Further casting is announced today for the new production of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, directed by James Macdonald.
Tom Edden (Crazy For You, Jamie Lloyd Company’s Cyrano De Bergerac) will play Lucky and Jonathan Slinger (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, title roles in Richard II and Richard III in RSC Histories) will play Pozzo. They join the previously announced Lucian Msamati (Game of Thrones, Amadeus) as Estragon and Ben Whishaw (James Bond, Paddington) as Vladimir.
Waiting for Godot will play a limited run at Theatre Royal Haymarket from 13 September until 14 December 2024, press night Thursday 19 September 2024.
Tickets are on sale now. 25,000 tickets across the run have been priced at £25 or less, spread throughout the house, of which 5,000 are held for under 30s and blue light workers.
The creative team includes Rae Smith (Set and Costume Design), Bruno Poet (Lighting Design), Ian Dickinson and Niamh Gaffney for Autograph (Sound Design), Amy Ball (Casting CDG), Kate West (Production Manager) and Max Harrison (Assistant Director).
Didi and Gogo wait by a tree for a man named Godot. They don’t know who he is, why they are meeting or what time he is coming – only that something incredible could happen when he does…
“Let us do something, while we have the chance… at this place, at this moment of time, all mankind is us, whether we like it or not. Let us make the most of it before it is too late!”
Don’t miss the play that changed the rules. Waiting for Godot opens at the historic Theatre Royal Haymarket for a strictly limited run from September 2024.
