Theatre Play – Waiting for Godot – Samuel Beckett in the UAE

Thursday, October 26th 2023
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Zayed Theater, Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi

Abstract

The Department of French Studies, in collaboration with the Department of Student Affairs, is pleased to invite you to the 70th anniversary of the premiere of En attendant Godot (Waiting for Godot), a work by the Irish writer Samuel Beckett, Nobel Prize winner in literature. To celebrate the event, you are invited to attend the performance of this play.
Waiting for Godot is a play by the Irish writer Samuel Beckett, featuring Vladimir and Estragon, who wait in vain for Godot to arrive. The absence of Godot and his identity have given rise to multiple hypotheses and interpretations.
The play, published in 1952 (Les Éditions de Minuit) then created in Paris in 1953, explores the absurdity of human existence through the relationships of Vladimir and Estragon, two old friends who meet Pozzo and Lucky, a strange duo, then a Boy, messenger of Godot. This play, both comic and metaphysical, has been translated into more than 40 languages, perceived as full of meaning by spectators around the world. It is one of the most important theatrical works of the 20th century.

Abou the Artists

Nour El Yasmine Boudiaf : Vladimir
Holder of a Master’s degree in Applied French Language at Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, she is passionate about theater and the French language.

Malick Kouassi Traoré : Estragon
A third year student in Economics and Management at Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, he is passionate about theater, poetry and green entrepreneurship.

Athina Germoni-Fialho Dionisio : Pozzo
Year 10 student at Brighton College Abu Dhabi, lover of arts and languages, and great admirer of the work of Samuel Beckett.

Elhadj Abdou Aziz Diop : Lucky
A third year student in Applied Foreign Languages at Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, he is passionate about culture and art.

Tia Maria Al Mhayyar : the Boy
First year student at Lycée Louis Massignon, whose passion is dance and who dreams of being an actress.

Soleyma Abiad : the Director
Founder of the first experimental theater in Dubai, Soleyma Abiad has taught at Sorbonne Univeristy Abu Dhabi since 2011. She graduated from the University of Bristol in Feminist Performance. She also followed training at the Théâtre du Soleil and the École Jacques Lecoq.

Sponsors and Partners

This event, sponsored by the Irish Embassy, and organized in partnership with the French Embassy, the Lebanese Embassy, Lycée Louis Massignon, Lycée français international Théodore Monod and Brighton College Abu Dhabi.