Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot starring Ben Whishaw and Lucian Msamati has extended its run in London.

Waiting for Godot was booking to 14 December at the West End’s Theatre Royal Haymarket, but has now extended to 21 December 2024.

This brand new production of Samuel Beckett’s classic drama Waiting for Godot stars Lucian Msamati (Game of Thrones, Amadeus) as Estragon and Ben Whishaw (James Bond, Paddington) as Vladimir.

The show opened last week to great reviews from the critics, scoring five-stars from the Financial Times, and four-star reviews from the Times, Standard, Telegraph, TimeOut, Independent, i News and The Stage.

Also in the cast of Waiting for Godot are Tom Edden (Crazy For You, Cyrano De Bergerac) as Lucky and Jonathan Slinger (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Richard III) as Pozzo, 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).

Directed by James MacDonald (The Father, A Number), the creative team also 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).

Waiting for Godot is playing at the Theatre Royal Haymarket to 21 December 2024.

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Main photo: Waiting for Godot at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. Lucian Msamati & Ben Whishaw. Photo by Marc Brenner

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