THE WASTE LAND – A FILMED READING (33mins) + ROBERT WILSON: A VIDEO SELF PORTRAIT (7mins)

The IRISH PREMIERE of a filmed reading of arguably the greatest poem of the 20th century, an epic poem in five parts presented in a very Beckettian visual manner. Followed by the WORLD PREMIERE of a short 7min video portrait of KRAPP by iconic New York international opera and theatre director, Robert Wilson.

4pm July 21:

July 22, 23,24, 25: 1pm, 3pm, 5pm

Ticket Price: £8

The Waste Land by T S Eliot – A filmed reading

Actors: Dame Harriet Walter, Imogen Stubbs, Jade Anouka, Rory Kinnear, Colin Salmon.

Film Curator: Seán Doran

Filmmaker: Lisa Cazzato-Vieyra

Sound: Denis Wheatley

Duration 33 mins

THE WASTE LAND filmed reading premiered in April 2022 as part of the f r a g m e n t s  festival in tjhe All Hallows by The Tower church to mark the centenary of The Waste Land by T S Eliot, sponsored by the T S Eliot Foundation.

ROBERT WILSON: A VIDEO SELF PORTRAIT

Actor: Robert Wilson

Producers: Chris Green, Bear Kirkpatrick Editor: Noah Khoshbin, Bear Kirkpatrick. Post Production: Lumen Arts LLC.

Duration 7 mins

One night in 1973 Robert Wilson performed his play A Letter for Queen Victoria, and Samuel Beckett was in attendance.  They met backstage and among many things they spoke about how their favorite actors were the Vaudevillians like Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. Wilson first performed Krapp’s Last Tape in 2009 in Spoleto, Italy, and went to perform to audiences in Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Americas.  In 2012 the performance received its knighting in Enniskillen, Ireland. 

A few years later Robert Wilson began to envision the creation of a video self-portrait with himself as Beckett’s main character Krapp.  This follows a series of video portraits with a range of artists including Brad Pitt, Winona Ryder and Lady Gaga

Now, at age 80, Wilson releases his first video self portrait.

ROBERT WILSON:  A VIDEO SELF PORTRAIT which features the dream sequence from Beckett’s one man play Krapp’s Last Tape will receive its World Premiere on July 21 2022 in Enniskillen.  Robert Wilson appeared at the inaugural 2012 Happy Days Festival in Enniskillen performing Samuel Beckett’s Krapp’s Last Tape.

This event is kindly sponsored by the T S Eliot Foundation