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Samuel Beckett and theatre especially upcoming performances of Beckett’s work!
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‘Here was youth in all its undying glory: rude red health, perverse and powerful, and dumb, so dumb, dumb as shit, really.’
Sean Tanner’s ‘How Soon Unaccountable’ — first published in Issue 7 — is now available to read on our website. www.tolkajournal.org/read-online/...
Sean Tanner’s ‘How Soon Unaccountable’ — first published in Issue 7 — is now available to read on our website. www.tolkajournal.org/read-online/...
How Soon Unaccountable — TOLKA
by Sean Tanner
www.tolkajournal.org
November 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
‘Here was youth in all its undying glory: rude red health, perverse and powerful, and dumb, so dumb, dumb as shit, really.’
Sean Tanner’s ‘How Soon Unaccountable’ — first published in Issue 7 — is now available to read on our website. www.tolkajournal.org/read-online/...
Sean Tanner’s ‘How Soon Unaccountable’ — first published in Issue 7 — is now available to read on our website. www.tolkajournal.org/read-online/...
And Ros and Guil - #Stoppard meets #Shakespeare meets #Beckett
GUIL: Then what are we doing here?
ROS: You might well ask.
GUIL: We better get on.
ROS: You might well think.
GUIL: We better get on.
ROS: (actively) Right! (Pause.) On where?
GUIL: Then what are we doing here?
ROS: You might well ask.
GUIL: We better get on.
ROS: You might well think.
GUIL: We better get on.
ROS: (actively) Right! (Pause.) On where?
November 30, 2025 at 11:03 AM
And Ros and Guil - #Stoppard meets #Shakespeare meets #Beckett
GUIL: Then what are we doing here?
ROS: You might well ask.
GUIL: We better get on.
ROS: You might well think.
GUIL: We better get on.
ROS: (actively) Right! (Pause.) On where?
GUIL: Then what are we doing here?
ROS: You might well ask.
GUIL: We better get on.
ROS: You might well think.
GUIL: We better get on.
ROS: (actively) Right! (Pause.) On where?
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Re-reading Tom Stoppard's Arcadia, and remembering how joyous it was to perform. We must stir our way onward mixing as we go...
November 29, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Re-reading Tom Stoppard's Arcadia, and remembering how joyous it was to perform. We must stir our way onward mixing as we go...
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Tom Stoppard has died. He was an extraordinary playwright. When he was good, he was untouchable. I love that his last play, Leopoldstadt, may be his greatest play. There was no one like him and only fools tried to mimic his wit, his intelligence, his playfulness.
November 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Tom Stoppard has died. He was an extraordinary playwright. When he was good, he was untouchable. I love that his last play, Leopoldstadt, may be his greatest play. There was no one like him and only fools tried to mimic his wit, his intelligence, his playfulness.
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The sessions are split between here in Reading and online. So, if you're interested but far away, we hope there'll be something here for you!
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The sessions are split between here in Reading and online. So, if you're interested but far away, we hope there'll be something here for you!
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Are you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research?
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Are you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research?
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
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Rest in Peace
Margaretta D’Arcy.
Actress, playwright, author, activist.
Original member of Aosdána
May she rest in power
Margaretta D’Arcy.
Actress, playwright, author, activist.
Original member of Aosdána
May she rest in power
November 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Rest in Peace
Margaretta D’Arcy.
Actress, playwright, author, activist.
Original member of Aosdána
May she rest in power
Margaretta D’Arcy.
Actress, playwright, author, activist.
Original member of Aosdána
May she rest in power
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It's our final week of Endgame at Irish Arts Center in New York and ticket availability is very limited!
Please do check online as last-minute seats may become available: tinyurl.com/y2jbczea
Please do check online as last-minute seats may become available: tinyurl.com/y2jbczea
November 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
It's our final week of Endgame at Irish Arts Center in New York and ticket availability is very limited!
Please do check online as last-minute seats may become available: tinyurl.com/y2jbczea
Please do check online as last-minute seats may become available: tinyurl.com/y2jbczea
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We are delighted to announce that ISTR 2026 takes place at TU Dublin, Grangegorman (@tudublin.bsky.social) on 4-5 June, under the theme Stages of Knowledge: Site, Struggle, and Transformation.
Welcoming presentations, workshops, performances & practice-based engagements:
istr.ie/istr-confere...
Welcoming presentations, workshops, performances & practice-based engagements:
istr.ie/istr-confere...
ISTR Conference 2026 - Irish Society for Theatre Research
ISTR 2026 Conference | Stages of Knowledge: Site, Struggle, and Transformation | 4-5 June in TU Dublin's Grangegorman Campus
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November 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
We are delighted to announce that ISTR 2026 takes place at TU Dublin, Grangegorman (@tudublin.bsky.social) on 4-5 June, under the theme Stages of Knowledge: Site, Struggle, and Transformation.
