Friday 20 April 2012


 Estragon: Well, shall we go?
Vladimir: Yes, let's go.

They do not move.


I want to add a further dimension to the performance that is observed by the audience as they are watching the rein-acted performance. On the back of the stage I would like to include Santiago Sierra's Death Counter whereby the giant LED sign registers the anual number of deaths worldwide over the course of a year, starting from scratch at New Year.


The increasing numbers would continue to escalade while the audience is watching the performance; this would give a greater awareness of the effects of Time and the power of its passing. The 'waiting' in WFG is thus made universally applicable to the audience watching Vladimir and Estragon's suffering as they waste away their lives waiting for their Godot, who ultimately is never seen by the audience, foregrounding an awareness of futility.

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