About Waiting for Godot

Matthew Kelly and George Costigan star in a new staging of Samuel Beckett’s classic play - in which absolutely nothing happens.   

Set in a shifting, timeless landscape, Waiting for Godot follows two men, Vladimir and Estragon, as they wait for someone who may never come. As they pass the time with scraps of conversation, moments of tenderness and flashes of dark humour, their story becomes a moving reflection on what it means to keep going in a world that rarely offers answers.

Beckett’s timeless play endures as one of the defining works of the 20th century and returns to our stage in all its strange, funny and heartbreaking brilliance. Darkly comic and deeply moving, Waiting for Godot is a profound exploration of what it means to be human - even when the waiting never ends.  
 

5 Stars

marvellous and utterly captivating

- Manchester Theatres
4 Stars

a privilege to witness

- Bolton News
5 Stars

There is not a second of this production that hasn’t been dealt with thoughtfully, intentionally, and with a great deal of detail

- Northern Arts Review

Cast

  • George Costigan

    Vladimir

  • Matthew Kelly

    Estragon

  • Michael Hodgson

    Lucky

  • Gbolahan Obisesan

    Pozzo

  • Eric MacLennan

    Understudy

Credits

  • Dominic Hill

    Director

  • Jean Chan

    Set Designer

  • Lizzie Powell

    Lighting Designer

  • Laurie Bayley-Higgins

    Assistant Director

  • Annelie Powell CDG

    Casting Director CDG

  • Colin Sutherland

    Stage Manager

  • Amy Bending

    DSM