Endgame
Past Show
27 May - 11 Jun
Heath Ledger Theatre
Endgame is about how or why one bothers to move at all, when all moves lead to death.
Endgame
Four characters locked up in a refuge. Is it the end? Much is at stake.
The relationship between Hamm, the blind and cantankerous master unable to stand, and Clov, his long suffering servant son who cannot sit, is beginning to strain. Nagg and Nell, Hamm’s decrepit parents living in garbage cans, are not helping matters. They too seem stuck between light and dark, life and death. Ruminating on past deeds and actions that, at their core, are meaningless.
This tragicomedy reveals the constant duel between tyranny and submission and the need and desire to break free of the cycle. Confusion reigns – is it the beginning of the end or the end of the beginning? Beckett (awarded the 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature) considered this his favourite play, even over Waiting for Godot. As the chess game reference implies, Endgame, is about how or why one bothers to move at all, when all moves lead to death.
Black Swan welcomes the return of Founding Artistic Director Andrew Ross, to direct this rarely seen and engaging piece of absurd theatre.
Dates
27 May - 11 Jun
Venue
Heath Ledger Theatre
Duration
1 hr 25 mins (no interval)
Content Warning
Contains adult themes.
Artists
Geoff Kelso
Cast
Caroline McKenzie
Cast
Kelton Pell
Cast
George Shevtsov
Cast
Samuel Beckett
Writer
Andrew Ross
Director
Tyler Hill
Set & Costume Designer
Mark Howett
Lighting Designer
Gabrielle Metcalf
Assistant Director (Secondment)
Georgia Landre-Ord
Stage Manager
Jessie Atkins
Assistant Stage Manager
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