Endgame is never less than demanding, but Richard Jones’s rigorously clear production nicely balances comic absurdity with despair....Radcliffe and Alan Cumming also have the exquisite timing and rhythm of a seasoned double act...'
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‘Endgame’...can be far more ominous and chilly; here it almost has the air of a surrealist sitcom...Daniel Radcliffe shows off his gifts for physical comedy in this uncharacteristically fun night of Beckett.'
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Daniel Radcliffe lacks magic in this theatrical non-starter...in this case the issue isn’t so much with any fancy directorial conceit as the chemistry, and plausibility, of the players...'
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Beckett adds some knockabout moments but the piece is bottom-of-the-drawer fare...Cumming creates the illusion that it is weightier than it is.'
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...what I loved about Richard Jones' assured production of Endgame is that he is prepared to dispense with many of the Beckett clichés while remaining true to the author's intent.'
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Beckett played for laughs...Alan Cumming and Daniel Radcliffe lead a lively double bill...a richly engaging evening, though one that skirts real profundity.'
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...this is mostly a strenuous, laboured evening that feels a lot longer than it is...There are two brilliant cameo turns from...Jane Horrocks and Karl Johnson...but they can't save it anymore than they can save themselves.'
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Jones breathes new life into a play at risk of choking on its own aspic. By majoring on comedy, he shows how even at the bitter end, maybe especially then, life remains completely absurd.'
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