CLYBOURNE PARK Previews at Wyndham’s Theatre, Previews January 28

The triple award-winning Clybourne Park begins previews on Friday 28 January at Wyndham's Theatre (Press Night 8 February). Having recently been awarded The South Bank Sky Arts Theatre Award, The Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Play and The Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best New Play, Clybourne Park is the latest transfer from the Royal Court, after successes with both ENRON and Jerusalem.

Lorna Brown, Stephen Campbell Moore, Sarah Goldberg, Michael Goldsmith, Stuart McQuarrie, Lucian Msamati, Sam Spruell and SopHie Thompson will star in the West End transfer of Bruce Norris' critically acclaimed play, directed by Dominic Cooke, Artistic Director of the Royal Court.

In 1959 Russ and Bev are selling their desirable two-bed at a knock-down price. This enables the first black family to move into the neighbourhood, creating ripples of discontent amongst the cosy white urbanites of Clybourne Park. In 2009, the same property is being bought by Lindsey and Steve whose plans to raze the house and start again is met with a similar response. Are the issues festering beneath the floorboards actually the same fifty years on?

Norris' hilarious satire explores the fault line between race and property. Written in two parts, over two generations in 1959 and 2009, the company play a different role in each act. Clybourne Park was originally staged at the Playwrights Horizons in New York in February 2010. This new Royal Court production has been described by critics as "Genius as Miller meets Ayckbourn" (The Times); "sparky satire on modern race manners" (Daily Mail); and "the funniest new play of the year" (The Evening Standard).

Bruce Norris' previous credits include The Pain and the Itch (Royal Court, 2007), The Infidel, Purple Heart and The Unmentionables.

Lorna Brown's theatre credits include Short Fuses at the Bristol Old Vic, Once on this Island at Hackney Empire, Things of Dry Hours at the Royal Exchange and 93.2FM at the Royal Court. On television, she has appeared in Catherine Tate, The Bill as Leanne Samuels and French and Saunders.

Stephen Campbell Moore was recently nominated for Best Supporting Actor in the 2011 Whatsonstage.com awards for his role last year in Arthur Miller's All My Sons directed by Howard Davies. Campbell Moore made his film debut in Stephen Fry's Bright Young Things and has since appeared in Season Of The Witch alongside Nicholas Cage, Sea Wolf, A Good Woman with Scarlett Johansson and Alan Bennett's The History Boys, a role which he first played in the stage production at The National Theatre and on Broadway. His other stage credits include Coriolanus at The Almeida Theatre and the RSC's Anthony and Cleopatra and Much Ado About Nothing. His television credits include A Short Stay In Switzerland with Julie Walters, Byron and more recently Ben Hur.

Sarah Goldberg's credits include Miss Lilly Gets Boned at the Finborough, Six Degrees of Separation at The Old Vic, Apologia at the Bush Theatre and the Wallace Shawn readings at The Royal Court Theatre.

Stuart McQuarrie recently appeared in the feature film Burke & Hare with Andy Serkis, Mike Leigh's Another Year and William Ivory's Any Human Heart on Channel 4. Other film credits include Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting, 28 Days Later and Franklyn and his extensive television work includes Extras, Silent Witness, Whistleblowers, Peep Show and A Very Social Secretary. On stage Stuart has appeared in Wanderlust and Relocated at the Royal Court, Happy Now directed by Thea Sharrock (National Theatre), The God Of Hell directed by Kathy Burke at the Donmar Warehouse and Taming Of The Shrew at the RSC.

Lucian Msamati's theatre credits include Ruined at the Almeida, Death and the King's Horseman and The Overwhelming at The National Theatre, Pericles at the RSC, The Resistible Rise Of Arturo Ui at the Lyric Theatre and Fabulation at the Tricycle. On screen, he has appeared in Ashes to Ashes, The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency and Spooks. Lucian was appointed Artistic Director of British African theatre company Tiata Fahodzi in November 2010.
Sam Spruell's theatre credits include The Caretaker at Theatre Royal Bath, Pornography at the Birmingham Rep and Traverse Theatre. On film, he has appeared in The Hurt Locker, Defiance, Elizabeth: The Golden Age and London to Brighton. On television, he has appeared in Luther, The Fixer, Ashes to Ashes, Foyle's War and Spooks.

SopHie Thompson's theatre credits include Measure for Measure at Shakespeare's Globe, Into the Woods at the Donmar Warehouse, for which she received an Olivier Award for Best Actress In A Musical, Company at the Donmar Warehouse and Wildest Dreams at the RSC for which she was nominated for an Olivier Award. On television, she played Stella Crawford in EastEnders and also appeared in May Contain Nuts, A Room with a View, The Railway Children and Persuasion.

Artistic Director of the Royal Court Dominic Cooke directs after collaborating with Norris on The Pain and the Itch in 2007 - his first production in post at the Royal Court. Other credits at the Royal Court include Aunt Dan and Lemon, The Fever, Seven Jewish Children, Wig Out!, Now or Later, Rhinoceros and two plays in Mark Ravenhill's epic play cycle Shoot/Get Treasure/Repeat. His recent credits elsewhere include Arabian Nights and Noughts and Crosses, both for the RSC, as adapter and director. He won the Olivier award for Best Director and Best Revival for The Crucible.

Dominic Cooke Director

Robert Innes Hopkins Designer

Paule Constable Lighting
David McSeveney Sound

Cast:
Lorna Brown Francine / Lena
Stephen Campbell Moore Karl / Steve

Sarah Goldberg Betsy / Lindsey
Michael Goldsmith Kenneth
Stuart McQuarrie Russ / Dan

Lucian Msamati Albert / Kevin
Sam Spruell Jim / Tom
SopHie Thompson Bev / Kathy

Produced by Royal Court Theatre Productions, Sonia Friedman Productions, Old Vic Productions and Eric Abraham

BOX OFFICE INFORMATION
Box office number 0844 482 5120
www.delfontmackintosh.co.uk
Tickets are also available via The Royal Court Theatre box office in person, by phone and online
020 7565 5000/www.royalcourttheatre.com
Performances: Mon - Sat at 7.30pm and Thurs and Sat at 2.30pm (no matinee performance on Sat 29 January and Thurs 3 February)
Ticket prices: £50.50, £40.50, £30.50, £20.50
All prices include a £1 theatre restoration levy
Front row day seats available in person from the theatre box office: £26. The first ten day seats can be purchased at £10 each
Standing: £13.50
Groups (8+): £35 Mon - Thurs performances
School groups (10+): £17.50 best available Tues eves and Thurs mats
Seniors: £25 Thurs matinee in advance

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