The Irish actor Stephen Rea is a silent-movie Krapp to treasure In the Stygian darkness of a bare room, a table on a low platform with a light hanging overhead starts to emerge. Then a door briefly opens at the back of the space and the figure that has entered and sat down at the table also begins to emerge. When the stage lighting goes on, this tableau out of a Bacon painting sharpens and we can properly scrutinise…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:24PM on May 2, 2025