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Directed and designed by Gary Oldman, by arrangement with Doug Urbanski Featuring Gary Oldman (Krapp) Wednesday 23 April 2025 Review by Emilie Morin Will April 2025 be remembered as Krapp month? In fact, have we ever seen as many high-profile productions of the same Beckett play competing for attention in a single month? On 14... Continue Reading →
The Beckett Society has initiated a programme of publishing peer-reviewed essays by early career researchers as a means of broadening access to publication for all scholars. We are delighted to publish this work, the first in the series, by Alicia Nudler. Alicia is based in Bariloche, Argentina, where she teaches psychology and group dynamics to... Continue Reading →
Directed by Vicky Featherstone Featuring Stephen Rea Sunday 4 May 2025 Review by Andy Wimbush For a play about an obsession with the retrospective, putting on a truly authentic production of Krapp’s Last Tape requires a surprising amount of forethought. In February this year, Samuel West announced that he had recorded the taped section of... Continue Reading →
Interview by Annette Balaam Philip Robinson is a versatile and seasoned actor, writer and the creative director of the Living Room Theatre company. Touring mainly in the Southwest of England, he devised and performed The Washing Machine of Destiny with Luca Saunders, a musical supported by Arts Council England that embraced neurodiversity through joy and... Continue Reading →
Directed by Ciarán O’Reilly Featuring F. Murray Abraham (Krapp’s Last Tape), Roger Dominic Casey, Kate Forbes, Sarah Street (Play), Sarah Street (Not I) Saturday 25 January 2025 Review by Michael Coffey The Irish Repertory Theatre, the cozy house on 22nd Street in Manhattan, is just what its name implies: a theatre dedicated to building a... Continue Reading →
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