Bruce Norris’ brilliant black (and white) comedy – Clybourne Park – had its South African premiere at the Fugard Theatre on 16 August 2016 and was directed by Greg Karvellas. Scathingly funny and uncomfortably honest, Bruce Norris’ hilarious script explores the fault line between race and property.
It’s 1959, and Russ and Bev are selling their desirable two-bedroom Chicago Bungalow in Clybourne Park, which enables the first black family to move into the neighbourhood, creating ripples of discontent amongst the cosy white suburbanites of Clybourne Park. Fast forward to 2009, the same property is being bought by a young white couple, Lindsey and Steve, whose plan to raze and redevelop the house stir similar echoes of unhappiness in the now all-black community.