Beckett Triple Bill
DIRECTED BY TREVOR NUNN.
8 February 2020
Overview
“The new light above my table is a great improvement. With all this darkness around me I feel less alone… in a way.”
In Krapp’s Last Tape, Krapp prepares to celebrate his 69th birthday by recording his annual tape. But first, he pulls out an old tape recording, made on his 39th birthday – a recording which recalls an even earlier tape, made in Krapp’s youth. In Eh Joe, the Voice provokes and jokes with the ageing Joe. The Old Tune is a rarely performed gem, adapted by Beckett from a radio play by Robert Pinget. Two elderly men sit on a bench and reminisce. But are their memories playing tricks?
Trevor Nunn directs three of Samuel Beckett’s finest short plays. As funny as they are poignant, they demonstrate Beckett’s remarkable range, inventiveness, and wit. A must-see event.
Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot changed the shape of European theatre. His other plays include Endgame and Happy Days, and he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969.
Trevor Nunn was Artistic Director of the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company. At Jermyn Street Theatre he directed the acclaimed stage premiere of Beckett’s All That Fall.
People
Joe & Gorman
Voice
Krapp
Cream
Playwright
Director
Associate director
Music and sound design
Lighting design
Video design
Media
“The intimate theatre space and sparse sets add impact to this accessible triple bill of superbly performed reminiscences.”
“Unerringly directed ... no one in this tiny theatre dared breathe.”
“James Hayes, as Krapp, is captivating; holding the audience tightly in his grasp.”
“An evening that is gloriously bigger than the sum of its parts.”
“Perfectly paired to the small, subterranean theatre in which they are performed.”
“Gripping intensity.”