Dance First

Parisian bon vivant, World War II Resistance fighter, Nobel Prize-winning playwright, philandering husband and recluse…Samuel Beckett lived a life of many parts. Titled after Beckett’s famous ethos “Dance first, think later”, the film is a sweeping account of the life of this 20th-century icon.

Cast

Gabriel Byrne

as Samuel Beckett

Aidan Gillen

as James Joyce

Sandrine Bonnaire

as Suzanne

Fionn O'Shea

as Young Samuel

Maxine Peake

as Barbara

Bronagh Gallagher

as Nora Barnacle

Lisa Dwyer Hogg

as May Beckett

Caroline Boulton

as Sylvia Beach

Gráinne Good

as Lucia Joyce

Cillian Hollywood

as 5 year old Samuel

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