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As Simon Amstell's sometimes uncomfortable sitcom nears the end of its second series, the performances and writing look increasingly impressive As Grandma's House moves confidently towards the close of its second series it has been whipping up a perfect sitcom storm.

Awkward, puzzled, and slightly amused, Conor Lovett shuffles onto the stage, addressing the audience.

Bill Irwin, one of the Bay Area's most treasured stage actors, shows his taste for the mock-serious at the Geary Theatre in San Francisco, Thursday April 19, 2012.

A Samuel Beckett play isn't being staged at the Yale Repertory Theatre right now, but a Will Eno play is: Eno's play The Realistic Joneses , a Yale Rep commission, had its world premiere on April 26.

Claudius puts a champagne cork down the neck of Gertrude's dress; and Elsinore's sentinels skulk and bumble like so many Keystone Kops.