Exhibitions & Events

Rough for Radio II is a radio play by Beckett written in French as Pochade radiophonique and first published in 1975. This festival version is recorded in situ by inmates of HM Prison Liverpool.

Irish photographer John Minihan photographed the great playwright Samuel Beckett many times in Paris and London. In this illustrated talk, John Minihan speaks about his encounters with one of the greatest writers of the 20th century.

This special festival concert responds to the theatre and dance programme via six contemporary works, featuring three world-première commissions and two UK / France premières.

C’est Moi Dans la Poubelle is a film rendition of the meeting between Beckett and Ezra Pound, according to Beckett's account, with treatment by James Lever and directed by Michael O’Neill (Armchair & Rocket).

Having collaborated with emblematic French actor Denis Lavant on a number of Beckett's monologues, Jacques Osinski has taken on a new, exciting andfrightening challenge: his favourite play, Beckett's Fin de partie.

This dance piece is a Beckett Unbound 2024 Festival commission created by choreographer Liz Roche in collaboration with performer / composers Nathalie Forget and Nick Roth.

The sonic experiments, discoveries and evolutions of Beckett’s radio play All That Fall (1956) are re-imagined by director Adrian Dunbar for the Beckett Unbound Festival.

This ambitious three-day festival explores Beckett’s wild fascination with communication and technology’s traversal of time and distance across a programme of theatre, music, film, dance, photography, and discussion.

Captivating live performer Jack O’Rourke composed music to Brendan Behan poetry during his recent residency at the CCI. Inspired by traditional music and sean-nós, there are also nods to classical and contemporary influences.

Described by Irish Music Magazine as “a deep and powerful performer”, traditional folk singer Macdara Yeates leads our special Gaulín as part of Behan 100.

A host of special guests celebrate the centenary of one of Ireland’s best-loved writers, with performance, song and lively discussion that reveal how post-war Paris influenced Brendan Behan’s writing.

A relaxed but stimulating festival for the mind and the senses with discussions, workshops, concerts, apéros and stand-up!