Two plays from opposite ends of Europe, each depicting family life: both slyly subversive, both quietly terrifying.In The Good Family by Swedish writer Joakim Pirinen, we are comfortably off, sexually satisfied, liberal, liberated and pretty much perfect. Everything is wonderful and probably always will be.In The Khomenko Family Chronicles by Ukranian writer Natalia Vorozhbit, two parents tell their bedbound son the romantic tale of how they met and married - a light-hearted stroll down memory lane that takes us past Chernobyl and the Twin Towers.Translated by leading British playwright Gregory Motton and poet Sasha Dugdale, they were first performed as The Family Plays: A Double Bill at the Royal Court in 2007.About the Author: Joakim was born in 1961 and is of Swedish-Finnish origin. He has created nine comic books and radio plays. As an artist he exhibits regularly and has illustrated around 20 books. Joakim is also a journalist, publisher and maker of short films. Natalia was born in Kiev in the Ukraine and studied at the Moscow Literary Institute. She has written a number of plays, including a commission for the RSC. Gregory Motton's plays include A Message for the Broken Hearted, The Terrible VOice of Satan, Looking at You (revived) Again, Lazy Brien, Ambulance and Downfall, all published by Oberon.