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