ENDGAME
Sydney Theatre Company (STC)

Director: Benedict Andrews

Starring: Peter Carroll, Jacek Koman, Lynne Murphy and Matthew Whittet

Endgame, completed in 1958, followed the huge success of Waiting for Godot and once again placed Beckett in the spotlight for its extreme subject matter.

A master and a servant are trapped in a room, both disabled and both believing they are the sole survivors of a terrible apocalyptic event. Endgame is a direct reference to the game of chess and the final stage of a failed game where two Kings are left on the chess board and neither is able to trap the other in a checkmate and win.

In Godot the tension is whether a character will ever arrive, in Endgame the audience wonders if one will ever leave.

The Sydney Theatre Company's Resident Director Benedict Andrews will stage Beckett's Endgame during the 2003 Sydney Festival as part of STC's Wharf 2 Blueprints season. The Wharf 2 venue will be dramatically refigured specifically for this production, restricting the audience to a smaller, more intimate capacity.

TICKETS - available online through Sydney Festival - www.sydneyfestival.org.au