Lucy Popescu

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Saria Amini, writer, performer and co-director of Saria Callas [Harry Elletson]SARIA CALLASCamden People’s Theatre3.5 starsPresented by the award-winning international company Seemia Theatre, this arresting one-woman show – written, performed, and co-directed by Iranian artist Saria Amini – draws on her lived experiences to explore what it means to push back against repression and find one’s voice.

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

Saria Amini, writer, performer and co-director of Saria Callas [Harry Elletson]SARIA CALLASCamden People’s Theatre3.5 starsPresented by the award-winning international company Seemia Theatre, this arresting one-woman show – written, performed, and co-directed by Iranian artist Saria Amini – draws on her lived experiences to explore what it means to push back against repression and find one’s voice.

6 days ago | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Lucy Popescu

Sky Yang and Fiona Hampton in Scenes from a Repatriation [Alex Brenner]SCENES FROM A REPATRIATIONRoyal Court☆☆☆☆Singaporean playwright Joel Tan’s Scenes from a Repatriation follows the fictional return of a 1,000-year-old statue from Britain to China. The play begins at the British Museum, where we learn how the Bodhisattva Guanyin statue was looted by British troops from Beijing’s Old Summer Palace during the Second Opium War.

6 days ago | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Lucy Popescu

Rosie Sheehy (Billie), Brian Gleeson (Stephen), Chris O’Dowd (Dermot) and Aisling Kearns (Freya) in The Brightening Air at The Old Vic (2025) [Manuel Harlan]THE BRIGHTENING AIRThe Old Vic☆☆☆Chekhov’s tragicomedy Uncle Vanya haunts Conor McPherson’s new play with its four-act structure, family dynamics, a crumbling estate and characters consumed by unrequited love or impossible dreams.

6 days ago | camdennewjournal.co.uk | Lucy Popescu

Hywel Morgan, Colin Tierney and Alan Cox in The Gang of Three [Manuel Harlan]THE GANG OF THREEKing’s Head Theatre☆☆☆Set during the late 1970s and early 1980s, Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky’s engaging political drama explores a pivotal chapter in the history of the Labour Party, conveying the internal struggle of three men as they attempt to shape its ideological direction.