Samuel Beckett
Endgame
★★★★☆ Beautifully judged
The EUTC’s production of Endgame, at the Bedlam for three nights, is an exemplary production on almost every level. The direction and all of the performances are very fine indeed.
Krapp’s Last Tape
★★★★☆ Authentic Krapp:
Wistful and careful, Arkle’s production of Krapp’s Last Tape brings out the humanity in Beckett’s masterpiece. Often seen as a forbidding play, there is nothing remotely inaccessible about this.
Waiting For Godot
★★★★☆ Clearly impressive:
Suffused with hope and hopelessness, Waiting For Godot at the Lyceum in the International Festival exemplifies all of the humanity and cruelty of Samuel Beckett’s landmark work.
Krapp’s Last Tape
★★★★☆ Slow but compelling:
Bringing Beckett to the Edinburgh International Festival, Irish Production Company Clare Street gives a fittingly understated treatment to Krapp’s Last Tape.
Endgame
★★☆☆☆ Undercooked:
Underpowered and oddly hesitant, EUTC’s production of Endgame has flashes of inspiration but fails to convince.
End in sight
EUTC to stage absurdist masterpiece:
Edinburgh University Theatre Company is staging a new production of Samuel Beckett’s Endgame this week at the Bedlam Theatre.
Review – Beckett adaptations at the EIF
The International Festival has burst into life on the theatre front as the fringe leaves town, with a week of stage adaptations of works written by Samuel Beckett for a medium other than the stage.
Review – First Love
Samuel Beckett is back in the house, down in Traverse One with the return of the Gare St Lazare Players and their thorough, particular adaptation of First Love, a short story written in 1948 but not published until 1971.
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