Lucy Popescu
@lucyjpop.bsky.social
Writer, editor, critic. Chair of the Authors Club & Best First Novel Award. Former Director, WiPC, English PEN. Books incl #ACountrytoCallHome #ACountryofRefuge #TheGoodTourist & #AnotherSky. https://www.lucypopescu.com/
I loved Thelma & Louise, at the @youngvictheatre.bsky.social - I reviewed for @newjournal.bsky.social - www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/revi...
Review: Thelma & Louise, at the Young Vic
Road movie of women’s friendship and solidarity slickly reimagined for the stage with music
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I reviewed Female Life on Planet Earth — Laleh Khadivi’s stories of solidarity and resilience for @financialtimes.com weekend @oneworldbooks.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/dabc... via @ft
Female Life on Planet Earth — Laleh Khadivi’s stories of solidarity and resilience
The Iranian-American author’s compassionate new novel follows a daughter as she examines her deceased mother’s secret life through encounters with other women
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I reviewed #MantoMan for @newjournal.bsky.social - Tilda Swinton is extraordinary. @royalcourttheatre.bsky.social til 24 October: www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/revi...
Review: Man to Man, at Royal Court Theatre
Tilda Swinton is mesmerising to watch in stark drama tracing a modern history of Germany
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I reviewed Ava Pickett’s compelling Bloodsport: After Helen of Troy for @newjournal.bsky.social - at @stratfordeast.com til 10 Oct: www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/revi...
Review: Bloodsport: After Helen of Troy, at Theatre Royal Stratford East
Set in modern day Essex, reinterpretation of Greek classic is a compelling production
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Looking forward to being in conversation with #JuanPabloVillalobos at #VerandaBooks @andotherstories.bsky.social on 2 October at 6.30pm www.ticketsource.com/veranda-book...
Juan Pablo Villalobos in conversation with Lucy Popescu at Veranda Books
Tickets are now available for Juan Pablo Villalobos in conversation with Lucy Popescu at Veranda Books, London on Fri 2 Oct 2026. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!
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Looking forward to this in Barking Learning Centre/Barking Library at 5pm on 15 Sept with #ConnorHutchinson, #KubaShandBaptiste #LisaSmith & #RichardTyrrell It's free, all welcome.
I reviewed A Month in the Country starring Sophie Okonedo and elegantly staged by Lyndsey Turner for @newjournal.bsky.social @donmarwarehouse.bsky.social til 3 oct. www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/.../review-a....
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Hard to believe Mike Leigh's play is almost 50 years old. I reviewed Abigail’s Party starring a glorious #TamzinOuthwaite for @newjournal.bsky.social at #HaroldPinterTheatre til 19 September : www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/revi...
Review: Abigail’s Party, at Harold Pinter Theatre
Mike Leigh’s comedy classic set in 1970s suburbia is funny but oddly subdued at crucial moments
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I reviewed Alan Ayckbourn's How the Other Half Loves for @newjournal.bsky.social at @oldvictheatre.bsky.social www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/revi...
Review: How the Other Half Loves, at Old Vic
Alan Ayckbourn’s writing continues to resonate in domestic farce
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I reviewed Dèy by #EdwidgeDanticat for @financialtimes.com I loved this powerful meditation on belonging, the immigrant experience and familial love, publ by #Riverrun @quercusbooks.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/a318... via @ft
Dèy by Edwidge Danticat — a family under fire
After witnessing a mall shooting, a Haitian-American mother questions her past, her relationships and the fragile safety she has built for her daughter
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Curtain calls: the pick of @camdenfringe.bsky.social 2026 from opera and new writing to standup - in the @NewJournal www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/curt...
Curtain calls: the pick of Camden Fringe
Camden Fringe 2026 is celebrating its 20th anniversary year with over 450 shows. Lloyd Bickham and Lucy Popescu review a selection from its impressive programme
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I reviewed #AlastairWhatley in The Importance of Being Oscar for @islingtontrib.bsky.social at @parktheatrelondon.bsky.social til 22 Aug - catch it while you can. www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/revi...
Review: The Importance of Being Oscar, at Park Theatre
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I loved #ShechterII – In the Brain: @southbankcentre.bsky.social Here's my review for @newjournal.bsky.social It returns to London @artsdepot in September www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/revi...
