- Venue Theatre Royal Haymarket, London
- Performance dates Booking to 21 December 2024
- Running time 2 hours and 45 minutes (including interval)
- Age guidelines 12+
Get tickets to Waiting for Godot in London starring Ben Whishaw & Lucian Msamati
★★★★ “The best staging I’ve ever seen” – The Evening Standard
A tremendous new production of Samuel Beckett’s classic Waiting for Godot is now playing in London’s West End.
Giving critically acclaimed performances are Ben Whishaw (Paddington, Mojo, Hamlet; Skyfall) and Lucian Msamati (Conclave, Game of Thrones, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom), alongside Tom Edden (Crazy For You, Cyrano De Bergerac) as Lucky and Jonathan Slinger (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Richard III) as Pozzo.
One of the greatest plays of the 20th century, this new production of Samuel Beckett’s masterpiece is directed by James MacDonald.
Waiting for Godot is playing at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London from 13 September to 21 December 2024.
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!”
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Performance Information
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- Group Bookings For groups of 10+ enquire here
Stars and Creatives
Who is in the cast of Waiting for Godot?
Lucian Msamati as Estragon, Ben Whishaw as Vladimir, Tom Edden as Lucky, Jonathan Slinger as Pozzo.
They are joined by Luca Fone, Alexander Joseph and Ellis Pang sharing the role of The Boy and Dean Graham (Understudy Vladimir and Lucky) and David Lee-Jones (Understudy Estragon and Pozzo).
Who are the creative team of Waiting for Godot?
Written by Samuel Beckett.
Directed by James Macdonald with set & costume by Rae Smith, lighting by Bruno Poet, sound by Ian Dickinson and Niamh Gaffney for Autograph, hair and make-up design by Campbell Young Associates and casting by Amy Ball. Voice coach is Hazel Holder, assistant director is Max Harrison and production manager is Kate West.
Important Notes
Access performances: Stage Text Captioned Performance: Thursday 24th October 7.30pm; Audio Described Performance: Tuesday 15th October 7.30pm
Venue Information
Theatre Royal Haymarket , 8 Haymarket, London, SW1Y 4HT
Nearest Tube or Train: Piccadilly Circus (Bakerloo, Piccadilly), Leicester Square (Northern, Piccadilly)
Nearest Buses: 3, 6, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 22, 23, 24, 29, 38, 40, 88, 91, 94, 139, 159, 176
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★★★★★ "Stunning performances from Ben Whishaw and Lucian Msamati" - Financial Times
★★★★★ "Samuel Beckett’s first masterpiece gleams more brightly than ever" - What's On Stage
★★★★ "Ben Whishaw and Lucian Msamati are a tremendous pairing" - The Times
★★★★ "The best staging of this challenging classic I’ve ever seen" - The Evening Standard
★★★★ " The performances are the big thing and here they’re acerbically funny and infinitesimally tender" - TimeOut
★★★★ "Tremendous Ben Whishaw" - The Telegraph
★★★★ "Ben Whishaw brings Paddington-esque wistfulness to Samuel Beckett’s tragicomedy" - Independent
★★★★ "If you think you don’t like Waiting for Godot, Ben Whishaw will prove you wrong" - i News
★★★★ "Tragic, absorbing and coolly compassionate" - The Stage
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