Happy Days Walking for Waiting for Godot

Presented by the Happy Days Enniskillen International Beckett Festival in association with Fermanagh Live and the Happy Days community of volunteers: OMG! – A NEW ANNUAL EASTER WEEK EVENT INSPIRED BY SAMUEL BECKETT’S MASTERPIECE AND THE GOOD FRIDAY AGREEMENT.As part of a two year Heritage Innovation programme building heritage skills of the future Happy Days Enniskillen is supported by the Heritage Fund working in close association with The Young Foundation.Oh My Godot!Enniskillen, Holy Week: April 12/13 and 18/19 2025· Gathering for Godot – a post-conflict play for a post-conflict place. An annual Holy Week event bringing together writers and artists from Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland and Britain to explore the power of the arts after conflict· Borderless Beckett - Two NI actors meet two ROI actors, and two GB actors meet two Irish actors in the border lands of County Fermanagh for Walking for Waiting for Godot performed readings· Event shaped by themes and words from Waiting For Godot brings together the cultural, political and biblical.· Inaugural event marks the 70 th anniversaries of the world premieres of Waiting for Godot· Celebrate Beckett’s birthday twice: April 13th and Good Friday April 18thThis Easter, a new event will begin in and around Enniskillen in Northern Ireland, in the place where Ireland’s Nobel Laureate Samuel Beckett (1906- 1989) went to school. Oh My Godot! (OMG!) takes its inspiration from a single work, Waiting for Godot, and its structure from the Good Friday Agreement (GFA) of 1998. Beckett was born on Good Friday 13 April 1906. Building on the ten years of success of the Happy Days Enniskillen International Beckett Festival (2012 – 2022) and criss-crossing the Irish border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, OMG! will feature two upland theatrical performed readings, six in-conversation events and an immense town-sized game of chess. Oh My Godot! runs on 12-13 and 18-19 April. FREE tickets and full information at will be uploaded on Eventbrite. OMG! is also supported by Fermanagh and Omagh District Council, Enniskillen BID and arts patron Fiona Espenhahn.  While not a political event, OMG! will mirror the signatory structure of the Good Friday Agreement, bringing together writers and artists from both cultural traditions in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Great Britain. It will explore the role of the arts in places of conflict and how they may be involved with forgiveness, recovery from trauma and the imaginative regeneration of communities.

Oh My Godot!

Happy Days Enniskillen Presents Walking for Waiting for Godot.

Enniskillen Royal Grammar School (Portora site)

Walking for Waiting for Godot – ACT 1 &amp; 2The performance will begin at 3pm.Please arrive at Enniskillen Royal Grammar School/ formerly Portora Royal School (1 Lough Shore Rd, Portora, Enniskillen BT74 5HD) Duration: 2.5 hoursThis weekend two English actors (Vladimir and Estragon) and two Irish actors will bump into each other for the first time on the limestone plateau in the historic Steele Hall and will mark the play on its 70th Anniversary production with a special historic birthday present for the acclaimed writer. Estragon: Malcom Sinclair, Vladimir, Alex Jennings, Pozzo, Lorcan Cranitch: and Lucky, Olwen Fouéré.Important Information:This performance will now take place indoors due to wet weather. Please make your own way to Enniskillen Royal Grammar School/ formerly Portora Royal School (1 Lough Shore Rd, Portora, Enniskillen BT74 5HD) as their is no arranged bus service. If using SAT NAV/google/apple maps, please ensure it is the Portora/ Lough Shore site.

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