Diaries at the ready: Samuel West lined up to star in Beckett play... in 2036 In a world first, the actor will feature with a recording of his younger self in the time-lapse drama Krapp’s Last Tape.
The organisers of the Beckett Biennale, which from next year will celebrate the great Irish playwright Samuel Beckett, are this weekend naming the actor who is signed up to star in a 2036 production of Krapp’s Last Tape at their sixth festival.
“Beckett’s play is a perfect miniature that catches that moment we will many of us arrive at, when we suddenly see the years that have gone by and the opportunities lost.” A limited number of Extremely Early Bird tickets for the 2036 production will be on sale from 13 April, Beckett’s birthday.
The first Beckett Biennale will take place in July next year, split between venues in the playwright’s native Enniskillen in Northern Ireland and Greystones in County Wicklow in the Republic of Ireland, where Beckett walked in the mountains with his father.
Run by Seán Doran and Liam Browne of Arts Over Borders, the biennales will pick up the duo’s previous work, steering the Happy Days Enniskillen International Beckett Festival, staged in Northern Ireland until 2022.
