Last of the Summer Wine star at The Old Courthouse

It is 69 year-old Krapp’s birthday. He sits in his ‘den’ preparing for his yearly ritual of recording his reflections on a tape-recorder.

First he listens to a tape of critical decisions made on his 39th birthday. The 39 year-old Krapp has in turn listened to a tape he made when he was 27. By this means we come to know fragments of Krapp’s life; the moving account of the death of his mother, a visionary moment of inspiration on a night of ‘howling wind’, his failed pursuit of intellectual fame through his writing, his decision to end a significant relationship and his attempts to come to terms with the consequence of those decisions.

Following the performance, Tom will take part in a question & answer session hosted by Northern Ireland actress Roma Tomelty. He will discuss his theatre and TV career and his relationship with his famous father, the late Bill Owen, who played Compo, the father of Tom’s character on Last of the Summer Wine.

Tickets for the performance cost £10/£8 concession and are available from www.antrim.gov.uk/oldcourthouse or by phoning 028 9446 3113.