Elephant (Bush Theatre) London Reviews and Tickets

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About the Show

Anoushka Lucas explores history and race in her new play about a girl's relationship with her piano.

Lylah is in love with the piano which resides in her council flat. At home and at school, she can't ask the questions that she'd like to and so turns she starts to direct questions to her piano instead. She'd like to know where the piano came from and why it is here.

Anoushka Lucas ('Oklahoma') stars in her debut play.

'Elephant' began as part of the Bush Theatre's Protest series, a response to the murder of George Floyd.

This production is recommended for ages 14+.

Critic Reviews (6)

For a previous production

"Lucas is a performer of rare charisma and her first full play is a teasing, provoking pleasure. I’ve seen three shows each lasting an hour this week: this is the only one I wanted to be longer."
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For a previous production

"The show feels freer and weirder than if she’d gone off on one about record companies. As stage stardom beckons for Lucas, ‘Elephant’ is a winning, bittersweet elegy for another life that didn’t quite happen."
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For a previous production

"Rest assured, there’s really nothing outlandish or alarming in Anoushka Lucas’s brief, but thought-provoking, one-person play, laced with fragments of her own songs."
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For a previous production

"It is angry, but also funny, warm, and insightful, written and performed with feeling and piercing thought."
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For a previous production

"Handling weighty themes with the lightest of touches, 'Elephant' is a delicate, heartfelt monologue interspersed with songs, which thoughtfully addresses the complex legacies of colonialism."
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For a previous production

"This is a fully loaded hour that still manages to remain subtle...Lucas is a writer and actor of rare magnetism – we should be waiting eagerly for what she says next."
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