Samuel Beckett’s Endgame
The Uncommon Players
Thu 01 Jan 1970
Category
Price
£12 (£10)*
Time
8pm
Thu 01 Jan 1970
Price
£12 (£10)*
Time
8pm
Passing their days in a bare room, the nearly blind, chair-bound tyrant Hamm and his dutiful but resentful and hard of hearing servant Clov exist in a constant see-saw of pathos and hatred, love and hope.
While the battling conversation between master and servant intensifies, Hamms parents, Nell and Nagg toy with nostalgia. Symbolic of the the enthusiasms of youth and how the young can disregard the needs of the old, even as the old reminisce about their youthful enthusiasms.
In this mix of dark comedic wordplay and macabre insight, Becketts mastery is evident absurdity in the face of meaninglessness, sorrow in the face of futility, humour in the face of mortality.
????? Lovingly produced, meticulously performed
excellent realisation of the revered dramatist’s intimate yet universal Absurdist genre
REMOTE GOAT
A cathartic and potent experience
highly recommended for both Beckett veterans and the uninitiated.
RAZZ MAGAZINE