'A split second of sheer terror " and we're off': Lucian Msamati on Waiting for Godot's electrifying first night
The Gangs of London star returned to the stage alongside Ben Whishaw in a 2024 production of Samuel Beckett's masterpiece. In this diary of the first preview, he describes passing the point of no return I step into the wings and the state of it all hits me. The hum of a packed, expectant crowd ready for a show. I inch my way down along the short passage and there, standing in the cubbyhole space backstage like a beau…