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.

• Neil ForsythScreenplay
• James MarshDirector

• Gabriel ByrneSamuel Beckett
• Aidan GillenJames Joyce
• Sandrine BonnaireSuzanne
• Fionn O'SheaYoung Samuel
• Maxine PeakeBarbara
• Bronagh GallagherNora Barnacle
• Lisa Dwyer HoggMay Beckett
• Caroline BoultonSylvia Beach
• Gráinne GoodLucia Joyce
• Cillian Hollywood5 year old Samuel
• Patrik PiróAdam
• Léonie LojkineYounger Suzanne