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/
Chris Bowers’s debut play, set in the aftermath of the 1991 Gulf War, is both articulate and engaging: I reviewed for @newjournal.bsky.social at @arcolatheatre.bsky.social www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/revi...
Review: Safe Haven, at Arcola Theatre
Play inspired by Kurdish uprising following the 1991 Gulf War is painfully and urgently resonant
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February 6, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Chris Bowers’s debut play, set in the aftermath of the 1991 Gulf War, is both articulate and engaging: I reviewed for @newjournal.bsky.social at @arcolatheatre.bsky.social www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/revi...
I reviewed 5 * #AmericanPsycho Rupert Goold's directorial swansong at #AlmeidaTheatre for @islingtontrib.bsky.social www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/revi...
Review: American Psycho, at Almeida Theatre
Musical based on Bret Easton Ellis’s searing yuppie satire is intoxicatingly good
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February 6, 2026 at 12:42 PM
I reviewed 5 * #AmericanPsycho Rupert Goold's directorial swansong at #AlmeidaTheatre for @islingtontrib.bsky.social www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/revi...
I reviewed The Roof Beneath Their Feet by #GeetanjaliShree transl by #RahulSoni for @ftweekend.com publ by @andotherstories.bsky.social — on higher ground www.ft.com/content/9396...
The Roof Beneath Their Feet — on higher ground
International Booker Prize winner Geetanjali Shree’s 2001 novel, now available in English, is a compassionate story of class, desire and friendship
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February 6, 2026 at 11:59 AM
I reviewed The Roof Beneath Their Feet by #GeetanjaliShree transl by #RahulSoni for @ftweekend.com publ by @andotherstories.bsky.social — on higher ground www.ft.com/content/9396...
I reviewed Guess How Much I Love You? by #LukeNorris for @newjournal.bsky.social at @royalcourt.bsky.social til Feb 21: At the centre of Luke Norris’s profoundly affecting play Guess How Much I Love You? are two beautifully nuanced performances: www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/revi...
Review: Guess How Much I Love You?, at Royal Court Theatre
Profoundly affecting play immerses the audience in a couple’s dilemma from start to finish
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January 31, 2026 at 2:48 PM
I reviewed Guess How Much I Love You? by #LukeNorris for @newjournal.bsky.social at @royalcourt.bsky.social til Feb 21: At the centre of Luke Norris’s profoundly affecting play Guess How Much I Love You? are two beautifully nuanced performances: www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/revi...
I reviewed Woolf Works at #RBO for @newjournal.bsky.social: www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/revi...
Review: Woolf Works, at Royal Ballet and Opera
Captivating contemporary ballet captures some of Virginia Woolf’s artistic spirit
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January 29, 2026 at 10:14 PM
I reviewed Woolf Works at #RBO for @newjournal.bsky.social: www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/revi...
I reviewed #SunnyAfternoon for @newjournal.bsky.social at #AlexandraPalaceTheatre til 31 Jan - 5 star performance: www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/revi...
Review: Sunny Afternoon, at Alexandra Palace
Award-winning jukebox musical follows band through their meteoric rise to fame
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January 24, 2026 at 12:00 PM
I reviewed #SunnyAfternoon for @newjournal.bsky.social at #AlexandraPalaceTheatre til 31 Jan - 5 star performance: www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/revi...
I reviewed Woman in Mind for @islingtontrib.bsky.social At #DukeofYork'sTheatre til 28 Feb: www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/revi...
Review: A Woman in Mind, at Duke of York’s Theatre
Romesh Ranganathan and Sheridan Smith star in Alan Ayckbourn tragicomedy
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January 16, 2026 at 12:25 PM
I reviewed Woman in Mind for @islingtontrib.bsky.social At #DukeofYork'sTheatre til 28 Feb: www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/revi...
I reveiwed The Horse of Jenin by #AlaaShehada for @newjournal.bsky.social At @bushtheatre.bsky.social til 22 Jan www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/revi...
Review: The Horse of Jenin, at Bush Theatre
Palestinian writer-comedian is effortlessly charismatic in buoyant one-man show
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January 16, 2026 at 12:14 PM
I reveiwed The Horse of Jenin by #AlaaShehada for @newjournal.bsky.social At @bushtheatre.bsky.social til 22 Jan www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/revi...
I loved Daniyal Mueenuddin's novel. I reviewed for @theobserveruk.bsky.social. observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Daniyal Mueenuddin and the making of 20th-century Pakistan
This Is Where the Serpent Lives is an excoriating epic of class and power following the landowners and staff of a family-run farm
observer.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 10:46 AM
I loved Daniyal Mueenuddin's novel. I reviewed for @theobserveruk.bsky.social. observer.co.uk/culture/book...
My pick of books to look out for in Jan-June 2026 from @faberbooks.bsky.social @canongate.co.uk @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @jonathancape.bsky.social @saltpublishing.com @picadorbooks.bsky.social @littlebrown.bsky.social @dauntbookspub.bsky.social www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/shel...
Shelf awareness: books to look out for in the first half of 2026
From Made in America to Beauty of the Beasts, Lucy Popescu offers up her pick
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January 9, 2026 at 4:40 PM
My pick of books to look out for in Jan-June 2026 from @faberbooks.bsky.social @canongate.co.uk @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social @jonathancape.bsky.social @saltpublishing.com @picadorbooks.bsky.social @littlebrown.bsky.social @dauntbookspub.bsky.social www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/shel...
