Waiting for* Godot. *Waiting for Waiting for
Reviewed by Doreen Nicoll
The vibe of Waiting For Godot, Waiting For, Waiting For is uniquely surreal and tense.
Don’t wait to get tickets for Waiting For Godot, Waiting For, Waiting For! Expect the unexpected from this atypical, at times anxiety-fuelling play that comes with a side of comedy.
While the stage manager and three actors wait for the elusive and somewhat reclusive writer/director to show up for their first rehearsal, personal journeys are shared, which leads to personalities clashing.
Actor Liam Lockhart-Rush has perfected the know-it-all, doing-it-by-the-book brown-noser full of angst, while Jonah Paroyan – who seems to just be playing his authentic self – is the countervailing happy, easy-go-lucky, organic blueberry eating man everyone loves, gets along with and wants to work with. Everyone but Lockhart-Rush, that is.
Then, there’s Adelaide Dolha, a psych major – because her folks didn’t think acting was a real thing – who did some acting on the side only to have it become her life’s mission.
And, rounding out the group is Sarah Soares, who convincingly plays the keep-peace-at-all-costs stage manager who knows basically nothing about when the writer/director is going to arrive.
Oh, yeah, and of course Braden Henderson makes a brief appearance as the befuddled writer/director before leaving the group to wonder when, if ever, he’s going to return.
A lively 60-minute production weaving together drama, comedy, improv and sometimes . . . simply waiting.
Event Details
Age Suitability: Parental Guidance (ages 13+)
Genre: Theatre—Comedy, Theatre—Drama
Run Time: 60 mins
Director
Braden Henderson
Stage Manager
Sarah Soares
Actors
Adelaide Dolha, Liam Lockhart-Rush, Jonah Paroyan
Warnings
Coarse Language