Hall's Waiting for Godot to Transfer to the West End

Sir Peter Hall's acclaimed 50th anniversary production of Samuel Beckett's absurdist classic Waiting for Godot is headed to the West End.  It will play a 7-week limited engagement beginning on October 3rd; it will open on October 9th.

The West End transfer comes somewhat later than was originally announced, according to Whatsonstage.com.  "The final production in Hall's Bath repertory season last summer, the director had originally hoped to bring it then into the West End's Arts Theatre, where he directed the English-language world premiere in 1955 when he was the theatre's 25-year-old artistic director. However, a clash over that proposed transfer led to a very public spat between Hall and directors at the Barbican Centre and Dublin's Gate Theatre, who jointly held the London rights for their Beckett centenary festival earlier this year."

The production is currently playing in Richmond (UK) through September 30th; it has also been seen in Bath and Oxford.  Waiting for Godot stars James Laurenson, Alan Dobie, Richard Dormer and Terence Rigby; they will all be on board for the transfer.

In Waiting for Godot, two tramps--Vladimir and Estragon--wait in vain along a desolate roadside for the title character to appear.

Presented by Theatre Royal Bath productions, the show is designed by Kevin Rigdon, with lighting by Peter Mumford, sound by Gregory Clarke and costumes by Trish Rigdon.