Waiting for Godot

  • 2010/2011 Season
  • Waiting for Godot
    Performed in Japanese
  • THE PIT

  • PERFORMANCES

    PERFORMANCES

Rounding out the "Japan Meets" series is a monumental work that altered the course of theatre worldwide.
Waiting for Godot was not well received when it premiered in 1953 in Paris, but the play has since gone down in history as a seminal piece of theatre of the absurd. This cornerstone of contemporary theatre is still performed across the globe. The play premiered in Japan in 1965 and has been produced numerous times since, having a profound impact on such playwrights as Betsuyaku Minoru and many others along the way.
For this production, we welcome Hashizume Isao and Ishikura Saburo in their NNTT debuts. The verbal sparring between these two veteran stage actors should make for some wonderfully fresh and spirited exchanges.