The Workshops

There are three separate workshops. 

These Workshops will investigate a “Practical Approach to Working Beckett”  

Students will be introduced to edited versions of all three plays. 

They were edited by the author before and during rehearsals.

The following are examples of topics that will begin discussions and lead The Workshops 

to actual rehearsal situations, collaborative activities and thought provoking questioning.  

WAITING FOR GODOT:

Mastering Time, Timing, Waiting and More Waiting 

Nothing is ever finished.

The W - W Stage 

How to approach the cadences

Wry/Dry Comedy

Being Tied

Rhythm, Movement, Beats and Tempo

The Stone and The Bird

Lucky’s House of Mirrors

The Poetics

The Tragedy of Hope

“Endgame”: 

Theatrical Chess

Mathematics and Positioning

The Asylum

Shades of Grey

The Hammer and the Three Nails

Filling the Silences with Sounds 

Ghosting and Repetition

Layering Vocal Patterns

The Stories

“Krapp’s Last tape”:

• Man and the Machine

For the Love of Technology

The Banana Walk

The Human Condition

A Machine as an Old Friend 

Light and Dark/Black and White

Silhouettes in the Den