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On 16th March 2020 the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, gave a press conference in Downing Street to bring the public up to date with 鈥渢he national fight back against the new Coronavirus.鈥� As part of a series of measures 鈥渢o delay and flatten the peak of the epidemic鈥� was the recommendation that the public should avoid going to social venues such as pubs, clubs and theatres.

The next day, 17th March, a group of actors are waiting on stage. They are half way through a run of Samuel Beckett鈥檚 Waiting for Godot. Will the show go on? Will it close? Will they ever get paid? Will they ever work again? So many questions - but the person who can answer them still hasn鈥檛 turned up.

This is a new play for audio by the actor, writer and comedian Adrian Edmondson. He has been obsessed with Waiting For Godot since his school days - he freely admits he and Rik Mayall borrowed heavily from it for their award winning television comedy series Bottom. And in 1991 he was Estragon to Mayall鈥檚 Vladimir, in a West End production of Beckett鈥檚 masterpiece.

Adrian鈥檚 other writing credits include two series of essays, Adrian Edmondson 鈥� Signs of Life, for 蜜芽传媒 Radio 3 (still available on 蜜芽传媒 Sounds), his Sunday Times Bestseller autobiography Berserker!, and several children鈥檚 books.

Cast:
The Sofa Surfer Adrian Edmondson
The Equity Dep Kiell Smith-Bynoe
The Hoarder Simon Callow
Unlucky Jim Christopher Ryan
Voice on Tannoy Madeleine Paulson

Writer: Adrian Edmondson
Producer and Director: Caroline Raphael
Executive Producer: Celia de Wolff
Sound: David Thomas
A Dora production for 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4