Endgame

Critic's Pick – 'it’s awfully good to be in their company ... the fine, funny artists of Garry Hynes’s venerable Druid troupe'
The New York Times

'[a] terrific Endgame from the estimable Irish company Druid'
The Wall Street Journal

'masterful ... remarkably courageous'
TheaterMatters

'if you want to see [Beckett] done well, head off-Broadway ... this one is a must-see'
TheaterMania

'a pristine piece of work, unmissable'
Lighting & Sound America

'an excellent staging ... cements Samuel Beckett as the playwright of the hour'
The New York Sun

'Hynes is a masterful director ... and it shows here in how intelligently she’s interpreted the classic play‘s prescriptive stage directions ... a muscular, insightful Endgame that easily gets to the heart of the play without having to resort to fussy theatricality'
Interludes

'we are fortunate to have the perfectly nimble hands of director Garry Hynes ... the acting throughout [is] about as perfect as perfect can get'
Cinema Stage

★★★★
'flawless ... all four actors bringing Beckett’s death disquisition to piercing life'
New York Stage Review

★★★★
'worth the trip to the Irish Arts Center ... [a] most excellent ensemble'
The Front Row Center

'superb direction of Garry Hynes ... Nolan and Monaghan excel'
Irish Central

'Under Garry Hynes’s direction, this Endgame is full of laughs ... evokes a sort of demented Laurel and Hardy'
Off Off Online

'bleakly beautiful ... the text offers no easy reading, but in Hynes’s hands it becomes less a riddle than a meditation'
Front Mezz Junkies

‘bleakly beautiful study in survival and stasis'
Times Square Chronicles

'delightful ... bewitching ... Among this season's Beckett revivals, this one should convert sceptics while enchanting fans'
The 100 Word Review

★★★★★
‘Garry Hynes’s searing direction makes Beckett new ... assured, meticulous, insightful and emotionally powerful'
The Observer

★★★★★
‘mesmerisingly assured ... without mitigating Beckett’s cosmic pessimism, Hynes’s staging shows us that there is still fun to be had'
Financial Times

★★★★
‘Druid’s exquisite production brings a lightness of step to Beckett’s indestructible tragicomedy'
The Irish Times

★★★★
'Beckett's classic is still as bleak and brilliant as ever'
The Irish Examiner

★★★★
'a superb addition to the best productions of Beckett's masterpiece'
The Arts Review

'the undoubted highlight of my four days in Galway ... directed by the great Garry Hynes for her famous Druid Theatre Company'
The National

'impressive production ... the cast of this blackly funny bleak piece are superb'
Connacht Tribune

'If you’ve ever wondered about seeing Beckett and wanted to see the canon production, this is the one to see'
Galway Bay FM

• Nagg Bosco Hogan
• Clov Aaron Monaghan
• Nell Marie Mullen
• Hamm Rory Nolan