Gigi & Dar

'Private Gigi. One Direction awaits your commands.'

A roadblock. Two young women armed with machine guns and Nutella. Days away from finishing the army.

Gigi has a secret. Dar dreamt she'd be shot today. And there's a strange vehicle heading their way... Well, that's okay. Nothing ever happens here. Right?

A comic tragedy about what we bury in order to survive, Josh Azouz's play Gigi & Dar was first performed at the Arcola Theatre, London, in 2024, directed by Kathryn Hunter.

'Surreal, very funny... an anti-war message through off-kilter comedy... It's a bit Becketty - two characters waiting around - and a bit Pintery in the humour it finds in a black situation. And it's pretty great' - Time Out

'Sharply relevant... a scalpel-sharp, tragi-comic delve into the dangerous mundanity of the theatre of war... devastatingly effective' - The Stage

'Brutal but balanced, with complexly drawn characters... invites us to consider what happens next after the suffering' - Broadway World

'Absurdist tragedy mixed with gleeful comedy, with a dash of lurking Pinteresque menace' - Reviews Hub

'Fantastically engaging and funny with savage undertones' - London Pub Theatres Magazine

'Remarkable... resonates deeply... truly impactful' - Theatre & Tonic

'A stunning piece of theatre that manages to be confrontational and compassionate all at once' - There Ought to be Clowns