About En attendant Godot

En attendant Godot is a work by Irish playwright Samuel Beckett; it is also the most well-known and representative work of absurdist drama.

"Let's go." "We can't." "Why not?" "We're waiting for Godot."

Two men are waiting under a tree on a path. The only clear thing is to wait for Godot. They met Pozzo and Lucky. As it was getting dark, a little boy came andtold them that Godot wasn't coming today, but would come tomorrow.The next day, the same path, the same two men, the same thing: waiting for Godot, again and again.

 Blind Pozzo, mute Lucky, still not seeing Godot. The little boy appears again and announces that Godot is not coming today, but tomorrow, he will.

Credits

Playwright: Samuel Beckett

Director: Meng Jinghui

Cast: Han Xu, Peng Lou, Liu Yanan, Wang

Yusheng, Sun Rongjing

Scenographer: Zhang Wu

Light Director: Kong Yifan

Style Design: Yu Lei

Sound Director: Hua Shan

Stage Director: Yu Lei

Stage Director's Assistant : Jia Yuying

Stage Manager: Xi Shengli

Lighting Designer's Assistant: Chen Nan

Lighting Operation: Wang Yuhao

Sound Operators: Li Chenyang, Liu Beining

Stage Settings: Zhao Yan, Guo Sansan

Make-up: Liu Jing

Costumes: Ma Mengjie

Director's Assistant: Li Huayi

Production Director: Wen Ronghua

Production Coordinator: Cao Shang

Performance Coordinator: Wang Yaxuan

Executive Producer: Peng Cheng

Publicity Director: Wang Hao

Publicity: Miao Dan, Wang Yixue, He Du, Wang Zhichun

Creative Photography: Captain America

Cameraman: Chenxu Renren

About Meng Jinghui

Meng Jinghui is the most influential stage director in contemporary Chinese theatre. 

His productions have transformed the theatre scene in China with their sharp wit and social critique, nurturing a torrent of diverse new voices onto the stage. Their diversity and creativity have become a cultural phenomenon, with more than 50 works staged since the 1990s, all eliciting strong reactions.

About MENG Theatre Studio

MENG Theatre Studio was established in 1997. Its creative foundation has always been the principle of diversification and the spirit of the avant-garde. On this basis, MENG Theatre Studio has presented more than 50 pieces of contemporary theatre work—works which have been at the forefront of Chinese theatre art. Among them, Rhinoceros in Love is known as "the bible of contemporary love," and has been played more than 3,000 times. 

In addition, MENG Theatre Studio has traveled all over the world to present their theatre works and to participate in international theatre festivals in, for example, Japan, Korea, Mexico, France, Spain, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Austria, Brazil and Egypt.