Ian McKellen in Waiting for Godot

Waiting for Godot

Date(s): 30 June 2010 - 2 July 2010
Venue: St James

Kay and McLean Productions Pty Ltd, Arnold M Crook, Paul Elliott, Nigel Everett and Duncan C Weldon in association with HVK Productions and Michael Coppel present the Theatre Royal Haymarket Company’s production of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot.

Directed by Sean Mathias and starring Ian McKellen as Estragon and Roger Rees as Vladimir with Matthew Kelly as Pozzo.

Two old friends meet to converse, joke and argue with themselves as they wait through one day and then another for the mysterious Godot... the combination of music hall, poetry and tension redefined what is possible in theatre, so that today Waiting for Godot is accepted as one of the most significant plays of the 20th century.

When Samuel Beckett's play exploded on to the stage 50 years ago, it shocked as many people as it delighted. There had never been a play like it; indeed it was said that: "(Beckett) has achieved a theoretical impossibility-a play in which nothing happens, that yet keeps audiences glued to their seats."

Following record breaking season at London’s Theatre Royal, Haymarket Waiting for Godot comes to you at the St James Theatre, Wellington for 4 performances only.

“It is almost certainly the funniest and most compassionate production of the play you will ever see. ” Daily Telegraph (UK), 2010

“Masterly McKellen glitters. ” London Evening Standard, 2010

"The theatrical event of the year" Daily Express (UK)

“It’s harrowing, it’s funny, it’s human: go and see it, and laugh till you cry. ” Time Out (UK), 2010

Wellington Season proudly supported by the Museum Hotel.

Venue
St James Theatre

Performance
7.30pm Wed 30 June
12.30pm & 7.30pm Thurs 1 July
7.30pm Fri 2 July

Tickets
$90.50 - $130.50* Evening performances
$80.50 - $120.50* Thursday matinee
*Service fees apply

Friends of the St James presale runs from 9am on 16 March to 8pm on 19 March.

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