Samuel Beckett News

What did our critic think of WAITING FOR GODOT at Corrib Theatre?

La Secretaría de Cultura del Gobierno de México y el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL), a través de la Coordinación Nacional de Danza, compartirán una selección de estilos dancísticos y propuestas escénicas dirigidas a diversos públicos, las cuales formaron parte de la cartelera de actividades que ofreció la CoND en diferentes espacios, a lo largo del presente año. La serie de presentaciones podrá apreciarse en línea, entre el jueves 5 y el domingo 22 de diciembre.

Broadway's Telly Leung, best known for his roles in Aladdin, Allegiance, and Glee, steps into the role of producer by presenting the debut industry reading of OCEAN WALK, a powerful and timely new play by up-and-coming queer playwright Gianfranco Lentini.

'The Thanksgiving Play' directed by Andrea Urice at Wash U was a total delight!

Manhattan Theatre Club's Eureka Day, by Jonathan Spector, directed by Anna D. Shapiro, officially begins previews tonight, November 25. Meet the cast of Eureka Day here!

Bob Barth's ONE NIGHT STAND will deliver another evening of entertainment, featuring a discussion of Samuel Beckett's WAITING FOR GODOT at the Geffen Playhouse and more.

Joe Murphy has been announced as the new Artistic Director of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. Learn more about Joe Murphy and the Birmingham Repertory Theatre here!

As embodied by Rainn Wilson and Aasif Mandvi in the revival of GODOT at the Geffen Playhouse, Vladimir and Estragon are a formidable pair. Beckett’s play about the unknowable darkness of the human condition has - go figure! - long been catnip for comedians, and you get why Wilson and Mandvi would want a whack at them.

Up next at The Geffen Playhouse Nobel Prize winner Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot opening November 13, 2024 (with previews already begun). Judy Hegarty Lovett directs the cast of: Lincoln Bonilla, Conor Lovett, Aasif Mandvi, Jack McSherry, Adam Stein and Rainn Wilson. Got Aasif to whittle off some answers to my queries.

Maxine Peake will star in this brand-new production of John Patrick Shanley's award-winning drama. DOUBT a parable will be at Theatre Royal Bath's Ustinov Studio.

Save up to 40% on tickets to Waiting For Godot at Theatre Royal Haymarket. Tickets are available from £25. Learn more about the show and how to get tickets here!

Adelaide Festival has announced its 40th program, promising a suite of international and Australian productions and artists which will further enhance its 65-year reputation as Australia's premier international festival.

Corrib Theatre has announced its first production of the classic play WAITING FOR GODOT by Samuel Beckett, running November 29-Dec 15, 2024. The cast includes Roo Welsh as Vladimir, Karl Hanover as Estragon, Jonathan Cullen as Pozzo, Doren Elias as Lucky, and Max O'Hare as The Boy.

Composer David T. Little released 'Dark Hymnal,' a digital album featuring meditations on his GRAMMY-nominated opera BLACK LODGE, available now on Cantaloupe Music. Learn more!

Save up to 40% on tickets to Waiting For Godot  at Theatre Royal Haymarket. Tickets are available from £45!

York Theatre Royal has announced that Gary Oldman will return to the theatre where he began his career in Samuel Beckett’s seminal work, Krapp’s Last Tape. The production begins previews on 14 April, and runs until 17 May 2025.

Centenary Stage Company, continues their run of Conor McPherson's, The Weir, with performances continuing from October 16 – 20th in the Sitnik Theatre.

Now in their 22nd year, Cassa Pancho's Ballet Black returns to the Linbury Theatre this Autumn with an electrifying double bill of new work: Ballet Black: HEROES, from award-winning choreographers Mthuthuzeli November and Sophie Laplane. 

The Irish are renowned for good story telling. From James Joyce, Oscar Wilde, Samuel Beckett and George Bernard Shaw, to simply a good yarn over a pint in a pub. In a long line of cracking good tales, you couldn't get much better than the new immersive revival of Marie Jones' tragicomedy Stones in His Pockets.

Jeni Jones is set to direct and star in a new incarnation of Samuel Beckett's 'Not I' and 'Rockaby' to be performed on a double bill in the heart of Hollywood at The Broadwater Black Box Theatre.