Idle Discourse is a UK based, international theatre company, founded in 2016 by Dan Dawes and Nina Flitman

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The company is inspired by Beckett’s call to action in his seminal play Waiting for Godot; the plea from Vladimir that they must make the most of life through doing things, to change the world. “Let us not waste our time in idle discourse! Let us do something, while we have the chance!”

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It’s debatable whether they ever actually manage to do anything – and Beckett knew this.

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All we can do whilst we are on this planet is engage in some idle discourse, and the art of storytelling has its provenance in this. The nights we idle away are the ones where true progression is made; the chats in the pub when we put the world to rights; anecdotes from friends and family; ghost stories by the fireside; an evening at the theatre.

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We revel in the chance to waste our time in idle discourse;

we hope you’ll join us