Matching Gary Oldman’s Krapp with a teenager’s take on Godot is a masterstoke

The Royal Court is presenting the Slow Horses star’s version of one Beckett masterpiece alongside 19-year-old Leo Simpe-Asante’s riff on another. They combine beautifully Where does the time go? It’s a year since Gary Oldman performed Krapp’s Last Tape in York, returning him to the Theatre Royal where at the age of 21 he played a sleepy panto cat. Now, Samuel Beckett’s play has a homecoming of its own. Oldman has brought the production – directed and designed by himself – to London’s Royal Co...

By Chris Wiegand