Juliet Stevenson: ‘We are all ruthless recycling artists’
Juliet Stevenson on reprising Winnie in Beckett’s Happy Days, and the unexpected joys of getting older
July 2014
Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett: 'We are the boys of the lough'
Returning to his hometown, Enniskillen, to direct Samuel Beckett's Catastrophe, Adrian Dunbar reflects on the landscape that shaped the man and his work
January 2014
Happy Days – review
What lies beneath Samuel Beckett's half-buried woman in Happy Days?
September 2013
Happy Days Enniskillen international Beckett festival – review
The second Samuel Beckett festival was a memorable five-day celebration of the great man's vision, writes Clare Brennan
September 2012
Happy Days: International Beckett festival – review
Enniskillen, where Samuel Beckett spent his formative years, was an inspired choice of venue for a festival celebrating his work, writes Clare Brennan
May 2011
Happy Days – review
Happy Days – review
Theatre blog
Beckett's Happy Days are here again (with a little help from Father Ted)
Pauline McLynn: 'For Winnie the rule is: I talk therefore I am'
March 2011
The best performance I've ever seen
The best performance I've ever seen: Rona Munro
Playwright Rona Munro remembers a production of Happy Days that taught her why Beckett is revered
December 2009
Happy days for Mr Beckett
What better tribute Samuel Beckett than his own bridge over the Liffey, writes Stephen Bayley
June 2007
Happy Days
Beckett's play is as unsettling as ever, whatever your preferred apocalypse, says Mark Fisher.
March 2007
Theatre blog
Please save us from this Russian revolution
Backrow blogger: It was great to see a group of theatregoers freely enjoying Happy Days at the National - until they started flashing their cameras at Fiona Shaw.
January 2007
Reviews roundup: Happy Days
The critics sound as they were rather expecting a maverick reading from director Deborah Warner and actor Fiona Shaw, tackling the near-monologue from the defiantly sunny Winnie, gradually getting buried up to her neck in sand.
Happy Days
Lyttelton Theatre, London
Buried in Beckett
The last time Fiona Shaw performed his work, she caused quite a furore. So how does it feel to be taking on Beckett's Happy Days?
November 2006
Happy Days are here again ...
The last time Deborah Warner directed a Beckett play, his estate banned her from doing any more. Now they've relented. She explains the attraction of short, action-free dramas to Alfred Hickling.
July 2006
Happy days
Writer Rona Munro has always been drawn to the dark side of life. But now she's set to wow Edinburgh with her first feelgood play. She talks to Lyn Gardner.
