Billie Whitelaw’s costume for Footfalls, RM Arts, 1988. © Sotheby’s The University of Reading and the Beckett International Foundation are delighted to announce the purchase of a unique archive…Read More >
CFP: Staging Beckett and Contemporary Theatre and Performance Cultures
Conference Call for Papers Staging Beckett and Contemporary Theatre and Performance Cultures Minghella Building, University of Reading 10-11 April 2015 The Staging Beckett team is pleased to…Read More >
Exhibition – ‘Seeing Beckett’
As part of our recent conference in Chester and also forthcoming at the Liverpool Irish Festival, the Staging Beckett team are delighted to present an exhibition of contemporary visual art and…Read More >
Staging Beckett at the Margins
Congratulations to the Chester University branch of our project on the recent Staging Beckett at the Margins conference and our thanks to David Pattie and David Tucker for hosting. Thanks…Read More >
BBC Podcasts: Lisa Dwan
From the BBC: “In this edition, Irish actor Lisa Dwan describes the demands of performing Beckett and her encounters with some of the actors most closely associated with his work,…Read More >
Upcoming Beckett Events at the University of Reading
From the University of Reading: We will be holding an exhibition and series of public events to celebrate the University’s internationally renowned collection of manuscripts from the Nobel Prize-winning writer…Read More >
Beckett’s Hammersmith Home Takes a Long Pause
On 5th September 2014 the final theatre where Samuel Beckett worked will close its doors to undergo a major three year redevelopment process. It was 30 years ago that…Read More >
Embers – Pan Pan – Sculpture and Theatre
A short video with commentary by Andrew Clancy, the sculptor involved in Pan Pan’s production of Embers (pictured below): Embers – Pan Pan – Sculpture and Theatre The production premiered…Read More >
“It’s all poetic, Walter…”
On Thursday 14th August 2014 we were delighted to have Walter Asmus in conversation with Dr Nick Johnson for our second Staging Beckett public talk as part of this…Read More >
Beckett Events in Belfast
As a gateway event for the Happy Days Beckett Festival in Enniskillen, the Linen Hall Library Belfast is hosting several Beckett-related activities this week. Tonight, actor Frankie McCafferty will talk…Read More >
