The Latest Breaking News from Samuel Beckett

Sir Gary Oldman says Slow Horses has been one of the most ‘joyful’ experiences

The Oscar-winning actor stars as veteran MI5 agent Jackson Lamb in the Apple TV show based on the Slough House book series by Mick Herron.

Evening Standard · Oct 7, 2025

Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter give verdict on potential Bill & Ted 4

The two stars are currently appearing in ‘Waiting For Godot’ on Broadway

The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2025

Waiting for Godot review – Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter’s unlikely reunion

Bill & Ted stars land on Broadway for Jamie Lloyd’s disorienting and intermittently engaging take on Samuel Beckett’s classic

The Guardian - US · Sep 29, 2025

Waiting for Godot has been translated into Afrikaans: what took so long

At last, the most infamous latecomer in all of literature has arrived – not in the flesh, but in South Africa’s Afrikaans language. Irish playwright Samuel Beckett’s best-known drama, Waiting for Godot, now also lives as Ons Wag vir Godot.

The Conversation · May 29, 2025

John Fletcher obituary

Other lives: Literary scholar and academic who had a long friendship and correspondence with the Irish playwright Samuel Beckett

The Guardian - UK · May 23, 2025

Happy Days review – Pamela Rabe gives an aching performance in Samuel Beckett’s unrelenting play

This is a particularly oppressive and tragic take on Beckett’s famous play, with fewer laughs than usual – making it a tough space to exist in for its run-time

The Guardian - AU · May 11, 2025

Krapp’s Last Tape at the Barbican: 'Stephen Rea is oddly workmanlike'

3/5 Among a slew of Krapp’s, Stephen Rea’s is finely calibrated but lacks pathos

Evening Standard · May 2, 2025

Holy Krapp! Gary Oldman and Stephen Rea unspool Beckett’s masterpiece about memory

Krapp’s Last Tape, in which an old man rummages through recordings of his younger self, is back for two star-powered revivals. This haunting play invites actors and audiences to reconnect with their past

The Guardian - UK · May 1, 2025

Digested week: Memories of Wizbit, high hopes for Bill and Ted

Samuel Beckett’s writing the scripts for Keanu now, and even he couldn’t better the latest news from the Magic Circle

The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2025

For the record

Samuel Beckett/Enniskillen

The Guardian - UK · Feb 15, 2025