Waiting for Godot Plays at Artscape, March 9-12

Waiting for Godot will play at the arena at Artscape in Cape Town from 9 March to 12 March.  This show, directed and designed by Francesco Nassimbeni, is for schools only.  Tickets are R25.  For more information, visit the official website.

"Samuel Beckett's absurd play is a about two characters who wait for someone who never comes. The men divert themselves while they wait expectantly and unsuccessfully for someone named Godot to arrive. They claim him as an acquaintance but in fact hardly know him, admitting that they would not recognise him when they to see him. To occupy themselves, they eat, sleep, converse, argue, sing, play games, exercise, swap hats, and contemplate suicide - anything to hold the terrible silence at bay."

Presented by Siyasanga Cape Town Theatre Company in association with Artscape Supported by the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund.

The Artscape Theatre Centre, which belongs to the provincial administration, was opened on 19 May 1971 as the Nico Malan Theatre Centre. In line with the new South African political dispensation and the concurrent changes the complex was renamed to Artscape in March 2001. Historically the Cape Performing Arts Board (CAPAB) was instituted in the early sixties of the twentieth century. The aim was to promote the performing arts. The Arts Councils received sufficient government subsidies to fund various art forms as well as the operational requirements of the theatre facilities.