Beckett Double Bill

Gare St Lazare Players are back in town for a brief visit during what looks being a very busy year, with a touring schedule that includes Australia, England, Germany, Israel, Palestine, South Africa, Switzerland, Turkey and 10 cities in the US. Following their foray into the world of Herman Melville with last year’s Moby Dick, GSL return to their spiritual source, immersing themselves once again in the works of Samuel Beckett. This time it’s a double-bill of short stories, written by Beckett around the same time as First Love. Directed by Judy Hegarty Lovett and performed by the extraordinarily Beckettian Conor Lovett, The End is the story of an elderly man following his expulsion from an institution of care, while The Calmative sees perhaps the same protagonist recount a haunting night-time trek across his home town. Gare St Lazare are @ Project from Mon 12-Sat 19 April. www.projectartscentre.ie, www.garestlazareplayersireland.com