Astride of a grave and a difficult birth. Down in the hole, lingeringly, the grave digger puts on the forceps. We have time to grow old. The air is full of our cries.

— WAITING FOR GODOT

Events

Here All Night

ArtsEmerson, 5-9 October 2016 The prose and music of Samuel Beckett’s writing find new life, and a fresh resonance, in this stunning new theatrical work for soprano, actor and chamber orchestra. Arriving from Ireland as part of a year-long celebration of the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising, Here All Night brings back the players…

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Events

Beckett and Havel Double-Bill

28 July to 15 August 2015 Blue Rider Group presents a Samuel Beckett and Václav Havel double bill. Catastrophe by Samuel Beckett CATASTROPHE sees a theatre director and his assistant arranging a protagonist, who stands on a square plinth, bare-footed, his head bowed – submitting to their direction. This Havel-like captive, silently wills the audience…

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