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Lucy Popescu

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Writer, ed, critic. Chair of Authors Club & BFNA. Former Dir, WiPC Eng PEN. Books inc #ACountrytoCallHome #ACountryofRefuge #TheGoodTourist & #AnotherSky.
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Review: Driftwood, at Kiln Theatre

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By Lucy Popescu
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Cat White in Driftwood [Marc Brenner] SET in a gentlemen’s drinking club in Trinidad on the eve of political independence, actress Martina Laird’s debut play Driftwood simmers with intrigue, lust and passion. It opens with Ruby (Cat White), a glamorous young woman overseeing a routine delivery of cheap rum to the club known as Alma. She is surprised to meet Diamond (Martins Imhangbe), who isn’t the man she usually deals with, but there’s an immediate chemistry between them.
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Review: A Fine Idea, at Arcola Theatre

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By Lucy Popescu
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Grace Saif in A Fine Idea [Beatrice Updegraff] ICE&FIRE specialise in producing gritty plays that confront global human rights issues, and Christine Bacon’s A Fine Idea – a theatrical response to political economist Jason Hickel’s book The Divide – is no exception. Set in 2024, idealistic Brit Jo (Ella Bryant), arrives in Kenya “with fire in her belly” to work for a development aid agency.
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Review: Under the Shadow, at Almeida Theatre

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By Lucy Popescu
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The cast of Under the Shadow [Marc Brenner] HOW would any of us respond if we were under constant bombardment, or forced to sacrifice our career because of our political beliefs? Carmen Nasr’s adaptation of Babak Anvari’s 2016 Farsi film is about the human cost of war and state repression.
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