Samuel Beckett

"IT'S the place we all go to when life drives us there," explains Samuel Beckett (Gabriel Byrne) to long-time lover, BBC radio producer and journalist Barbara Bray (Maxine Peake) of 'the wastelands', the setting for his most famous play, Waiting For Godot.

The British actor was cleared of inflicting GBH earlier this month.

The British actor was cleared of inflicting GBH earlier this month.

The 57-year-old was recently cleared of inflicting grievous bodily harm on a man he confronted for drunkenly making noise outside his house.

It’s hard to avoid the conclusion that Samuel Beckett’s infamous absurdist play Waiting for Godot was a prescient warning of the intransigence of unionism.

The actor, who plays Ted Hastings in the hit police drama, predicted an announcement on the future of the show could be made in September.

Adrian Dunbar is a long-time supporter of the Happy Days festival in Enniskillen that celebrates the work of playwright Samuel Beckett.

IT DOESN'T take much to entice actor Adrian Dunbar back to his hometown of Enniskillen, but the Line of Duty star has long made a point of ensuring he's always on hand for the Happy Days Enniskillen International Beckett Festival.

THE Happy Days Enniskillen International Beckett Festival returns next month for a plethora of Samuel Beckett-inspired performances, the first time the annual event has been staged since 2019 due to Covid.