Review: Shechter II – In the Brain
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I reviewed Jacaranda by #GaëlFaye for @financialtimes.com weekend. Online now. Crisply translated by Sarah Ardizzone, it's a powerful account of a country’s fragmentation and intergenerational trauma. www.ft.com/content/9e8c... via @ft
Jacaranda by Gaël Faye — after the genocide
An award-winning novel moves between France and Rwanda to explore a national trauma through exile, silences and family secrets
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I reviewed a sunny, flamenco-inflected Love’s Labour’s Lost, at Shakespeare’s Globe for @newjournal.bsky.social : www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/revi...
Review: Love’s Labour’s Lost, at Shakespeare’s Globe
Indiana Lown-Collins adds flair and colour to Shakespeare’s early comedy
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Sarah Kane's #Cleansed has lost none of its power. I reviewed for @islingtontrib.bsky.social at #AlmeidaTheatre til 29 August. www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/revi...
Review: Cleansed, at Almeida Theatre
Sarah Kane’s uncompromising intensity continues to exert a fascination
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I reviewed The Car Man for @islingtontrib.bsky.social A 5* production dir by @matthewbourne.bsky.social at @sadlerswells.bsky.social til 29 August: www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/revi...
Review: The Car Man, at Sadler’s Wells
Wonderfully intense production – loosely based on Bizet’s Carmen – is supremely dramatic
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I reviewed Château Rouge - Amit Chaudhuri’s vivid vignettes of living in Paris - for @ftweekend.com online now: www.ft.com/content/a379... via @ft
Château Rouge — Amit Chaudhuri’s vivid vignettes of living in Paris
In a non-linear novel ripe with wit and writerly ambition, profound insights emerge amid evocations of the prosaic
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I reviewed The Guilty for @newjournal.bsky.social & @islingtontrib.bsky.social - a compelling performance from #RussellTovey - at @donmarwarehouse.bsky.social til 15 Aug : www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/revi...
Review: The Guilty, at Donmar Warehouse
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I reviewed Here Comes J Edgar, a West End-ready musical, for @islingtontrib.bsky.social - a sensational cast at @kingsheadtheatre.bsky.social : www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/revi...
Review: Here Comes J Edgar, at King’s Head Theatre
West End-ready musical tells the public and private story of ruthless FBI director
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I reviewed The Smile of Her by #ChristineLahti for @newjournal.bsky.social at #MaryleboneTheatre - an absorbing solo show: www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/revi...
Review: The Smile of Her, at Marylebone Theatre
American actor Christine Lahti recounts her journey from 1950s suburban America to challenging a patriarchal world in absorbing solo work
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@camdenfringe.bsky.social Preview: my pick of what’s on offer in 20th anniversary season for @newjournal.bsky.social: www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/camd...
Camden Fringe: what’s on offer in 20th anniversary season
Nearer and cheaper than Edinburgh, the festival is a great alternative, writes Lucy Popescu
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Rajiv Joseph’s satire Archduke @royalcourt.bsky.social reminds us how quickly nationalist fervour can tip into deadly violence: I reviewed for @newjournal.bsky.social www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/revi...
Review: Archduke, at Royal Court Theatre
Rajiv Joseph’s satire reminds us how quickly nationalist fervour can tip into deadly violence
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I reviewed the all female #GlengarryGlenRoss for @newjournal.bsky.social at @oldvictheatre.bsky.social til 18 July www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/revi...
Review: Glengarry Glen Ross, at The Old Vic
Stellar performances from all-female cast in revival of David Mamet’s 1983 classic
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I reviewed One Hundred Guinea Pigs by Gustavo Rodríguez, transl by #danielhahn publ by #CharcoPress for @financialtimes.com - a surprisingly life-affirming tale of assisted dying: www.ft.com/content/4a37...
One Hundred Guinea Pigs by Gustavo Rodríguez — a surprisingly life-affirming tale of assisted dying
A bittersweet novel about ageing and end-of-life care set in conservative Peru, a country full of contradictions
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I reviewed Christine Bacon's A Fine Idea, at #Arcolatheatre for @newjournal.bsky.social - a searing and timely examination of development aid today. #IceandFire www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/revi...
Review: A Fine Idea, at Arcola Theatre
Compelling production offers a timely reminder that global inequality is worsening
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