Waiting for Godot review – Beckett’s classic tragicomedy is more comedic than tragic | Theatre
SAmuel Beckett's 1953 tragicomedy about two sad men waiting by a willow tree for a mysterious figure to appear strikes a delicate balance between the absurd and the bleak, the funny and the terrifying. In James MacDonald's production, the drama between Estragon (Lucian M'Samati) and Vladimir (Ben Whishaw), who form an unspoken bond while waiting […]
Uncle Vanya review – Trevor Nunn triumphs with Chekhov’s tragicomedy | Theatre
aSir Trevor Nunn, 84, is making his first attempt at Anton Chekhov’s 1899 tragicomedy, Uncle Vanya, about hard work and hopeless love set in a dilapidated mansion in the Russian countryside. No stranger to the biggest stages, and the only person to have run both the National Theater and his RSC, Nunn works on one […]