Lucy Popescu

3 weeks ago | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Lucy Popescu

Anoushka Lucas in Elephant [Manuel Harlan]ORIGINALLY commissioned and developed by the Bush Theatre, Anoushka Lucas’s acclaimed one-woman show Elephant arrives at the Menier in an extended version. Part gig, part musical love story, the show follows Lylah, a young woman from a mixed-race background, as she reflects on growing up in a council house in Britain and trying to make it in the music industry.

3 weeks ago | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Lucy Popescu

Krafty the Urban Fox is at the Little Angel [Ellie Kurttz]INSPIRED by Joseph Coelho’s book, Overheard in a Tower Block is a coming-of-age drama. With themes of family, friendship, courage and self-discovery, it’s about finding your way in a world that doesn’t always make sense. Ages 7+. Krafty the Urban Fox – Tales from the Tower celebrates friendship and finding beauty in unexpected places. Under the glow of streetlights, Krafty sets out on a night-time adventure.

3 weeks ago | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Lucy Popescu

Glenn Adamson and Katie Tonkinson in Bat Out of Hell [Chris Davis Studio]LOOSELY based on JM Barrie’s Peter Pan, Jim Steinman’s high-voltage musical makes a triumphant return to the Peacock Theatre, as part of a UK tour, complete with its operatic rock ballads and spectacular staging. A gang of teenage outcasts known as the The Lost, frozen in age, inhabit the tunnels beneath Obsidian, a post-apocalyptic Manhattan ruled by the tyrannical Falco (Rob Fowler).

4 weeks ago | thetablet.co.uk | Lucy Popescu

In Tom Gaisford’s absorbing and compassionate legal thriller Sanctuary (Bath Publishing, £17.99; Tablet price £16.19), Alex Donovan, a refugee lawyer with a passion for justice, wants “to make a difference to people’s lives”. Longlisted for the 2025 Jhalak Prize, Tawseef Khan’s Determination (Footnote Press, £16.99; Tablet price £15.29) follows a family-run immigration law firm.

4 weeks ago | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Lucy Popescu

Blair Gyabaah in Little Brother [Steve Gregson]TIMBERLAKE Wertenbaker’s English translation and stage adaptation of Amets Arzallus Antia and Ibrahima Balde’s award-winning memoir is timely. Ibrahima (Blair Gyabaah) survived an epic journey from Guinea, across the Sahara and Mediterranean, and now works and lives in Madrid.  Writer and poet Arzallus Antia (Youness Bouzinab) helped Ibrahima turn his odyssey into a best-selling book – first published in Antia’s native Basque.