'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.

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'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'

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

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

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

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'Fantastically engaging and funny with savage undertones'

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'Remarkable... resonates deeply... truly impactful'

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