Waiting for Godot

5
Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Simon Callow and Ronald Pickup - dream team or missed opportunity?

By Robert Iles - 29th Jun 2009

Waiting for Godot (Theatre Royal Haymarket, West End) listing>>

I'm not sure how to review this show ... it was a wonderful evening of theatre – really great to see such superb actors at the top of their game really enjoying themselves on stage …. so, as entertainment definitely 5* …

However (you saw that coming I'm sure!) as a an illuminating production of a beautiful, but complex, text probably 2* tops ...

This was somewhat self-indulgent, aimed at “stars on stage” rather than an attempt to create a seminal interpretation .. but it was great fun, well worth the trip and the money, memorable but not challenging …

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