Godot Is A Woman
In 1953 a man wrote a play about waiting.
In 1988 he sued five women for trying to perform it.
In 2001 Madonna released ‘What It Feels Like for a Girl’.
It’s 2023 and we’re still waiting.
Since Samuel Beckett wrote Waiting for Godot, he and his estate have notoriously challenged - often legally - non-male companies that wish to perform it.
A whip-smart interrogation of gender, authorial copyright and the cultural significance of Madonna's 1989 album, Like a Prayer, Silent Faces return with their trademark style of playful, political, physical theatre.
Featured in The Guardian's 20 theatre, comedy and dance shows you shouldn’t miss at Edinburgh fringe 2022.
As heard on The Guilty Feminist podcast and Radio 4’s Roleplay
★★★★
‘in Laura Killeen’s well-paced staging, it’s all such a riot’
The Guardian
★★★★ ‘richly comic’ The Stage
★★★★★ ‘Unmissable’ Reviews Hub
★★★★★ Fringe Biscuit
★★★★★ Feminist Fringe
★★★★★ Get the Chance
‘will have you laughing all evening and arguing all night’ The Spectator
Performing at King’s Head Theatre, London
Jan 9th - Feb 3rd 2024
Performed by Josie Underwood, Cordelia Stevenson & Jack Wakely
Devised & Written by Cordelia Stevenson, Josie Underwood & Jack Wakely
Co-directed by Cordelia Stevenson & Laura Killeen
Production Manager Stella Kailides
Technical stage manager Stella Kailides & Nikita Bala
Sound Design Ellie Isherwood
Lighting Design Jo Palmer
Costume Design Rachel Gammon
Set Design & Build Stella Kailides & Frances Gibson
Produced by Silent Faces
Associate producer Grace Dickson
Image credits: Ali Wright & Chelsey Cliff
