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Plays Cast: Kissoon in Godot, Soho Slumber, Headlong Romeo

Casting has been announced for West Yorkshire Playhouse and Talawa’s forthcoming all-black staging of Samuel Beckett’s 20th century classic Waiting for Godot.

The production, which runs from 3 to 25 February, will be the last of Ian Brown’s decade-long tenure as artistic director of the Leeds venue.

Jeffery Kissoon and Patrick Robinson take the roles of Vladimir and Estragon - two men waiting in vain for the elusive Godot - with Fisayo Akinada, Guy Burgess and Cornell S John completing the cast.

Kissoon recently starred opposite Kim Cattrall in Antony and Cleopatra (Liverpool Everyman) and will play Caesar in the RSC’s all-black production of Julius Ceasar later this year, while Robinson arrives fresh from the West End run of War Horse.

Waiting for Godot is the last production in Talawa’s 25th anniversary programme and also marks its final production under the leadership of outgoing artistic director Patricia Cumper.

After its run in Leeds, Waiting for Godot will tour to The Albany in London (6-10 March), Birmingham Rep (13-17 March), Theatre Royal Winchester (27-31 March) and the New Wolsey, Ipswich (3-7 April).

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- by Theo Bosanquet

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	Waiting for Godot (tour - Ipswich, New Wolsey Theatre) - 4th Apr 2012 reviews
	Romeo & Juliet (Headlong tour – Guildford) - 23rd Feb 2012 reviews
	Show Pics: Kissoon & Robinson star in all-black Godot - 9th Feb 2012 photos
	Waiting for Godot (Leeds) - 7th Feb 2012 reviews
	Shallow Slumber - 30th Jan 2012 reviews
	Brief Encounter With ... Playwright Chris Lee - 24th Jan 2012 interviews
	Icke Stages Spring Tour of Romeo & Juliet for Headlong - 12th Dec 2011 news