cast list & Programme
godot is a woman
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Cast
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JOSIE
Josie Underwood
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CORDELIA
Cordelia Stevenson
JACK
Jack Wakely
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creative team
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Devised & Written by
Cordelia Stevenson, Josie Underwood & Jack Wakely
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Co-directed by
Laura Killeen & Cordelia Stevenson
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Production Manager
Stella Kailides
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technical stage manager
Stella Kailides & Nikita Bala
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Sound Design
Ellie Isherwood
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Lighting Design
Jo Palmer
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Costume Design
Rachel Gammon
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Set Design & Build
Stella Kailides & Frances Gibson
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produced by
Silent Faces
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associate producer
Grace Dickson
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With special thanks to
The Pleasance, Poplar Union, Camden People's Theatre, Arts Council England, The Cockayne Foundation, Wildcard Theatre Company, Figs in Wigs, Ryan Ford, Eppie Conrad, Marec Joyce, Kathleen Price, Emily Holland, Anthony Alderson, Nic Connaughton, Ellie Simpson, Jonny Patton, Isabel Dixon, Grace Chapman, Sarah Gormley, Lauren Gibson, Bart Gwyn, Sarah Kelly, Jenny Swingler, Noemi Swan, Grace Dickson, Alex Stringer, Carmel Macaree, Josie Shipp, Mikkaila Mckeever-Willis, Emma Croad, all the Degenerate Foxes, Lesley, Neil and James Stevenson, Lewis, Bev, Nige and Jack Bray, John and Marion Evans and Lu, Sandy, Sam and George Underwood, Cara Withers and Ros Watt.
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And Samuel Beckett of course ...and Madonna.
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purchase a copy of the play-text post show or from our publishers
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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.
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Since Samuel Beckett wrote Waiting for Godot,
he and his estate have notoriously challenged - often legally - non-male companies
that wish to perform it
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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.
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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
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★★★★
cheeky and geeky
The Guardian
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★★★★
richly comic
The Stage
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★★★★★
Unmissable
Reviews Hub
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★★★★
extremely clever, amusing and provocative
The Scotsman
★★★★
Broadway Baby
★★★★
Broadway World
★★★★
Wee Review
★★★★
The Student
★★★★★
Fringe Biscuit
★★★★★
Feminist Fringe
★★★★★
Get the Chance
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will have you laughing all evening and arguing all night
The Spectator
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