Citizens theatre, Glasgow
Even the safety curtain has a morbid air in Dominic Hill’s post-apocalyptic staging of Beckett’s classic

Productions of Samuel Beckett’s modernist classic often evoke the world of music hall. The duelling routines of Vladimir and Estragon recall the banter of old-time vaudeville acts. A sequence of hat-swapping could have come straight from Laurel and Hardy .

Echoes of that remain in Dominic Hill’s staging, a co-production with the Liverpool Everyman and Bolton Octagon, but his approach is less end of the pier than end of the road.

At Citizens theatre, Glasgow , until 14 March. Then at Everyman theatre, Liverpool , 17 March-4 April and Octagon theatre, Bolton , 15 April-2 May.