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Samuel Beckett and theatre especially upcoming performances of Beckett’s work!
February 12, 2026 at 10:44 AM
February 11, 2026 at 11:34 AM
February 10, 2026 at 2:35 PM
February 8, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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'The Godot Diaries' is now available for UK audiences 📚🎭
This behind-the-scenes diary of celebrated actor Lucian Msamati offers readers a glimpse into the highs and lows of working on Samuel Beckett's iconic play 'Waiting for Godot'.
Shop now: https://bit.ly/47veGPj
This behind-the-scenes diary of celebrated actor Lucian Msamati offers readers a glimpse into the highs and lows of working on Samuel Beckett's iconic play 'Waiting for Godot'.
Shop now: https://bit.ly/47veGPj
January 22, 2026 at 4:38 PM
'The Godot Diaries' is now available for UK audiences 📚🎭
This behind-the-scenes diary of celebrated actor Lucian Msamati offers readers a glimpse into the highs and lows of working on Samuel Beckett's iconic play 'Waiting for Godot'.
Shop now: https://bit.ly/47veGPj
This behind-the-scenes diary of celebrated actor Lucian Msamati offers readers a glimpse into the highs and lows of working on Samuel Beckett's iconic play 'Waiting for Godot'.
Shop now: https://bit.ly/47veGPj
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🎧 weekend listening 🎧
Waiting for Godot, Slow Horses and why all TV actors should work on stage - listen to an exclusive interview with Lucian Msamati about his new book 'The Godot Diaries' via the WhatsOnStage podcast ⬇️
https://bit.ly/4r5dGdw
Waiting for Godot, Slow Horses and why all TV actors should work on stage - listen to an exclusive interview with Lucian Msamati about his new book 'The Godot Diaries' via the WhatsOnStage podcast ⬇️
https://bit.ly/4r5dGdw
Waiting for Godot, Slow Horses and why all TV actors should work on stage
An exclusive interview with Lucian Msamati about his new book
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February 6, 2026 at 3:22 PM
🎧 weekend listening 🎧
Waiting for Godot, Slow Horses and why all TV actors should work on stage - listen to an exclusive interview with Lucian Msamati about his new book 'The Godot Diaries' via the WhatsOnStage podcast ⬇️
https://bit.ly/4r5dGdw
Waiting for Godot, Slow Horses and why all TV actors should work on stage - listen to an exclusive interview with Lucian Msamati about his new book 'The Godot Diaries' via the WhatsOnStage podcast ⬇️
https://bit.ly/4r5dGdw
February 6, 2026 at 10:10 AM
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Very pleased to share details of a new permanent academic job opportunity in Creative & Cultural Industries at University College Dublin. We are seeking candidates with a PhD whose work engages with the commercial creative industries. Deadline: 6 March 2026 universityvacancies.com/university-c....
February 5, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Very pleased to share details of a new permanent academic job opportunity in Creative & Cultural Industries at University College Dublin. We are seeking candidates with a PhD whose work engages with the commercial creative industries. Deadline: 6 March 2026 universityvacancies.com/university-c....
Paintings that have stayed with you
Samuel #Beckett’s no 10
Pietro Perugino Lamentation over the dead Christ c. 1495
National Gallery Ireland
‘A lovely cheery Xist’ letter to Tom MacGreevy 20 Dec 1931
Samuel #Beckett’s no 10
Pietro Perugino Lamentation over the dead Christ c. 1495
National Gallery Ireland
‘A lovely cheery Xist’ letter to Tom MacGreevy 20 Dec 1931
February 4, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Paintings that have stayed with you
Samuel #Beckett’s no 10
Pietro Perugino Lamentation over the dead Christ c. 1495
National Gallery Ireland
‘A lovely cheery Xist’ letter to Tom MacGreevy 20 Dec 1931
Samuel #Beckett’s no 10
Pietro Perugino Lamentation over the dead Christ c. 1495
National Gallery Ireland
‘A lovely cheery Xist’ letter to Tom MacGreevy 20 Dec 1931
February 3, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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Happy Birthday to James Joyce!🎉 🎂
Joyce was born on 2nd February 1882 in Rathgar, Dublin. Joyce loved having a big celebration for his birthday.
Come and catch the exhibition of James Joyce’s personal archive at University of Reading Special Collections @themerl.bsky.social !
Joyce was born on 2nd February 1882 in Rathgar, Dublin. Joyce loved having a big celebration for his birthday.
Come and catch the exhibition of James Joyce’s personal archive at University of Reading Special Collections @themerl.bsky.social !
