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Some of us dread ageing. For these stage actors, it makes them freer than ever

Ageing is sometimes framed as a series of losses – but three acting veterans navigating stunts and long monologues reveal a more complex and moving approach

The Guardian - AU

Waiting for Godot has been translated into Afrikaans: what took so long

At last, the most infamous latecomer in all of literature has arrived – not in the flesh, but in South Africa’s Afrikaans language. Irish playwright Samuel Beckett’s best-known drama, Waiting for Godot, now also lives as Ons Wag vir Godot.

The Conversation

John Fletcher obituary

Other lives: Literary scholar and academic who had a long friendship and correspondence with the Irish playwright Samuel Beckett

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Happy Days review – Pamela Rabe gives an aching performance in Samuel Beckett’s unrelenting play

This is a particularly oppressive and tragic take on Beckett’s famous play, with fewer laughs than usual – making it a tough space to exist in for its run-time

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Krapp’s Last Tape at the Barbican: 'Stephen Rea is oddly workmanlike'

3/5 Among a slew of Krapp’s, Stephen Rea’s is finely calibrated but lacks pathos

Evening Standard

Holy Krapp! Gary Oldman and Stephen Rea unspool Beckett’s masterpiece about memory

Krapp’s Last Tape, in which an old man rummages through recordings of his younger self, is back for two star-powered revivals. This haunting play invites actors and audiences to reconnect with their past

The Guardian - UK

Digested week: Memories of Wizbit, high hopes for Bill and Ted

Samuel Beckett’s writing the scripts for Keanu now, and even he couldn’t better the latest news from the Magic Circle

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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 Guardian - UK

The best closing lines from books - from poignant final passages to chilling closing sentences

These brilliant closing lines will stay with you long after you put the book down

Woman & Home

Remembering Brenda Walker

Vale Brenda Walker, 1957–2024

The Conversation

Caspar David Friedrich: the racked Romantic painter who inspired Beckett and Bambi

His gloomy, gorgeous paintings have been described as so powerful that they have tempted viewers to oblivion – but many were lost or destroyed. Next year, a major exhibition will gather some 75 together

The Guardian - UK

The Pirates of Penzance at the London Coliseum review: bold, bright and inviting as a comic strip

4/5 Mike Leigh’s take on the production is comparatively sober, but don’t worry: there’s still humour in spades

Evening Standard

Samuel Beckett smoking a French cigarette: John Haynes’s best photograph

‘One day, I was summoned to a pub near the Royal Court theatre where Samuel Beckett was looking at my work. “These are wonderful pictures,” he said’

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Gary Oldman announces his long-awaited return to the stage in Beckett classic

The Slow Horses star will perform the monologue Krapp’s Last Tape at York Theatre Royal in the spring

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The week in theatre: Waiting for Godot; Coriolanus; A Face in the Crowd – review

Ben Whishaw and Lucian Msamati add star power to James Macdonald’s thoughtful Beckett; David Oyelowo’s Coriolanus is dwarfed by epic staging; and an Elvis Costello-scored musical has too few high notes

The Guardian - UK

James Joyce’s glorious lists and pop’s place at the Proms

Letters: Mary Adams says nobody compiled lists in literature quite like the Irish novelist. Plus a letter from Dr Richard Carter

Evening Standard

Waiting for Godot at Theatre Royal Haymarket review: the best staging of this challenging classic I’ve ever seen

Ben Whishaw and Lucian Msamati take this production to a whole new level

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Waiting for Godot review – Beckett’s classic tragicomedy is more comedic than tragic

James Macdonald’s production sacrifices tension for slapstick but ultimately delivers pathos

Evening Standard

Waiting for owners: former Chelsea home of Samuel Beckett for sale for £5.5m

48 Paultons Square has been home to two Nobel Prize winners: dramatist Samuel Beckett, who lived there in 1934, and physicist Patrick Blackett from 1953 to 1969

The Guardian - UK

Venice Dance Biennale: There Was Still Time; Folklore Dynamics review – full of ideas and intent

Hip-hop meets Samuel Beckett in one of two new commissions by Italian choreographers, while the other struggles under the weight of its ambition

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Bill And Ted To Star In Broadway Revival Of Waiting For Godot

Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter reunite for a Broadway production of Waiting for Godot, directed by Jamie Lloyd. Exciting stage reunion of iconic actors.

The Independent UK

Keanu Reeves set to reunite with Bill & Ted co-star Alex Winter on Broadway

The pair will appear together in a production of Samuel Beckett’s ‘Waiting for Godot’

The Guardian - US

Keanu Reeves to make Broadway debut opposite Bill & Ted co-star Alex Winter

The actors will star in Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot from award-winning British director Jamie Lloyd

The Guardian - UK

The waiting is over! Have the times finally caught up with Godot?

Samuel Beckett’s groundbreaking play is back again, this time starring Ben Whishaw and Lucian Msamati. Its tragicomic take on existence may match our cultural moment

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