Opening night: 9 December 2023
Author: Samuel Beckett
Title: Waiting for Godot
Original Title: En attendant Godot
Translator:
Antoni Libera
Director: Piotr Cieplak

Auditorium: Studio Theatre
Running time: 2 hours 25 min inculding one interval

Ticket prices:

full-price ticket:
85 PLN

concession ticket:
65 PLN

rush ticket:
30 PLN  more info →

students of state theatre and art schools: 
15 PLN more info →

Waiting for Godot

"What do we do now? Wait. [...] We're waiting for Godot".

These lines were first heard on the stage of the Théâtre de Babylone in Paris in 1953. Samuel Beckett's theatrical debut is considered one of the most important theatrical events of the 20th century. Director Piotr Cieplak returns to Waiting for Godot after 70 years. Is this a classic yet? Does it still have its avant-garde power? And, are we still waiting?

The cast includes Mariusz Benoit, Jerzy Radziwiłowicz, Bartłomiej Bobrowski and Cezary Kosiński.


Please mind that tobacco smoke appears in some scenes during the show.


director: Piotr Cieplak
set and costume design: Andrzej Witkowski
lighting designPiotr Cieplak, Andrzej Witkowski

Awards and Nominations:

2024 – nomination for the Konrad Swinarski Award in "the best director of 2023/2024 season" category for Piotr Cieplak for the direction of Waiting for Godot
2024 – The Aleksander Zelwerowicz Award to Mariusz Benoit for the best actor of 2023/2024 season for the role of Estragon  
2024 – The Cyprian Kamil Norwid Award in "theatre" category to Piotr Cieplak for the direction of Waiting for Godot

Cast

And children

Oliwier Felczak / Franciszek Krupowicz – a boy


Production team

  • director's assistant: Alexander Dulak (student interships, National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw)
  • lighting technicians: Kacper Bobylak, Bartłomiej Frysztak
  • sound technicians: Piotr Gos, Marek Wojtulanis
  • stage manager: Krzysztof Kuszczyk
    prompter: Anna Leszczyńska
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Licence for this stage production was granted by the Society of Authors – ZAiKS.

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