![A telegram to James Joyce in Paris on his 49th birthday, sent from Dublin by Samuel Beckett. Beckett wishes James Joyce a happy birthday using a quote from ‘Work in Progress’ (later known as Finnegans Wake). [SSJ A/1/2/1]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qm6izhyu7dijf25zwlysdkmh/bafkreihxdb5wudpnw55nl4lulk6psswqdrgddqrwohupv27zkwakux4ay4@jpeg)
![A fountain pen with a gold charm given to Joyce on his 57th birthday in 1939 by his family to celebrate the forthcoming publication of his book ‘Finnegans Wake’. [SSJ-OBJ/002]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qm6izhyu7dijf25zwlysdkmh/bafkreidkw3d3d2s6pb37ldktql3ec6o656xglggbfz4fjud2sucrcyvnfe@jpeg)
![A fountain pen with a gold charm given to Joyce on his 57th birthday in 1939 by his family to celebrate the forthcoming publication of his book ‘Finnegans Wake’. [SSJ-OBJ/002]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qm6izhyu7dijf25zwlysdkmh/bafkreia55alkcwdfkesw3uglm3do6e2vg3mraiypaseeuzb6bqk6fxqx2q@jpeg)
February 2, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Happy Birthday to James Joyce!🎉 🎂
Joyce was born on 2nd February 1882 in Rathgar, Dublin. Joyce loved having a big celebration for his birthday.
Come and catch the exhibition of James Joyce’s personal archive at University of Reading Special Collections @themerl.bsky.social !
Joyce was born on 2nd February 1882 in Rathgar, Dublin. Joyce loved having a big celebration for his birthday.
Come and catch the exhibition of James Joyce’s personal archive at University of Reading Special Collections @themerl.bsky.social !
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Portrait of the artist: James Joyce, born OTD in 1882, by Wyndham Lewis. “I found an oddity in patent leather shoes, large powerful spectacles, and a small gingerbread beard.”
February 2, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Portrait of the artist: James Joyce, born OTD in 1882, by Wyndham Lewis. “I found an oddity in patent leather shoes, large powerful spectacles, and a small gingerbread beard.”
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Subjectivity and Nationhood in Yeats, Joyce and Beckett is now available in paperback. This interdisciplinary study makes a number of valuable contributions to our current understanding of Irish modernism.
Find out more here:
bit.ly/4bjOY43
Find out more here:
bit.ly/4bjOY43
January 29, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Subjectivity and Nationhood in Yeats, Joyce and Beckett is now available in paperback. This interdisciplinary study makes a number of valuable contributions to our current understanding of Irish modernism.
Find out more here:
bit.ly/4bjOY43
Find out more here:
bit.ly/4bjOY43
January 28, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Paintings that have stayed with you
Samuel #Beckett’s no 7
Caravaggio The Beheading of St John the Baptist 1607
(Some cheaterly context in the Alt text)
Samuel #Beckett’s no 7
Caravaggio The Beheading of St John the Baptist 1607
(Some cheaterly context in the Alt text)
January 23, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Paintings that have stayed with you
Samuel #Beckett’s no 7
Caravaggio The Beheading of St John the Baptist 1607
(Some cheaterly context in the Alt text)
Samuel #Beckett’s no 7
Caravaggio The Beheading of St John the Baptist 1607
(Some cheaterly context in the Alt text)
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9. Kajita Hanko, Grudge Borne on a Spring Evening (1902). [okay, mostly for the title!]
January 21, 2026 at 11:37 PM
9. Kajita Hanko, Grudge Borne on a Spring Evening (1902). [okay, mostly for the title!]
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Ahead of the release of the Brennan Report, ISTR President and Vice-President offer context and ask questions.
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Comment: Ahead of the Brennan Report - Irish Society for Theatre Research
A commentary on the Brennan Report from the President and Vice-President of the Irish Society for Theatre Research.
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January 19, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Ahead of the release of the Brennan Report, ISTR President and Vice-President offer context and ask questions.
istr.ie/brennan-repo...
istr.ie/brennan-repo...
