Inside the Rehearsals of…Waiting for Godot, Theatre Royal Haymarket

This new production of Samuel Beckett’s play is set to begin performances in the West End on the 13th September.

(c)Marc Brenner

Rehearsal images have now been released for James Macdonald’s upcoming production of Waiting For Godot, which will officially open at the Theatre Royal Haymarket on the 19th September.

(c)Marc Brenner

The cast is led by Ben Whishaw (James BondPaddington) as Vladimir with Tom Edden (Crazy For YouCyrano De Bergerac) as Lucky and Jonathan Slinger (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, title roles in Richard II and Richard III in RSC Histories) as Pozzo.

They are 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).

(c)Marc Brenner

Didi and Gogo wait by a tree for a man named Godot. They don’t know who he is, why they are meeting or what time he is coming – only that something incredible could happen when he does…

With tickets available now, there are also  25,000 tickets across the run that have been priced at £25 or less, spread throughout the house, of which 5,000 are held for under 30s and Blue Light workers.

The production’s creative team includes: Rae Smith (Set and Costume Design), Bruno Poet (Lighting Design), Ian Dickinson and Niamh Gaffney for Autograph (Sound Design), Campbell Young Associates (Hair and Make-up Design), Amy Ball (Casting CDG), Hazel Holder (Voice Coach), Max Harrison (Assistant Director) and Kate West (Production Manager).