Gary Oldman is to return to the theatre where he began his professional career to perform Samuel Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape.
The 66-year-old starred in the farce Thark and the panto Dick Whittington and His Cat at York Theatre Royal in 1979, playing Puss in the latter.
Oldman was the first from his drama school class to find work.
Now, the London-born actor will return to York to perform the Beckett work from 14 April 2025 to 17 May 2025.
The theatre's chief executive, Paul Crewes, said: "When Gary visited us at the beginning of the year, it was fascinating hearing him recount stories of his time as a young man, in his first professional role on the York Theatre Royal stage.
"In that context, when we started to explore ideas, we realised Krapp's Last Tape was the perfect project. I am very happy that audiences will have this unique opportunity to see Gary Oldman return to our stage in this brand-new production."
Tickets will go on general sale on 16 November at 1pm on the theatre's website.
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The show will complete York Theatre Royal's Spring Season.
The play will see Oldman play Krapp, who records a tape of the year gone by every year on his birthday.
On his 69th birthday, he has become a lonely man and sits with a bottle of wine, a banana, and his tape recorder. Listening back to a recording he made as a young man, Krapp must face the hopes of his past self.
Oldman's career has seen him win a Best Actor Oscar for his role as the former British prime minister Winston Churchill in 2017's Darkest Hour.
He is also known for playing Sex Pistols bass player Sid Vicious in 1986's Sid and Nancy, Lee Harvey Oswald in 1991's JFK, and Count Dracula in 1992's Bram Stoker's Dracula.
Oldman plays Jackson Lamb in the Apple TV+ spy series Slow Horses, which has just been renewed for a sixth season.
Source: Press Association
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