Writer and performer Michael Laurence on Krapp, 39

27th November 2010

 

INTERVIEW: MICHAEL LAWRENCE

After a brief extract from the work, the writer and performer talks to Matt Boothman about his new play, Krapp, 39 (Tristan Bates Theatre), which is an autobiographical piece in which Laurence, a Samuel Beckett fan and inspired by Krapp’s Last Tape (1958), creates a diary using video, a laptop and audio recording on his 39th birthday. Recorded at Tristan Bates.

On a really good night we have the sense, going into it, that this might be a little awkward and embarrassing for all of us – that I might be revealing a little too much of myself.