January 19, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Paintings that have stayed with you
Samuel #Beckett’s no 5
Henri Hayden (Beckett’s artist friend and neighbour in Roussillon during WWII and after when the Haydens lived close to Beckett’s house in Ussy-sur-Marne)
Sammeron, Seine-et-Marne 1966
Samuel #Beckett’s no 5
Henri Hayden (Beckett’s artist friend and neighbour in Roussillon during WWII and after when the Haydens lived close to Beckett’s house in Ussy-sur-Marne)
Sammeron, Seine-et-Marne 1966
January 18, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Paintings that have stayed with you
Samuel #Beckett’s no 5
Henri Hayden (Beckett’s artist friend and neighbour in Roussillon during WWII and after when the Haydens lived close to Beckett’s house in Ussy-sur-Marne)
Sammeron, Seine-et-Marne 1966
Samuel #Beckett’s no 5
Henri Hayden (Beckett’s artist friend and neighbour in Roussillon during WWII and after when the Haydens lived close to Beckett’s house in Ussy-sur-Marne)
Sammeron, Seine-et-Marne 1966
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Back en route to Regensburg, for "Samuel Beckett: The German Room", a one-day conference with some absolute mega legends in attendance: thee Megan Girdwood on Beckett & Dance, maestro Feargal Whelan on Beckett’s Landscapes, and Legend of all Legends Sarah Jane Scaife on Beckett, Women & Inis Oirr.
Back en route to Regensburg, for "Samuel Beckett: The German Room", a one-day conference with some absolute mega legends in attendance: thee Megan Girdwood on Beckett & Dance, maestro Feargal Whelan on Beckett’s Landscapes, and Legend of all Legends Sarah Jane Scaife on Beckett, Women & Inis Oirr.
I've organised a one day conference on Jan 19th in Regensburg as part of their ongoing exhibition "Samuel Beckett: The German Room". Some real coolos speaking: Oliver Lubrich, Megan Girdwood, Feargal Whelan & the legendary Sarah Jane Scaife. Info here:
samuelbeckettsociety.org/2025/12/12/s...
samuelbeckettsociety.org/2025/12/12/s...
Samuel Beckett: The German Room. A one-day conference in Regensburg, Germany
As part of the Samuel Beckett: The German Room exhibition currently ongoing at the University of Regensburg in Germany, a one-day conference will take place on January 19 2026 featuring contributio…
samuelbeckettsociety.org
January 18, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Back en route to Regensburg, for "Samuel Beckett: The German Room", a one-day conference with some absolute mega legends in attendance: thee Megan Girdwood on Beckett & Dance, maestro Feargal Whelan on Beckett’s Landscapes, and Legend of all Legends Sarah Jane Scaife on Beckett, Women & Inis Oirr.
Back en route to Regensburg, for "Samuel Beckett: The German Room", a one-day conference with some absolute mega legends in attendance: thee Megan Girdwood on Beckett & Dance, maestro Feargal Whelan on Beckett’s Landscapes, and Legend of all Legends Sarah Jane Scaife on Beckett, Women & Inis Oirr.
Paintings that have stayed with you
Samuel #Beckett’s no 4
Cézanne’s Montagne Sainte-Victoire 1905-6 (Tate)
Samuel #Beckett’s no 4
Cézanne’s Montagne Sainte-Victoire 1905-6 (Tate)
January 16, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Paintings that have stayed with you
Samuel #Beckett’s no 4
Cézanne’s Montagne Sainte-Victoire 1905-6 (Tate)
Samuel #Beckett’s no 4
Cézanne’s Montagne Sainte-Victoire 1905-6 (Tate)
Legendary Mabou Mines & Joanne Akalaitis present #Beckett’s radio play
All That Fall NYC through January
www.maboumines.org/production/a...
All That Fall NYC through January
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ALL THAT FALL - Mabou Mines
www.maboumines.org
January 15, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Legendary Mabou Mines & Joanne Akalaitis present #Beckett’s radio play
All That Fall NYC through January
www.maboumines.org/production/a...
All That Fall NYC through January
www.maboumines.org/production/a...
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Major New Samuel Beckett Biennale to Include First Ulster-Scots Translation of Waiting for Godot
www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-n...
www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-n...
Major New Samuel Beckett Biennale to Include First Ulster-Scots Translation of 'Waiting for Godot'
A new celebration of the life and work of Samuel Beckett will take place in rural and urban settings in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, and England from April to December 2026, then return ...
www.finebooksmagazine.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Major New Samuel Beckett Biennale to Include First Ulster-Scots Translation of Waiting for Godot
www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-n...
www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-n...
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Here's Feldman's mesmerising 'For Samuel Beckett, which he completed shortly before he died: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH2J.... It's a piece that 'begins in the middle of nowhere, drifts around for about 45 minutes, and then simply stops.' (David Hurwitz, Classics Today)
January 15, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Here's Feldman's mesmerising 'For Samuel Beckett, which he completed shortly before he died: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH2J.... It's a piece that 'begins in the middle of nowhere, drifts around for about 45 minutes, and then simply stops.' (David Hurwitz, Classics Today)