Ron's rages are sincere and — according to his wife — healthily cathartic. But can these splenetic outbursts loosen the grip of capitalism at its most monstrous?
HOME, Manchester
IN A world consumed by war, destruction, cruelty and homelessness, with millions of destitute souls wandering the earth searching for a little humanity, you may well wonder about the meaning of life.
No surprise, then, that Samuel Beckett’s dystopian nightmare Endgame has a modern resonance.
PAUL FOLEY revels in the coolest, most joyful piece of theatre you’ll get this summer
MARY CONWAY is spellbound by superb performances in Arthur Miller’s study of the social and personal stress brought about by Nazi Germany’s Kristallnacht
YUBIN DU explains why Britain and China should be natural partners in a restless world
PETER MASON applauds a stage version of Le Carre’s novel that questions what ordinary people have to gain from high-level governmental spying


