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 2024 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

Performed at King’s Head Theatre, London in Jan 2024 as well as sold out runs at edfringe 2022 and 2023 and a UK tour (incl. Cambridge Junction, Tobacco Factory, Theatre Royal Plymouth).

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