The play "Waiting for Godot" was written in the 20th century. in the middle, after World War II (1952), when all of Europe experienced a physical, moral and existential collapse. It does not contain the usual elements of drama for classical dramaturgy, such as plot, conflict, or even clear action. "Nothing is happening, nothing is coming, nothing is leaving, it's scary." - The classic phrase of the play describes its essence. This strange tragicomedy became the emblem of a new theatrical current called the Theater of the Absurd, and its author Samuel Beckett won world fame, the Nobel Prize and was recognized as "a writer influencing the development of humanity." "Waiting for Godot" conquered theaters all over the world. It seems to be the most famous text created for the theater in the 20th century. Why did a play in which "nothing happens" become such a bestseller?
It is impudent, absurd, witty, but at the same time existentially deep and mysterious. Lots of unanswered questions. It has a sense of bewilderment and fear when faced with the inexplicable human existence. Also despair after realizing the futility of searching for the meaning of life. She is intangible, maneuvering between hope and despair, laughter and tears. A tragicomic farce. This is a poem about time and transience, waiting and the absurdity of that waiting. And between all that, poetry floats and friendship, warmth, love save us from the fog of the absurd world.
Director Gintaras Varnas says that although Beckett wrote a play about old people, the play, on the contrary, features very young actors. Young people whose whole lives are in the future. In today's future. It seems that the same text can talk not only about the end of life, but also about its beginning and the fear of living. Today, when the world seems scary, fragile and about to explode. No, this is not a play about action, struggle, it is not about Ukraine, rather about our West, which is WAITING…. WAITING…..WAITING….