‘Waiting for Godot’ in Inuktitut highlights Inuit strength through suffering

ARTS AND CULTURE  JUL 3, 2026 – 8:30 AM EDT ‘Waiting for Godot’ in Inuktitut highlights Inuit strength through suffering Artist Tatanniq Idlout discusses 5-year process to translate ‘most significant English-language play of the 20th century’ Tatanniq Idlout, seen here campaigning for the 2025 Nunavut election, plans to be in Iqaluit the week of July 6 to hold auditions for an Inuktitut production of Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot.” (File photo by Jeff Pelletier By Mosha Folger The first line in Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot is “Nothing to be done,” or “Ajurnamat” in Inuktitut. …