Third International Conference

Consciousness, Theatre, Literature and the Arts

May 16-18, 2009, Lincoln, UK

Beckett and Theatre Degree Zero: (or: Bananas on the Beach)

Text and Performance as Research in Practice:

An evening with Krapp, Henry, Tom and Ralph

Beckett’s short plays are explorations of the processes by which ‘memory’ creates a world, where ‘thought takes shape’ (Zarrilli), producing ‘the absolute singularity of an unforeseen encounter’ (Badiou): to create them, the performer first has to inhabit the spaces which they hesitantly chart. You are invited to join the exploration.

In a practical demonstration, Tom Francis and Ralph Yarrow collaborate to perform

KRAPP’S LAST TAPE  and  EMBERS