I'll Go On
One-man show performed by celebrated Beckett interpreter Barry McGovern.
Based on Beckett’s trilogy of novels – Molloy, Malone Dies and The Unnamable – this one-man show performed by celebrated Beckett interpreter Barry McGovern brings together three monologues that unify the central characters of each novel, revealing successively deepening layers of reflection and emotion. Firstly there is Molloy, who tells of how he came to occupy his mother’s room. Then there is Malone, alone and dying, telling himself stories as he awaits the inevitable. And finally the Unnamable, desperately seeking the right words that will permit him to utter his real self at last.
‘An outright triumph… arrestingly funny’
Time Magazine
‘Stunning… exhilarating’
The New York Times
'lifts Beckett's prose off the page for a deeply entertaining 85-minute tour de force'
The Herald
'a masterclass' - 4 Stars
The Times
The Guardian - 4 Stars
The Scotsman - 5 Stars
Financial Times - 4 Stars
From Molloy, Malone Dies and The Unnamable by Samuel Beckett
Cast Barry McGovern
Colm Ó Briain Director
Robert Ballagh Set and costume designer
James McConnell Lighting designer