Welcoming presentations, workshops, performances & practice-based engagements:
istr.ie/istr-confere...
Welcoming presentations, workshops, performances & practice-based engagements:
istr.ie/istr-confere...
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@moderniststudies.bsky.social @modernistudies.bsky.social @beckettletters.bsky.social @beckettreading.bsky.social
29th November 2025 is scheduled for the online Samuel Beckett seminar, “Decoding Colding in Beckett.”
Please share the details (below)with your colleagues, students, and friends.
29th November 2025 is scheduled for the online Samuel Beckett seminar, “Decoding Colding in Beckett.”
Please share the details (below)with your colleagues, students, and friends.
Hello Beckettians and Modernists! You can now access registration link, full programme of the seminar, and abstracts and bio on the website of The Samuel Beckett Society: samuelbeckettsociety.org
The Samuel Beckett Society
samuelbeckettsociety.org
November 9, 2025 at 1:21 PM
@moderniststudies.bsky.social @modernistudies.bsky.social @beckettletters.bsky.social @beckettreading.bsky.social
29th November 2025 is scheduled for the online Samuel Beckett seminar, “Decoding Colding in Beckett.”
Please share the details (below)with your colleagues, students, and friends.
29th November 2025 is scheduled for the online Samuel Beckett seminar, “Decoding Colding in Beckett.”
Please share the details (below)with your colleagues, students, and friends.
WalterAsmus directed several key productions with Sam Beckett including the iconic author directed Schiller Theater Godot in 1974/5. In his seminar at the Minghella Studios here with Matt McFrederick he was witty and informative speaking about the importance of ‘tautness’ in staging #Beckett
November 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
WalterAsmus directed several key productions with Sam Beckett including the iconic author directed Schiller Theater Godot in 1974/5. In his seminar at the Minghella Studios here with Matt McFrederick he was witty and informative speaking about the importance of ‘tautness’ in staging #Beckett
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Acclaimed theatre director Walter D. Asmus visited Minghella Studies to talk about his collaborations with #SamuelBeckett at the 35th Beckett International Foundation research seminar
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@uorspeccoll.bsky.social @beckettreading.bsky.social #theatresky
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@uorspeccoll.bsky.social @beckettreading.bsky.social #theatresky
November 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Acclaimed theatre director Walter D. Asmus visited Minghella Studies to talk about his collaborations with #SamuelBeckett at the 35th Beckett International Foundation research seminar
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@uorspeccoll.bsky.social @beckettreading.bsky.social #theatresky
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@uorspeccoll.bsky.social @beckettreading.bsky.social #theatresky
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✨ Announcing 3 PhD Studentships within Royal Holloway funded by the AHRC Doctoral Landscape Awards ✨
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPH439/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPH439/p...
PhD Studentship: Announcing 3 PhD Studentships within Royal Holloway funded by the AHRC Doctoral Landscape Awards at Royal Holloway, University of London
Explore the PhD Studentship: Announcing 3 PhD Studentships within Royal Holloway funded by the AHRC Doctoral Landscape Awards on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for higher education. Apply now.
www.jobs.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 9:13 AM
✨ Announcing 3 PhD Studentships within Royal Holloway funded by the AHRC Doctoral Landscape Awards ✨
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPH439/p...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPH439/p...
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Please join us at University of Galway next week for this one-day event about @druidtheatre.bsky.social, which features panels from academics and practitioners throughout the day. Registration is free but spaces are limited - and filling up quickly.
www.eventbrite.ie/e/druid-at-5...
www.eventbrite.ie/e/druid-at-5...
Druid at 50: People, Place & Performance
Join us as we celebrate 50 years of Druid magic, exploring the essence of people, place, and performance with a day long symposium.
www.eventbrite.ie
October 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Please join us at University of Galway next week for this one-day event about @druidtheatre.bsky.social, which features panels from academics and practitioners throughout the day. Registration is free but spaces are limited - and filling up quickly.
www.eventbrite.ie/e/druid-at-5...
www.eventbrite.ie/e/druid-at-5...
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Focusing on the case study of Druid's Unusual Rural Tour of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot (2016), Chloé Duane explores how Druid use site-responsive scenography to engage the histories and cultural legacies of the Inis Meáin landscape.
October 28, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Focusing on the case study of Druid's Unusual Rural Tour of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot (2016), Chloé Duane explores how Druid use site-responsive scenography to engage the histories and cultural legacies of the Inis Meáin landscape.
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Image: Druid Ensemble members Aaron Monaghan and Rory Nolan in Endgame, photo by HanJie Chow.
October 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Image: Druid Ensemble members Aaron Monaghan and Rory Nolan in Endgame, photo by HanJie Chow.
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It's opening night in New York!
Our 50th anniversary celebrations continue with a month-long run of our five-star production of Samuel Beckett's Endgame at Irish Arts Center in Manhattan.
