Endgame review – Beckett’s lonely clowns raise an extra laugh

Pleasance at EICC, Edinburgh Flabbergast Theatre’s production of Samuel Beckett’s desolate play leans into slapstick – and loses some of the searing threat This production by Flabbergast Theatre , which specialises in physical comedy, shows you what a good fit clowning is for Samuel Beckett’s work. The tragicomic characters in director Henry Maynard’s production are wretchedly grotesque. Hamm…