Archive Review: Happy Days, Tron Theatre

Exeunt exeunt Reviews • Glasgow • ScotlandPublished 21 May 2015 Happy Days Tron Theatre ⋄ 15th – 23rd May 2015 Bleakly hilarious. Lorna Irvine Credit: John Johnston Samuel Beckett wrote brilliant, multi-faceted female characters, so when quintessential actress and his personal favourite, Billie Whitelaw, passed away in December of last year, she left an irreplaceable space in theatre. It seems,Continue reading “Archive Review: Happy Days, Tron Theatre”

Waiting For Credibility

The most bizarre Broadway theatre news in ages arrived the other day when I read that Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, original stars of slacker comedy Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure , are to take on the Samuel Beckett classic Waiting For Godot. I honestly thought that this was a parody, like that time ChrisContinue reading “Waiting For Credibility”

Theatre Review: Krapp’s Last Tape/Go On, Tron Theatre

Go On Linda McLean’s plays are all about humanity in all its messy, smudgy forms, so it’s a fine companion piece to Beckett. Jane (Maureen Beattie) is training an Artificial Intelligence prototype, Jayne. One appears on a screen on a glowing cube, glugging down red wine in a suburban kitchen. The other is in personContinue reading “Theatre Review: Krapp’s Last Tape/Go On, Tron Theatre”