Oscar-winning stage and screen star Gary Oldman will return to the theatre where he began his career, the York Theatre Royal, for a revival of Samuel Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape.

Performances of the one-act drama will begin April 14, 2025, and continue through May 17. The creative team will be announced at a later date.

Beckett's play follows Krapp, who, each birthday, records a new tape reflecting on the year gone by. On his 69th birthday, now a lonely man, he is ready with a bottle of wine, a banana, and his tape recorder. Listening back to a recording he made as a young man, Krapp must face the hopes of his past self.

CEO Paul Crewes said in a statement, “When Gary visited us at the beginning of the year, it was fascinating hearing him recount stories of his time as a young man, in his first professional role on the York Theatre Royal stage. In that context when we started to explore ideas, we realized Krapp’s Last Tape was the perfect project. I am very happy that audiences will have this unique opportunity to see Gary Oldman return to our stage in this brand-new production.”

Oldman received the 2018 Academy Award for his performance as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour. His numerous other film credits include Sirius Black in the Harry Potter franchise; Commissioner Jim Gordon in Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and The Dark Knight Rises; Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (Academy Award nomination); Mank (Academy Award nomination); Oppenheimer; and more. In 1995 Oldman and producing partner Douglas Urbanski founded a production company, which produced Oldman’s screenwriting and directorial debut, Nil By Mouth.

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