


'Perhaps my best years are gone. When there was a chance of happiness. But I wouldn’t want them back. Not with the fire in me now.'
On his 69th birthday, a man sits alone and listens to the echoes of his younger self.
Starring and directed by Gary Oldman (Slow Horses), Samuel Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape returns to the Royal Court, where it played in 1958, with a new production by York Theatre Royal.
Opening the performance every night is Godot’s To-Do List, a new Beckett-inspired short play by Jerwood New Playwright Leo Simpe-Asante. Winner of the 2025 inaugural Royal Court Young Playwrights Award, this curtain-raising comedy follows seven decades on from Krapp’s Last Tape’s own debut as a curtain-raiser on our stage. Click here to learn more.
Ages 14+.
8th May, 2026
30th May, 2026
By: Samuel Beckett
Director: Gary Oldman
Cast list: Gary Oldman
Costumes: Guy Speranza
Lighting: Malcolm Rippeth
Sound: Tom Smith
Location: Off-West End
Railway station: Sloane Square
Bus numbers: (Sloane Square Station Stop D) 19, 22, 137, 452
On his 69th birthday, a man sits alone and listens to the echoes of his younger self.
Krapp’s Last Tape/Godot’s To-Do List is at London's Royal Court, which is located at Sloane Square, London, SW1W 8AS.
Ages 14+.
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