANGERS ON A TRAIN), Nicholas Pauling (THE PERVERT LAURA), Claire-Louise Worby (COURT) and Pope Jerrod (OTHELLO).

The production will be directed by Greg Karvellas (BAD JEWS). Set design is by Saul Radomsky (THE SHADOW OF THE HUMMINGBIRD) and costume design is by Birrie Le Roux (WEST SIDE STORY).

Founding producer and owner of the Fugard Theatre, Eric Abraham says:

CLYBOURNE PARK is a milestone play that examines our sense of otherness and issues such as the language we use with each other, gentrification, heritage and community, in an unapologetically searing but bitingly witty manner. These are conversations that are pertinent to South Africans, and we are thrilled to be presenting the South African premiere of this Pulitzer, Tony and Olivier Award-winning play at The Fugard Theatre.

CLYBOURNE PARK will run at The Fugard Theatre from 16 August - 1 October 2016. Tickets, ranging from R120 to R240 are now available and can be booked online through Computicket, by telephone on 0861 915 8000 or in person at any Shoprite Checkers outlet. Bookings can also be made at the Fugard Theatre box office on 021 461 4554, with a 15% discount available for the Friends of The Fugard members. The Fugard Theatre is situated in the heart of District Six, on the corner of Harrington and Caledon Streets, Cape Town. The Harrington Street car park is located at the corner of Caledon and Harrington streets and is available for the use of theatre patrons.

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