Krapp’s Last Tape with Go On. A double bill of one act plays by Samuel Beckett and Linda McLean

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A Citizens Theatre production

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A NOTE FROM THE DIRECTOR I’m a huge fan of Samuel Beckett’s work and Krapp’s Last Tape is one of my favourites. It is about a man looking back over his life through listening to monologues he has recorded on his birthdays. At the Citizens we aim to look forward as well as back, so I was keen to commission a new play to sit alongside our revival of Krapp’s Last Tape. Linda McLean is one of our most extraordinary dramatists and her fascination with dramatic form, her poetic voice and ability to create something epic out of the everyday made her the ideal person to approach about writing this companion piece.

I’m delighted she agreed. Her fascinating premise has a woman called Jane training an AI replacement of herself and like the most powerful drama goes beyond the immediate situation to explore universal questions – in this case about who we are, and our responsibilities to the past and the future.

Dominic Hill, Citizens Theatre Artistic Director

30 Sep – 9 Oct 2021

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CAST

Maureen Beattie Jane/Jayne (Go On)

Niall Buggy Krapp (Krapp’s Last Tape)

CREATIVE TEAM Director Lighting Design Assistant Director Filming for Go On by

Dominic Hill Stuart Jenkins Eilidh Gibson Urbancroft Films

Krapp’s Last Tape is presented in association with Leeds Playhouse

Please note there will be a small pause between the two shows but no interval.

THE CITIZENS COMPANY Linda Allan Fin Bain Esther Batterham Catherine Bird Alex Brady Suzanne Brady Andrea Cano Molina Katrina Cardwell Pete Clerk Lisa Corr Sullivan Natalia Cortes Elaine G Coyle Denise Differ Louise Dingwall Miriam Sarah Doren Karen Dunbar Jason Dyer Catrin Evans Barry Forde Neil Francis Eilidh Gibson Elly Goodman Michael Guest Daniel Hamilton Dominic Hill Neil Hobbs Olivia Hughes Euan Jenkins Stuart Jenkins Simon Jones Amber Keating Jenny Knotts

Trust and Foundations Manager Learning Tutor Marketing Officer Payroll Officer Box Office Supervisor / IT Box Office / Learning Tutor Learning Tutor Learning Tutor Learning Tutor Learning Tutor Company Stage Manager Head of Wardrobe Box Office Manager Press and Marketing Officer Learning Tutor Learning Tutor Head of Development Head of Creative Learning Deputy Stage Manager Learning Tutor Assistant Director (Birkbeck Trainee) Community Drama Artist Robertson Trust Graduate Actor Learning Tutor Artistic Director Deputy Head of Lighting & Sound Box Office Stage Door Administrator Head of Lighting & Sound Stage Door Administrator Digital Officer Box Office

Carol Laula Learning Tutor Jamie Leary Box Office Karen Lee-Barron Wardrobe Assistant / Dresser Alison Lewis Marketing & Communications Manager Alison MacKinnon Head of Marketing & Communications Carly McCaig Community Drama Worker Niamh McCarron Learning Tutor Morna McGeoch Learning Tutor Alex McGowan Executive Director Lawrie McInally Stage Door Administrator Claire McNeil Finance Manager Catriona McNicoll Learning Tutor Jon Meggat Technician Ewan Miller Robertson Trust Graduate Actor Rachel Mimiec Learning Tutor Ailsa Monro Learning Tutor Jacqueline Muir Production Administrator Jack Mullen Box Office Denis Murphy Head of Workshop Neil Packham Community Drama Director Frances Poet Literary Associate Gail Power Learning Tutor Molly Ross Development Assistant Saffron Shearer Wardrobe Maintenance Mags Smillie Head of Finance Laura Smith Deputy Head of Production Graham Sutherland Head of Production Linsey Todd Learning Tutor Martin Travers Producer (Citizens Learning) Colin White Learning Tutor David Young Facilities Supervisor

Board: April Chamberlain (Chair), Alex Reedijk (Vice Chair), Councillor Susan Aitken, Laurence Fraser, Dominic Hill, Ryan James, Jackie Kay, John McElwee, Mike Russell, James Scanlon, Irene Tweedie and Louise Welsh

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Dominic Hill’s production of Krapp’s Last Tape starring Niall Buggy was first staged on the 2 October 2020 at Leeds Playhouse.

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