NVAP Screening: Waiting for Godot

Join us to watch this landmark production of Waiting for Godot starring Lucian Msamati and Ben Whishaw. In Beckett’s witty, absurd and iconic play, Didi and Gogo stand by a tree on a sparse stage and wait for Godot.  

This screening is 2 hours 30 minutes, including a 10-minute interval. 

This production was recorded live by the V&A in 2024 at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. 

 

Established in 1992, through an agreement with the Federation of Entertainment Unions, NVAP was the first project of its kind in the UK. The archive now holds over 450 high-quality archival multi-camera recordings of live performance in Britain and continues to record and preserve productions for the national collection. The archive, launched with Richard Eyre’s production of Richard III starring Ian McKellen (National Theatre, 1992), features a vast range of stage performances with work by notable playwrights, directors, set designers, lighting designers and actors. It is an invaluable research tool to view and learn about significant British productions and captures and preserves moments of ephemeral performance history that otherwise would be lost.