Endgame @ Project Arts Centre, Dublin
December 17th, 2019 | by Ian Patterson
“You’re on Earth. There’s no cure for that!” When tackling any of Samuel Beckett’s plays, never mind one of his …
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Cascando @ Happy Days Enniskillen International Beckett Festival
August 12th, 2019 | by Ian Patterson
It’s too far to see the expressions or to hear the reactions of the rowers gliding past as they observe …
Pas Moi/Not I @ Happy Days Enniskillen International Beckett Festival
August 5th, 2019 | by Ian Patterson
A broken mind is a terrifying notion. Once gone, so too, has a large slice of the humanity. Isn’t that …
Samuel Beckett’s Watt @ Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire
April 23rd, 2019 | by Ian Patterson
“Nothing. But was that not something?” A stage adaptation of Samuel Beckett’s novel Watt is a fairly mad endeavour. Dense, …
Purgatorio: Walking For Waiting For Godot @ Happy Days Enniskillen Beckett Festival
August 31st, 2018 | by Ian Patterson
“We are all born mad. Some remain so.” It’s been a wait alright. Six years, in fact, for the first …
The Old Tune @ Happy Days Enniskillen Beckett Festival
August 27th, 2018 | by Ian Patterson
One of the great things about the Happy Days Enniskillen Beckett Festival – and there are many – is …
What Where @ Happy Days Enniskillen Beckett Festival
August 16th, 2018 | by Ian Patterson
Even before the passengers disembark at a secret destination in the Fermanagh countryside, the drama has begun. Franz Schubert’s Winterreise …
Quad @ Happy Days Samuel Beckett Festival
September 13th, 2017 | by Ian Patterson
“Imagine you have no objects, well, all I can do with no objects is pick up none of them.” It …
From An Abandoned Work @ Happy Days Beckett Festival
September 13th, 2017 | by Ian Patterson
For all the grim reality associated with much of Samuel Beckett’s work there is also, frequently enough, a silver lining …
Eh Joe @ Samuel Beckett Happy Days Festival
September 7th, 2017 | by Ian Patterson
One of the most satisfying aspects of the Happy Days Enniskillen International Beckett Festival has been its embrace of Beckett …
