K.J. Yossman Chipo Chung and Lola Shalam have been tapped to lead Kathryn Hunter’s upcoming London play “Gigi & Dar.” Chung (“His Dark Materials”) is set to play Zoz while Shalam (“Macbeth”) plays Dar.
Tanvi Virmani (“Life of Pi”) will take on the role of Gigi. The trio are joined by Roman Asde, making his professional debut as Sim.
The play is set to be staged at the Arcola Theater this October. Written by Josh Azouz (“The Box”), “Gigi & Dar” a comic tragedy about what people bury in order to survive. “A roadblock.
Two young women armed with machine guns and Nutella,” reads the logline. “Days away from finishing the army. Gigi has a secret.
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