Inspired by the stage direction from The Winter’s Tale, ‘Exit pursued by a bear’, The End explores endings and exits and asks why we perform and how we will know when to stop. Developed at The Junction (Cambridge), Brighton Dome and Festival, New Art Exchange and Lakeside Arts Centre (Nottingham). Commissioned by Chester Performs. Supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. Selected for the British Council's Edinburgh Showcase 2011.
A compelling and intellectual piece The Scotsman ***
beautifully structured post-modernist piece... hugely entertaining
The Guardian ****
elegantly structured, thought-provoking and coolly resonant...
ExeuntMagazine.com ****
beautifully controlled performances... absorbing...
Nottingham Evening Post
It’s a sweet piece of meta-theatre, a show about a show. It’s also a love song to an art form Pinchbeck believes he will be leaving, a tender goodbye to an audience he feels he can no longer reach. Whatsonstage.com ****
The End loops around itself and triggers all sorts of associations. Just as it doesn’t have a start, the end is blurred. It’s funny and thought provoking. It’s a shame it’s the end. If it is the end?
The Public Reviews *****
... a really enjoyable hour of theatre that will make you laugh and leave you thinking long after the non-existent curtain falls
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The End
Image: Julian Hughes
The End
Image: Julian Hughes
The End
Image: Julian Hughes