It's showtime! But do you want to know when the play will finish?
Ever been astonished at the brevity of a performance, or stunned to learn you're in for a long haul? It's better to find out the running time before you take your seatOver the Christmas break, somebody told me about a friend of theirs who had gone to see Beckett's Not I. Apparently, a few minutes in, the friend had realised that she was finding the darkness and intensity of the experience unbearable. She feared she m…