Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
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CHIPO CHUNG

Height: 5 Feet 5 Inches
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown

Nationality: Zimbabwean
Natural Accent: Light Zimbabwean


Theatre Whilst At RADA:

Character
Arkadina
Kate/Lady Northumberland/Doll Tearsheet
Zoe
Doctor
Vittoria Corombona/Cornelia/ Conjurer
Margery Pinchwife
Zoanna/Devil
Mary Warren
Her sister
Amoretta, the Duchess' maid of honour
Antigone
Katya, servant

Production 
The Seagull
Henry IV
Ulysses
John Piper in the House of Death
The White Devil
The Country Wife
The Devil in Drag
The Crucible
Roberto Zucco
The Witch
Antigone
A Month In the Country 		Director
John Beschizza
Brigid Panet
William Gaskill
Brian Stirner
Helen Strange
Gregory de Polnay
Carl Heap
Geoff Bullen
William Galinsky
Robin Midgley
Nona Shepphard
Deborah Paige


Special Skills
BASSC Certificate in Stage Combat (distinction); singing: classical soprano and Slavic folk soprano; dialect: RP and American; winner of Lockwood-West Award for Verse Speaking 2001.

Other Experience
BA cum laude from Yale University in Theatre Studies and Fine Art with distinctions in both majors, Trumbull
College Fine Arts Prize. Concentrated on directing plays, devised pieces, video and performance art. For the
Yale Dramatic Association: Kent, Edward II; Merteuil, Les Liaisons Dangereuses; Hecate, Macbeth, dir. Peter
Oyston; directed Richard II. For Yale Theatre Studies: Vasquez, ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore; Cindy, Fefu and Her
Friends; Leah, Beautiful Thing; directed August Strindberg’s A Dream Play and Wole Soyinka’s A Dance of the
Forest. National Theatre of Zimbabwe: Columbia, The Rocky Horror Show; Mary, Jesus Christ Superstar. Over
The Edge Theatre, Zimbabwe: Abigail, The Crucible; Philaminte, The Learned Ladies. Taught drama at a
Zimbabwean high school for a year, won Best Play and Best Director at National High School Theatre Festival.

Special Interests
Painting, photography, film making, travel, dance, mythology, writing, Chinese history and literature, currently
learning Mandarin.

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