In the curtain-raiser, Table Talk , a man is stuck in a Beckettian day. Trapped supporting the legless side of a table, he has to obey a brain in a bowl that bellows merciless orders at him. The evening's most amusing piece is a puppet-play that Beckett allegedly wrote when he was seven. Happy, Happy Bunny Visits Sad, Sad Owl stars an endearingly depressed little hooter doomed to life in a bucket. Just as in Beckett's real plays, though, entropy eventually takes over this production.
Sharp jokes fizzle out as the show comes to a close.
Flatly , the evening's last offering, a pitiful Lord of the Dance kicks and screams while a voice-over recites a Macbeth monologue. The bit goes over the top too bad, since there was no need for the company to strain at the end of the party when the rest of the show had been such happy days. Christiane Riera Salomon Tell us what you think. E-mail this story to a friend. To advertise in Theater contact Rory Russell .