Eh Joe
I’ll Go On
By Samuel Beckett
From Molloy, Malone Dies and The Unnamable by Samuel Beckett
Gate Theatre Dublin Performed in English Featuring the voice of Penelope Wilton Atom Egoyan Director Eileen Diss Set designer James McConnell Lighting designer
The whisper in your head …. Me whispering at you in your head …. Things you can’t catch …. On and off …. Till you join us …. Eh, Joe? An old man in his dressing gown moves around his bedroom, checking behind the door, under the bed, out of the window. Satisfied there are no intruders, he sits on the bed. Then he hears a woman’s ghostly voice… Beckett’s first play written specifically for television, Eh Joe explores how one man is forced to face up to his past and the lovers he has abused and driven to destruction. Tormented by inner demons, he is made to relive everything he has tried to forget. In this acclaimed production from the Gate Theatre, as the disembodied voice speaks out, a camera projects the face of Joe onto a large screen intensifying every flicker of fear, anger and shame. As the emotional tension heightens, we are all forced to admit that we can’t escape our past. Friday 23 August & Tuesday 27 August 9.00pm Thursday 29 August 7.00pm Saturday 31 August 5.00pm Royal Lyceum Theatre Tickets £20 £15 £10 £8 30 minutes approximately eif.co.uk/ehjoe
Supported by
Harold Mitchell Esq, AC
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Photo Amelia Stein
Image Charles Hans Winecoff
Beckett at the Festival
Gate Theatre Dublin Performed in English Cast Barry McGovern Colm Ó Briain Director Robert Ballagh Set and costume designer James McConnell Lighting designer
Based on Beckett’s trilogy of novels – Molloy, Malone Dies and The Unnamable – this one-man show performed by celebrated Beckett interpreter Barry McGovern brings together three monologues that unify the central characters of each novel, revealing successively deepening layers of reflection and emotion. Firstly there is Molloy, who tells of how he came to occupy his mother’s room. Then there is Malone, alone and dying, telling himself stories as he awaits the inevitable. And finally the Unnamable, desperately seeking the right words that will permit him to utter his real self at last. ‘An outright triumph… arrestingly funny’ Time Magazine ‘Stunning… exhilarating’ The New York Times
Sunday 25, Monday 26, Wednesday 28 & Saturday 31 August 9.00pm Royal Lyceum Theatre Tickets £20 £15 £10 £8 1 hour 25 minutes approximately eif.co.uk/igoon
Supported by
Harold Mitchell Esq, AC