A Citizens Theatre, Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse and Octagon Theatre Bolton Production
Waiting for Godot
11 – 14 Mar 2026
Event details
Matthew Kelly and George Costigan star in a new staging of Samuel Beckett’s classic play – in which absolutely nothing happens.
Set in a shifting, timeless landscape, Waiting for Godot follows two men, Vladimir and Estragon, as they wait for someone who may never come. As they pass the time with scraps of conversation, moments of tenderness and flashes of dark humour, their story becomes a moving reflection on what it means to keep going in a world that rarely offers answers.
Beckett’s timeless play endures as one of the defining works of the 20th century and returns to our stage in all its strange, funny and heartbreaking brilliance. Darkly comic and deeply moving, Waiting for Godot is a profound exploration of what it means to be human – even when the waiting never ends.
Citizens Theatre - Main Theatre
11 – 14 Mar 2026
2 hours 15 mins (including interval)
£13.50 - £41.50
Fees
Booking fee: £1.50 per transaction
Find out more about our fees
Discounts
Individual and Joint Theatre Passes apply.
Access, Gorbals, Under 30s and Low Income passes apply.
Age recommendation
12+
Event details
Matthew Kelly and George Costigan star in a new staging of Samuel Beckett’s classic play – in which absolutely nothing happens.
Set in a shifting, timeless landscape, Waiting for Godot follows two men, Vladimir and Estragon, as they wait for someone who may never come. As they pass the time with scraps of conversation, moments of tenderness and flashes of dark humour, their story becomes a moving reflection on what it means to keep going in a world that rarely offers answers.
Beckett’s timeless play endures as one of the defining works of the 20th century and returns to our stage in all its strange, funny and heartbreaking brilliance. Darkly comic and deeply moving, Waiting for Godot is a profound exploration of what it means to be human – even when the waiting never ends.
Citizens Theatre - Main Theatre
11 – 14 Mar 2026
2 hours 15 mins (including interval)
£13.50 - £41.50
Fees
Booking fee: £1.50 per transaction
Find out more about our fees
Discounts
Individual and Joint Theatre Passes apply.
Access, Gorbals, Under 30s and Low Income passes apply.
Age recommendation
12+
Creative Team
Director
Dominic Hill
Set Designer
Jean Chan
Lighting Designer
Lizzie Powell
Assistant Director
Laurie Bayley-Higgins
Fight Director
EmmaClaire Brightlyn
Movement
Vicki Manderson
Casting Director
Annelie Powell CDG
Cast
George Costigan
Michael Hodgson
Matthew Kelly
Gbolahan Obisesan
Rejoice Ogunyemi
Adam Wrzesien
Eric MacLennan (understudy)
Reviews
“A deeply humane yet absolutely clear-eyed Godot, for our glaringly unequal times” The Scotsman
“Beckett’s masterpiece becomes the darkest of sitcoms.” The Herald
“newly alive, newly human, and newly urgent.” Corr Blimey
“a beautifully poignant vision that speaks loudly to the times in which we live” MustsSeeTheatre.com
“It finds freshness and humour in the darkest absurdity” WhatsonStage
“real vigour and flair” The Stage
“Matthew Kelly and George Costigan are a bleakly funny double act” The Guardian
“lavish with wit and warmth” Lisa in the Theatre
Go behind the scenes
Production photos
Waiting for Godot rehearsal photos by Tommy Ga Ken Wan
Education events
Theatre Lab: Playreading Online (Block 2)
Online
11 Mar 2026
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