I saw the first production of Beckett's Waiting for Godot, albeit an excerpt of Gogo and Didi talking, in the UAE, put on by the new director of the theater department of UAE University, Jim Mirrione. It took place on the Women's Campus in the brand new theater. The two actresses that played Vladimir and Estragon respectively were Baina Matuenoua and Nina Grishkeeua, the only two Russian students in the whole of the female student body.

The excerpt, according to Jim was seven minutes long during which Gogo and Didi exchange a hat back and forth while trying it on. The two Russians had never acted before and they were young and enthusiastic. They articulated the lines very well, were well rehearsed and had obviously been well coached.

Jim would ultimately like to do both an Arabic and an English production but an all female cast would be problematical for the estate, according to Jim, as an all female production in Croatia with Lynne and Vanessa Redgrave had been behind closed doors.