A new production of the Olivier Award, Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning play Clybourne Park opens for previews at London's Bridge Theatre from tonight, Thursday 17th March. The play is written by Bruce Norris and is a satirical comedy about the politics of race and housing in 1950s Chicago, with Act Two set in the same neighbourhood 50 years later. The production is directed by Oliver Kaderbhai.
Imogen Stubbs will star as Bev, a mother who has tragically lost her son. She and her husband decide to sell their home in the white middle class Chicago neighbourhood of Clybourne Park and move to the suburbs. However controversy and arguments follow when it is revealed that the family buying their house are black. The second act of the play is set 50 years later when Clybourne Park has become an all-black neighbourhood which is now gentrifying and a white couple plan to buy and extend the house, causing fighting and racial tensions to surface again. Imogen stars in Act Two as Kathy, the lawyer representing the white couple.
Clybourne Park is considered on of the most important plays of the 21st Century, winning Best New Play at the 2011 Olivier Awards and Best Play at the 2012 Tony Awards. It was described by the Guardian as 'the funniest play of the year' when it was first performed in the West End in 2010.
Click here to see the cast discussing the play during rehearsals.
Tickets to the play, which runs until Saturday 23rd April, are available here.
Star of stage and screen Imogen Stubbs is available for voiceovers from Anthea Represents. She has a neutral/RP voice but is skilled in many accents including Northern, Scottish, Welsh and American. Click her image for her profile page and voiceover showreel.
