Krapp's Last Tape and Go On

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

A Citizens Theatre production

Double bill of one act plays by Samuel Beckett and Linda McLean.

At Tron Theatre 30 Sep – 9 Oct 2021

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

CAST

**Niall Buggy Krapp (Krapp’s Last Tape)**

CREATIVE TEAM

Director Dominic Hill, Lighting Design Stuart Jenkins, Assistant Director Eilidh Gibson, Filming for Go On by Urbancroft Films

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

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

THE CITIZENS COMPANY

Linda Allan Trust and Foundations Manager, Fin Bain Learning Tutor, Esther Batterham Marketing Officer, Catherine Bird Payroll Officer, Alex Brady Box Office Supervisor / IT, Suzanne Brady Box Office / Learning Tutor, Andrea Cano Molina Learning Tutor, Katrina Cardwell Learning Tutor, Pete Clerk Learning Tutor, Lisa Corr Sullivan Learning Tutor, Natalia Cortes Company Stage Manager, Elaine G Coyle Head of Wardrobe, Denise Differ Box Office Manager, Louise Dingwall Press and Marketing Officer, Miriam Sarah Doren Learning Tutor, Karen Dunbar Learning Tutor, Jason Dyer Head of Development, Catrin Evans Head of Creative Learning, Barry Forde Deputy Stage Manager, Neil Francis Learning Tutor, Eilidh Gibson Assistant Director (Birkbeck Trainee), Elly Goodman Community Drama Artist, Michael Guest Robertson Trust Graduate Actor, Daniel Hamilton Learning Tutor, Dominic Hill Artistic Director, Neil Hobbs Deputy Head of Lighting & Sound, Olivia Hughes Box Office, Euan Jenkins Stage Door Administrator, Stuart Jenkins Head of Lighting & Sound, Simon Jones Stage Door Administrator, Amber Keating Digital Officer, Jenny Knotts 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

Thanks to The Samuel Beckett Estate, Frances and Richard Poet, National Theatre of Scotland and Tramway. Special thanks to Kate Dickie and Irene Allan who took part in a workshop of Go On in early 2021, and to the Tron Theatre for their support ofthese productions. Dominic Hill’s production of Krapp’s Last Tape starring Niall Buggy was first staged on the 2 October 2020 at Leeds Playhouse.

CORPORATE CITIZENS

Kube Networks, Two Fat Ladies

SUPPORTERS

BBC Children in Need, The Boshier-Hinton Foundation, Comic Relief, Cruden Foundation, The Cumnock Tryst, David Solomons Charitable Trust, The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust, The Garrick Charitable Trust, Glasgow City Health & Social CarePartnership, Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust, Life Changes Trust, Morrisons Foundation, The National Lottery Community Fund, Postcode Community Trust, The Robertson Trust, The Russell Trust, Scottish Government, Souter Charitable Trust, The Sylvia Aitken Charitable Trust, The WA Cargill Fund

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