If you're in the Big Apple, do come see us. We're in town until Sunday 23 November: tinyurl.com/96cy8kwx
Our 50th anniversary celebrations continue with a month-long run of our five-star production of Samuel Beckett's Endgame at Irish Arts Center in Manhattan.
If you're in the Big Apple, do come see us. We're in town until Sunday 23 November: tinyurl.com/96cy8kwx
October 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
It's opening night in New York!
Our 50th anniversary celebrations continue with a month-long run of our five-star production of Samuel Beckett's Endgame at Irish Arts Center in Manhattan.
If you're in the Big Apple, do come see us. We're in town until Sunday 23 November: tinyurl.com/96cy8kwx
Our 50th anniversary celebrations continue with a month-long run of our five-star production of Samuel Beckett's Endgame at Irish Arts Center in Manhattan.
If you're in the Big Apple, do come see us. We're in town until Sunday 23 November: tinyurl.com/96cy8kwx
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On the night we elect his successor, this man, this artist, is in my thoughts.
What service he has given us.
Not only as President but as our first Minister for the Arts. This photo I took on Inis Oirr in 2021 is one of my most treasured. Go raibh maith aige. #Aras25
What service he has given us.
Not only as President but as our first Minister for the Arts. This photo I took on Inis Oirr in 2021 is one of my most treasured. Go raibh maith aige. #Aras25
October 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
On the night we elect his successor, this man, this artist, is in my thoughts.
What service he has given us.
Not only as President but as our first Minister for the Arts. This photo I took on Inis Oirr in 2021 is one of my most treasured. Go raibh maith aige. #Aras25
What service he has given us.
Not only as President but as our first Minister for the Arts. This photo I took on Inis Oirr in 2021 is one of my most treasured. Go raibh maith aige. #Aras25
Speakers for the BIF seminar on 1 Nov: Ros Maprayil: landscapes in Godot
Mark Taylor-Batty: Blin, Beckett and Godot
Trish McTighe and Kathryn White: ‘Godot at the Happy Days Enniskillen Beckett Festival’
Walter Asmus in conversation with Matthew McFrederick followed by audience Q&A.
Mark Taylor-Batty: Blin, Beckett and Godot
Trish McTighe and Kathryn White: ‘Godot at the Happy Days Enniskillen Beckett Festival’
Walter Asmus in conversation with Matthew McFrederick followed by audience Q&A.
October 22, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Speakers for the BIF seminar on 1 Nov: Ros Maprayil: landscapes in Godot
Mark Taylor-Batty: Blin, Beckett and Godot
Trish McTighe and Kathryn White: ‘Godot at the Happy Days Enniskillen Beckett Festival’
Walter Asmus in conversation with Matthew McFrederick followed by audience Q&A.
Mark Taylor-Batty: Blin, Beckett and Godot
Trish McTighe and Kathryn White: ‘Godot at the Happy Days Enniskillen Beckett Festival’
Walter Asmus in conversation with Matthew McFrederick followed by audience Q&A.
The 2025 Beckett International Foundation seminar on 1 Nov at university of Reading is celebrating 70 years of Waiting for Godot with director Walter Asmus who worked closely with Beckett on several productions - more info to follow and you can book here: www.store.reading.ac.uk/conferences-...
Beckett International Foundation Research Seminar 2025 | Reading University Store
Event time: 10.00am to 5.00pm The event will be held in the Minghella Building on Whiteknights Campus, University of Reading. As in previous years, ou
www.store.reading.ac.uk
October 22, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The 2025 Beckett International Foundation seminar on 1 Nov at university of Reading is celebrating 70 years of Waiting for Godot with director Walter Asmus who worked closely with Beckett on several productions - more info to follow and you can book here: www.store.reading.ac.uk/conferences-...
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Found him. Plus your man Godot…
October 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Found him. Plus your man Godot…
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White night melodies for Rimbaud’s anniversary, from Beckett's translation of Le Bateau Ivre:
October 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
White night melodies for Rimbaud’s anniversary, from Beckett's translation of Le Bateau Ivre:
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Now available to watch online: Eimear McBride and myself in conversation as part of this year's Liverpool Irish Festival. Runs until 26th October: www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/events/eimea... Features childhood memories of Liverpool, 'pre-lapserian' Camden, film-making and her latest novel.
Literary Salon featuring Eimear McBride - Liverpool Irish Festival
Multi-award-winning novelist Eimear McBride and literary critic (+Irish literature fan) David Collard host an informal, friendly tête-à-tête.
www.liverpoolirishfestival.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Now available to watch online: Eimear McBride and myself in conversation as part of this year's Liverpool Irish Festival. Runs until 26th October: www.liverpoolirishfestival.com/events/eimea... Features childhood memories of Liverpool, 'pre-lapserian' Camden, film-making and her latest novel.