The Khomenko Family Chronicles
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Royal Court Theatre presents
The Good Family
By Joakim Pirinen
30 November - 21 December 2007
Jerwood Theatre Upstairs
The Family Plays: A Double Bill with The Khomenko Family Chronicles
SWEDEN
The weather is wonderful, the sky is cloudless and Lasse is deliriously happy. His son is also over the moon, as are his wife and daughter. They are comfortably off, sexually satisfied, liberal, liberated and pretty well perfect. Everything is wonderful and probably always will be.
A flat-packed comedy from the country that brought you Ikea.
Translated by Gregory Motton
Both plays are distinct and flavoursome treats.
— Evening Standard
A brightly bonkers, perfectly acted production…very funny and artfully perverse.
— Independent
A short, sharp slice of idealised and ironised Swedish life.
— Daily Telegraph
International Playwrights: A Genesis Project
Media partner: The Independent
Select a Date
| Date | Time | Venue | Notes | Prices | Booking Link |
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Dates in November |
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| Fri 30 Nov 2007 | 12:00am | Jerwood Theatre Upstairs | |||
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Joakim Pirinen
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Reviews
Both plays are beautifully acted, directed and designed in ways that shake up expectations.
— Guardian, about The Family Plays: A Double Bill
Crisp, quirky and exceptionally fun.
— Evening Standard
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