A Good House at the Royal Court Theatre review: perceptive and provoking fun

A Good House at the Royal Court Theatre review: perceptive and provoking fun

Amy Jeptha’s comedy of capitalism and race isn’t perfect, but it’s raucously funny

A Good House Review - Fairy Powered Productions

Royal Court Theatre, London – until 8 February 2025 Reviewed by Claire Roderick 4**** In the quiet and seemingly idyllic community of Stillwater, South Africa, the appearance of a mysterious shack shatters the aspirational atmosphere and lays bare the attitudes of the residents. Despite living in Stillwater for 2 years, no neighbours have ever visited Sihle (Sifiso Mazibuko) and Bonolo Mbatha (Mimî M Khayisa) – the only Black residents – until …

REVIEW: A Good House

Rating: 4 out of 5. A fascinating kitchen-sink drama interrogating race, class, and assimilation In the aspirational neighbourhood of Stillwater, a mysterious shack has sprung up, clashing with the cul-de-sac’s uniform new-builds. Its owners are nowhere to be seen, and the neighbours want it removed. This premise anchors A Good House, taking the audience into the living rooms of three Stillwater couples. The shack looms at Andew and Jess through…

A Good House – Royal Court Theatre, London - The Reviews Hub

Writer: Amy Jephta Director: Nancy Medina There’s something perpetually watchable about middle-class couples making each other uncomfortable. That’s why Abigail’s Party remains such a popular work nearly fifty years on. That same tension, of terrible people being terribly civil (and civilly terrible) to each other, infuses Amy Jephta’s black comedy, A Good House. Opening with … The post A Good House – Royal Court Theatre, London appeared first o…

A Good House – Royal Court - North West End UK

AdvertisementsExample Ad #1 (only visible for logged-in visitors) Following the struggle of new residents Sihle and Bonolo to adjust to their new neighborhood of Stillwater, A Good House is a brilliantly tense and funny examination of race and community politics. The sudden appearance of a makeshift shack is what drives the action of the play, as Stillwater’s white residents try to get Bonolo and Sihle to become the faces of the plan to evict th…

A GOOD HOUSE review by thespyinthestalls.com at Royal Court

A GOOD HOUSE Royal Court ★★★★ “The performances and the dynamics are gripping” The time is now. The setting is the evocatively named small town of Stillwater which, we are told is located ‘wherever that may be’. Although it is clear we are in South Africa. But switch the accents and we could be anywhere in the world; from the Redneck belt of the Southern US to a provincial English backwater. The poignancy that oozes from Amy Jephta’s one act pl…