Happy Days
HAPPY DAYS
Written by Samuel Beckett
Directed by Roxana Silbert
Starring Siobhán Redmond
A Pitlochry Festival Theatre Production
Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days is a hauntingly comic meditation on the human spirit, a renowned masterpiece that helped secure Beckett the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969, and one that has lost none of its power since.
Winnie is buried up to her waist —and later, her neck— yet she refuses to surrender. With only a small bag of everyday objects, she fills the endless hours with routine, memory, and a fierce, almost defiant optimism. Nearby, her companion Willie hovers at the edges of her world, offering little more than the odd muttered response.
Is Winnie’s cheerfulness resilience, delusion, or something in between? Stark, unsettling, and darkly comic, Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days becomes a haunting exploration of endurance, isolation, and the stubborn human need to keep going, no matter how tight the walls close in.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Venue: Auditorium
Date: 18 Sept – 10 Oct 2026
Running time: tbc
Accessible Performances:
Captioned: Wed 30 Sep 7.30pm & Thu 8 Oct 2pm
Audio Described: Thu 1 Oct 2pm & Wed 7 Oct 7.30pm
BSL Interpreted: Fri 9 Oct 2pm
Relaxed & Dementia Friendly: Sun 4 Oct 2pm
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