2013/2015
Directed by Judy Hegarty Lovett
With
Conor Lovett — Vladimir
Gary Lydon — Estragon
Adam Malone — Boy
Connor Upton — Boy (Boston)
Tadgh Murphy — Lucky (Dublin, Belfast, Boston)
Gavan O'Herlihy — Pozzo (Dublin, Belfast, Boston)
Harry Behan — Boy (Understudy, Dublin
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Dominic Moore - Pozzo (Shangai, New York)
Marcus Lamb - Lucky (Shanghai, New York)
Will Keppler Robinson —Boy (New York)
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Set & Costume designed by Ferdia Murphy
Lighting designed by Sinead McKenna
Producer – Sorcha O'Reilly
Associate Producer – Maura O'Keeffe
Casting Director – Maureen Hughes
Production Manager – Rob Furey
Stage Manager – Diarmuid Quigley
Assistant Stage Manager – Clair Walshe
Assistant to the Director – Orla Kinsella
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Samuel Beckett ranks among the great artists of the Western world and Waiting For Godot is considered by many to be his masterpiece. On a country road towards the end of day, two friends wait for a man named Godot to arrive. By nightfall he hasn't arrived.
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A co-production with Dublin Theatre Festival and premiered at The Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, in October 2013, the show toured to The Lyric Theatre for Belfast Festival at Queens and then to Boston, Massachusetts to perform at Arts Emerson The World On Stage Series in November 2013.
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In 2014 the show toured to Shanghai as part of the ACT International Festival of Contemporary Theatre at Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre (SDAC). This was the company's third visit to SDAC.
In 2015 the show toured to New York (Skirball Center) as part of Gare St Lazare’s Beckett in New York season (including Here All Night and The End at Lincoln Center’s White Light Festival.
Produced in association with ArtsEmerson, Boston with financial support by Irish Theatre Trust and through an Arts Council Theatre Project Award and an Arts Grant from Dublin City Council.
Photo: Ros Kavanagh