Ending On A High Note
The end is in the beginning and yet you go on. Hamm’s words testify that in Endgame essentially nothing happens; yet there is every reason to go and see this play. Though unable to see any purpose in their own lives, the characters serve to symbolise the futility of human existence. The four are rendered progressively helpless by their decaying bodies as they await the infinitely prolonged escape of death. As is always the case with Beckett, it has the potential to be almost unwatchable.
Drama: Winston Light
If the traditional Oxford summer pastimes of punting, Pimms and Shakespeare in the garden are beginning to wear a bit thin at this late stage of term, Taiye Tuakli-Worsornu’s new one act play can offer some relief and a drastic change of scene.
Drama: A Midsummer Night's Dream
In Merton’s gorgeous gardens, the dream-like qualities of A Midsummer Night’s Dream can be magnificently set " and Tom Littler’s production is magnificent.
