Theatre Preview: Waiting For Godot directed by Dev Chakraborty!
- Deepak Sinha
- May 28
- 3 min read
Updated: May 29
Farben Theatre presents this revival of Waiting For Godot to city audiences. Samuel Beckett Waiting For Godot has enthralled us over the years. We have read it and there has been adaptations and media references that have kept Samuel Beckett's work alive. On being asked What made you work on this play after San 2025, a play written by Piyush Mishra ?
“After directing San 2025, a play on art for the sake of art, I found myself drawn to the raw emotional honesty and existential questioning of being an artist at the heart of theatre. Absurdism offers a unique space where logic is suspended, and human vulnerability is exposed. It allows audiences to sit with discomfort, laugh at chaos, and question meaning itself. I felt it was the natural next step—stylistically different, but thematically resonant. Where San 2025 critiques artistic choices and integrity, absurdism challenges the very fabric of our understanding. I wanted to explore that theatrical terrain with my actors and audience.”
Dev Chakraborty
What do you see in Beckett and how it helps new actors or any actor for that matter ?
Beckett strips everything down to the bare essentials—language, movement, even logic. What I see in Beckett is the challenge of presence. His texts demand that actors exist truthfully in the moment, often with very little to ‘do’ in the traditional sense. For new actors, this is incredibly powerful. It teaches restraint, control, and deep listening. There's no room to hide behind props or dramatic action. Every pause, breath, and glance matters. Beckett trains actors to be precise, emotionally honest, and incredibly patient—qualities that serve them across any form of theatre. ”
Farben Theatre Production :Image Source: RAD TIMES, Publishing Theatre Stories
Waiting for Godot was originally published by Irish writer Samuel Beckett in 1953. The play picks up a variety of topics and Valdimir and Estragon are waiting for Godot, who never actually arrives. There was a lot of talk after a number of a shows of the play that Beckett meant God by " Godot. " And Beckett clarified, if he meant God, he would have said God..but he says Godot.
The characters in the play are Vladimir , Estragon, Pozzo, Lucky, The boy.
The play Waiting for Godot is constantly being revived across India and the world. In Pune, well known theatre director Atul Pethe had directed Waiting for Godot. Motley Theatre , had it as their first production in 1979 at Prithvi Theatre. Theatre Nisha, Chennai under the direction of NSD pass out V. Balakrishnan staged shows of Waiting for Godot in 2018.
Currently, the well known Hollywood Actor Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter are doing a production of Waiting for Godot at Hudson Theatre opening in September 2025 and will run through January 4, 2026. Keanu Reeves and Alex have worked together on many hit film franchise.
Catch this show , playing this weekend.
Credits:
Script by: Samuel Beckett
Hindi Translation by: Krishna Baldev Vaid
Direction by: Dev Chakraborty
Set: Kumar & Dev
Music: Dev
Cast: Devanshu Manseta, Animesh Yadav, Shatadru Dutta, Wahid Akbar, Deepak Sinha
When: 1st June
What Time: 5:45 pm
Where: The Box, Pune
Book Tickets: Click here
Other production by Farben Theatre ( RAD TIMES Review ): https://www.rasaaurdrama.com/post/theatre-review-san-2025-celebrates-a-writer-in-totality
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