Waiting For Godot & McKellen return to Haymarket 21 Jan

Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot, returns to the Haymarket Theatre, opening 27 Jan 2010, following previews from 21 Jan - booking to 3 April 2010.

(The production originally ran at the Haymarket Theatre from from 30 April 2009 to 9 Aug 2009.)

Ian McKellen (Estragon) and Ronald Pickup (Lucky) are returning with the show, Roger Rees (Vladimir) and Matthew Kelly (Pozzo), replace former cast members Patrick Stewart & Simon Callow.

It is again directed by Sean Mathias, designed by Stephen Brimson Lewis, lighting by Paul Pyant. Produced by Theatre Royal Haymarket Company in partnership with Duncan C. Weldon Productions Ltd.

Waiting for Godot follows two consecutive days in the lives of tramps, Vladimir and Estragon , who divert themselves by clowning around, joking and arguing, while waiting expectantly and unsuccessfully for the mysterious Godot.