April 14 – 16
2016
TTOK is excited to present the first of many Samuel Beckett plays this spring, here are three short one act Beckett plays: Catastrophe, What Where, and Come and Go.
Directed by Ryan Kerr and featuring: Matt Gilbert, Amy Cummings, Simon Turner, Rowan Lamoureux, Tobias Bernstein, Meg O’Sullivan and Sarah McNeilly.
Set and costumes by Kate Story.
Catastrophe is a short play written in French in 1982 at the invitation of A.I.D.A. (Association Internationale de Défense des Artistes) and “[f]irst produced in the Avignon Festival (21 July 1982)
What Where is Beckett’s last play produced following a request for a new work for the 1983 Autumn Festival in Graz, Austria. It was written between February and March 1983 initially in French as Quoi où and translated by Beckett himself.
Come and Go is a short play written in English in January 1965 and first performed (in German) at the Schillertheater, Berlin on 14 January 1966.
Catastrophe, What Where, and Come and Go are presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
Some funding provided by Theatre Trent.
