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ARTSCAPE:IT WAS A CASE of waiting for . . . the lights to come back on. The Godotroadshow, the Gate's 40 one-night-only gigs all over Ireland, kicked off in Enniscorthy on Tuesday night, at Coláiste Bríde. The fit-up-style setting, and the town itself, were very appropriate, as it was there that Micheál MacLiammóir and Hilton Edwards first met.

Unfortunately, the electrical capacity of the venue may not have been able for the needs of a professional theatre lighting rig. A run-through that afternoon, enjoyed by the school's students, passed off fine, but in the evening the place was suddenly plunged into darkness mid-line, just after Alan Stanford came on as Pozzo. After an unscheduled early interval and hasty running repairs, the performance continued, making it a night to remember for all sorts of reasons. One of the, um, joys of live theatre.