End (National Theatre)
End (National Theatre)
Ends Jan 17 1h 40m London: Waterloo
88% 4 reviews
88%
(4 Ratings)
Positive
100%
Mixed
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Members say
Great acting, Funny, Entertaining, Clever, Delightful

About the Show

Clive Owen and Saskia Reeves star in David Eldridge’s tender two-hander about love’s final chapter.

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Critic Reviews (9)

London Theatre
November 21st, 2025

"The piece builds out a world beyond their home and this one morning... this is tender, compassionate drama."
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The London Evening Standard
November 21st, 2025

"Overall this is a gentle, sad, valedictory piece of work about life and death, happiness and class, performed and directed with great subtlety."
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Time Out London
November 20th, 2025

"I think the play would have benefitted from being divided into scenes that were spread over a longer period of time, without a startling new revelation or turn of events every ten minutes in what’s meant to be a single chat."
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The Guardian (UK)
November 21st, 2025

"Despite the bleakness of its subject matter, there is tenderness, warmth and gallows humour. Love in the midst of death; death in the midst of love."
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WhatsOnStage
November 21st, 2025

"It’s an astonishingly realised portrayal of the way human beings can grope towards an expression of the real things they are feeling."
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The Stage (UK)
November 21st, 2025

"The unhurried staging never becomes static, but while the script is truthful and keenly observed, the piece feels more like documentary than drama: overly observational; lacking forward momentum."
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The Independent (UK)
November 21st, 2025

"It's a quietly moving play that makes sense on its own – without quite having the narrative heft to clean up as a piece of drama in its own right."
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The Arts Desk
November 22nd, 2025

"Such perfect performances prove that this is an outstanding way of finishing a trilogy which encompasses all of life."
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