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Anoushka Lucas on her astonishing theatrical tour-de-force Elephant

Anoushka Lucas has returned to her award-winning play Elephant with a new run at the Menier Chocolate Factory, and carrying all the confidence of an artist finding her groove

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Elephant at Menier Chocolate Factory review: Anoushka Lucas' play still captivates and provokes

4/5 Lucas is a soulful and magnetic interpreter of her own and others’ writing

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Rhinoceros at Almeida Theatre review: will delight you — if you are willing

4/5 Yes the house lights remain up and the play is absurd, but the cast has a special alchemy and the practical effects are effective

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The week in theatre: Waiting for Godot; Coriolanus; A Face in the Crowd – review

Ben Whishaw and Lucian Msamati add star power to James Macdonald’s thoughtful Beckett; David Oyelowo’s Coriolanus is dwarfed by epic staging; and an Elvis Costello-scored musical has too few high notes

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A Face in the Crowd at Young Vic review: a brash and gaudy musical for the Trump age

Kwame Kewi-Armah’s final production as the venue’s artistic director – a musical adapted from a 1957 movie with songs by Elvis Costello – feels like a superior high school staging

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A Face in the Crowd, review: Elvis Costello’s satirical musical isn’t extreme enough to skewer Trump

Costello and playwright Sarah Ruhl adapt the 1957 film about the rise of a populist demagogue in this new, uneven Young Vic production

The Independent UK

The Crucible review – a deeply affecting take on Arthur Miller’s American classic

Director Anthony Lau brings his fiercely rigorous intellect to bear on this intensely felt love story, with standout performances from Simon Manyonda and Anoushka Lucas

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On my radar: Alabaster DePlume’s cultural highlights

The musician on a dark version of Oklahoma!, amazing art from Palestine, and why jiujitsu works wonders for his state of mind

The Guardian - UK

Oklahoma! at the Wyndham’s Theatre review: remains a rip-snorting, foot-stamping triumph

This reimagining of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s 1943 musical is utterly thrilling

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Elephant review – magnetic monologue on mixed-race identity in Britain

In her melodic debut play, Anoushka Lucas asks difficult questions about her own existence, the origins of her beloved piano and the British class system

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Elephant at the Bush Theatre review: a teasing, provoking pleasure

Anoushka Lucas packs a lot into her wittily probing show

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From The Banshees of Inisherin to Taylor Swift: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

A black Irish comedy or the return of country-pop’s finest? Our critics have you covered for the next seven days

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Daniel Fish on his dark new Oklahoma!: ‘We’re trying to deal with violence, injustice, and community’

The New York theatre director and actors Arthur Darvill, Anoushka Lucas and Patrick Vaill talk to Sarah Crompton about turning the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic into the most challenging version ever, and finding the truth of it in this moment for the London stage

The Independent UK

Anoushka Lucas interview: ‘Being an artist in a capitalist society with no backing is a nightmare’

Anoushka Lucas spent her twenties trying and failing to get a record deal; in her thirties, she’s found a thrilling new career in theatre

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