Advance ticket sales continue for “Waiting for Godot” on 12 & 13 March 2026

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Mon, 19 Jan. 2026 11:00
The Italian production by Emilia Romagna Teatro of Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot” arrives on 12 & 13 March 2026 at the Nicosia Municipal Theatre. The performance is part of the Nicosia International Festival 2025 programme, after having been postponed due to the illness of one of the lead actors.
 
This is a landmark production - poised between the monumental and the comic. Theodoros Terzopoulos does not “direct” in the classical sense of the term. He recomposes. He pierces through the text. He reactivates the myth and delivers it to the present day, not as narrative but as a corporeal, ontological experience. It is not a play about waiting, but a mirror of existence - a muffled scream of a world in constant collapse.
 
Coexistence with the ‘Other’
 
Beckett’s work explores the struggle to communicate and coexist with the Other - the person before us, that unfathomable and obscure region of repressed desires and fears, of forgotten sensations and instincts, the realm of the animal and the divine, where madness and dream are born, alongside delirium and nightmare. It is a journey towards the Other within and the Other without, before us and beyond us - the same journey we attempt every day, awaiting life’s redemption from the bonds of death.
 
But who is the elusive “Godot” who never arrives? A saviour figure, or perhaps even God himself, as implied by the English deformation of the name (Godot, from God)? Beckett admitted that what interested him was not so much Godot as the act of “waiting”.
 
A timeless work
 
Beckett’s work remains thunderously contemporary. Meaninglessness, the anticipation of a saviour who never comes, the vicious cycle of inertia - all these, though born in the age of existentialism, return to the forefront today in a time of radical uncertainty. It is not merely Beckett; it is a descent into the world’s unconscious. Through a minimal yet charged scenic space - a black box and a cross of light - the production imprints itself in memory not only as a theatrical event but as an existential inscription.
 
What the press wrote
 
“…what Theodoros Terzopoulos achieved in the production he staged with the Italian Emilia Romagna Teatro is unique, as it seems he managed to condense into ninety minutes everything contained in this pinnacle moment of world dramaturgy.” - Tonia Karaoglou, “Athinorama”
 
“Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot”, directed by Theodoros Terzopoulos, becomes a cry for our lost humanity. For the inevitably approaching social, cultural, religious, and psychological desolation. A performance of supreme stage poetry for the coming ‘nothingness.’” - Dimitris Tsatsoulis, “Athens Voice”
 
“Five charismatic Italian actors were chosen to bring to life the masterpiece of the Irish playwright, infusing it with Terzopoulos’ aesthetic, blended with elements of their Italian theatrical training. Two extraordinary performers -popular, comic actors - take on the two losers of Beckett, the clowns of life, circus-like beings who appear out of place and out of history.”
- Savvas Patsalidis, “Chartis 65”
 
“We are witnessing a performance that juxtaposes today’s reality with that of yesterday, as well as with the distant past - the Greece of the 5th century BC -which the director has extensively studied. He is renowned for his productions of certain Greek tragedies, especially “The Bacchae”” - Andrea Bisicchia, “Il Giornale Milano”
 
“We tell you clearly: Waiting for Godot is a play with a very strong impact, not easy at all, but absolutely worth seeing. Is this Beckett, you ask? Certainly it is. It is a highly political Beckett, deeply connected to current events (the war in Ukraine?), showing how difficult it is to form relationships - both with others and with oneself. Estragon and Vladimir smile sarcastically with bloodied faces, but in the end (…) they continue to wait for Godot: (…) for the hope that insists on living.” - Francesca De Sanctis, “L’Espresso”
 
“…you immediately understand that the Greek director, considered a master of international directing, decided to challenge Beckett. Terzopoulos challenges Beckett and forces him to move. The Irish playwright gave us texts with characters immersed in extreme stillness, which is an allegory of paralysis.”
- Mario De Santis, “Huffington Post Italy”.
 
Theodoros Terzopoulos
 
Theodoros Terzopoulos - the internationally acclaimed Greek director - is the founder of a unique actor training method taught in departments of theatre and classical studies at more than 30 universities and national drama schools worldwide. He is an emblematic artist who makes theatre unlike any other. He never speaks of roles, characters, or psychological motivations; instead he speaks of the actor’s body, of the god Dionysus and of ritual.
 
His recent “Oresteia” with the National Theatre of Greece was sold out, while the presentation of “Godot” confirms that Terzopoulos’ work resonates deeply with the present and with international audiences.
 
Credits
 
Playwright by Samuel Beckett
Copyright: Editions de Minuit
Italian translation: Carlo Fruttero
Direction, set, lights and costumes: Theodoros Terzopoulos
Dramaturgical advice and assistant director: Michalis Traitsis
Acting training - Terzopoulos Method: Giulio Germano Cervi
Set realized in ERT Scenography Studio
Head of scenography studio and carpenter: Gioacchino Gramolini
Carpenters: Davide Lago, Sergio Puzzo, Veronica Sbrancia, Leandro Spadola
Set decorators: Ludovica Sitti with Sarah Menichini, Benedetta Monetti, Martina Perrone, Bianca Passanti
Design led: Roberto Riccò
Technical director: Massimo Gianaroli
Stage manager: Gianluca Bolla
Stagehand and props: Eugenia Carro
Head electrician: Antonio Rinaldi
Sound technician: Paolo Vicenzi
Costume realization and wardrobe: Carola Tesolin
Production: Emilia Romagna Teatro ERT / Teatro Nazionale, Fondazione Teatro di Napoli – Teatro Bellini
In collaboration with Attis Theatre Company
Photos by Johanna Weber 
Production: ER T
With (in a.o.): Paolo Musio, Stefano Randisi, Enzo Vetrano, Giulio Germano Cervi, Rocco Ancarola
 
Duration: 90΄
Age group: Suitable for all ages
 
The play is performed in Italian, with Greek and English surtitles.
 
Tickets:
Available online via more.com: http://bit.ly/4grNxB8 and the Nicosia Municipal Theatre box office (Monday - Friday 10:00-13:00).
 
Ticket prices:
 
VIP: €30/ €33
ZONE A: €26/ €28
ZONE B: €24/ €26
ZONE C: €22/ €24
ZONE D: €20/€22
 
Reduced tickets are valid for: Children, students, soldiers, pensioners, large families, unemployed, actors, people with disabilities (free) with presentation of relevant ID.
 
Information: 22797979 (Monday - Friday 10:00-13:00) & http://bit.ly/3VjZ0ZG
 
Festival identity
Organisers: Nicosia Municipality, Nicosia For Art
Festival sponsors: OPAP Cyprus, ALTIA, more.com, Italian Embassy, Cyprus Public Transport.
Supporters: Travelhouse, UCLan Cyprus, WINECORE, Gate Twenty Two Boutique Hotel, Classic Hotel Nicosia
Media sponsors: DIAS Publishing & SIGMA TV, DIESI 101.1, and “KATHIMERINI” newspaper
 
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