Krapp’s Last Tape –The Cockpit, London

Krapp’s Last Tape – The Cockpit Theatre

On his 69th birthday, Krapp sits alone with his tape recorder and listens back to a recording he made thirty years earlier. Moving between listening, remembering and recording, he encounters his younger self, his memories and the life that has passed between the two voices. Samuel Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape, performed at The Cockpit Theatre, becomes in Dave Wybrow’s production…

Krapp’s Last Tape –The Cockpit, London

Writer: Samuel Beckett Director: Dave Wybrow A bare room lit with a single hanging lamp. A wooden desk. A chair. An old man limps on stage and sits. Here we enter Krapp’s world, a place in this dark space that is memory, intangible and yet so concrete. Krapp’s Last Tape, written by Samuel Beckett in [...]

KRAPP'S LAST TAPE review by thespyinthestalls at Cockpit

KRAPP’S LAST TAPE Cockpit Theatre ★★★½ “a fascinatingly original and deeply resonant take on Beckett’s classic monologue” Krapp’s Last Tape, by Samuel Beckett, follows an aging, solitary man who spends his 69th birthday evening – as he has spent so many before it – listening to tape recordings he made decades earlier and revisiting the … Continue reading KRAPP’S LAST TAPE★★★½Cockpit Theatre → The post KRAPP’S LAST TAPE</br></br><span style="colo…