Looking forward to this:
Tickets for FLF 2026 are now on sale!
Lineup includes Bob Geldof, Jeanette Winterson, Ian McEwan, Charlie Higson & Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves), Jenny Eclair, Sir Trevor McDonald, Rob Newman, Sarah Raven, Simon Armitage, Rachel Parris, Robert Macfarlane and much more
See our website for details
Lineup includes Bob Geldof, Jeanette Winterson, Ian McEwan, Charlie Higson & Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves), Jenny Eclair, Sir Trevor McDonald, Rob Newman, Sarah Raven, Simon Armitage, Rachel Parris, Robert Macfarlane and much more
See our website for details
January 7, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Looking forward to this:
I reviewed Arborescence by #RhettDavis publ by #FleetBooks @LittleBrownUK for @ftweekend.com
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Arborescence — seeds of hope for a planet in crisis
Rhett Davis’s novel set in a near-future Australia sends out a strong message about humanity’s need to change
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January 7, 2026 at 1:47 PM
I reviewed Arborescence by #RhettDavis publ by #FleetBooks @LittleBrownUK for @ftweekend.com
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🐒 Join EYE OF THE MONKEY author Krisztina Tóth in conversation with @lucyjpop.bsky.social 🐒
Thursday 29 January 2026
🕓 6:30pm GMT
📍 Waterstones Islington, London
Tickets are available to purchase here: www.waterstones.com/events/eye-o...
Thursday 29 January 2026
🕓 6:30pm GMT
📍 Waterstones Islington, London
Tickets are available to purchase here: www.waterstones.com/events/eye-o...
January 6, 2026 at 1:42 PM
🐒 Join EYE OF THE MONKEY author Krisztina Tóth in conversation with @lucyjpop.bsky.social 🐒
Thursday 29 January 2026
🕓 6:30pm GMT
📍 Waterstones Islington, London
Tickets are available to purchase here: www.waterstones.com/events/eye-o...
Thursday 29 January 2026
🕓 6:30pm GMT
📍 Waterstones Islington, London
Tickets are available to purchase here: www.waterstones.com/events/eye-o...
My review of Tom Stoppard's #IndianInk for
@newjournal.bsky.social at
#HampsteadTheatre til 31 January: www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/revi...
@newjournal.bsky.social at
#HampsteadTheatre til 31 January: www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/revi...
Review: Indian Ink, Hampstead Theatre
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January 2, 2026 at 10:02 PM
My review of Tom Stoppard's #IndianInk for
@newjournal.bsky.social at
#HampsteadTheatre til 31 January: www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/revi...
@newjournal.bsky.social at
#HampsteadTheatre til 31 January: www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/revi...
I've been recommending this as an early eve entertainment - 6.30pm start lasting 45 mins... @sohotheatre.bsky.social Herewith my review for @newjournal.bsky.social #MostFavoured by #DavidIreland www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/revi...
Review: Most Favoured, at Soho Theatre
David Ireland’s 45-minute wry comedy of faith, intimacy, loneliness - and KFC
www.islingtontribune.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 9:58 PM
I've been recommending this as an early eve entertainment - 6.30pm start lasting 45 mins... @sohotheatre.bsky.social Herewith my review for @newjournal.bsky.social #MostFavoured by #DavidIreland www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/revi...
I reviewed A Love Story from the End of the World - Juhea Kim's tales of ecological catastrophe - for @financialtimes.com weekend: #BoroughPress www.ft.com/content/ed6a...
A Love Story from the End of the World — tales of ecological catastrophe
Juhea Kim offers a resonant, sometimes hopeful, addition to the field of climate fiction in short stories that take place from Seoul to California
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December 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I reviewed A Love Story from the End of the World - Juhea Kim's tales of ecological catastrophe - for @financialtimes.com weekend: #BoroughPress www.ft.com/content/ed6a...
I reviewed Matthew Bourne's #TheRedShoes for @islingtontrib.bsky.social at @sadlerswells.bsky.social til 18 Jan: www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/revi...
Review: The Red Shoes, at Sadler’s Wells
Production inspired by fairytale and Oscar-winning film is a surefire festive treat
www.islingtontribune.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I reviewed Matthew Bourne's #TheRedShoes for @islingtontrib.bsky.social at @sadlerswells.bsky.social til 18 Jan: www.islingtontribune.co.uk/article/revi...
I reviewed Bengal Tiger at The Baghdad Zoo by #RajivJoseph for @newjournal.bsky.social An extraordinary combination of absurdist comedy, horror and dark symbolism, dir by #OmarElerian at #YoungVicTheatre til 31 Jan www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/revi...
Review: Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, at Young Vic Theatre
Play is a blistering satire on the futility of war and its cycle of violence
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December 20, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I reviewed Bengal Tiger at The Baghdad Zoo by #RajivJoseph for @newjournal.bsky.social An extraordinary combination of absurdist comedy, horror and dark symbolism, dir by #OmarElerian at #YoungVicTheatre til 31 Jan www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/revi...
HipHop Ebony Scrooge @sadlerswells.bsky.social East: I reviewed for @newjournal.bsky.social: www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/revi...
Review: Ebony Scrooge at Sadler’s Wells East
Infectious, high-energy performances in this slickly choreographed adaptation of A Christmas Carol, with its roots in the Caribbean, result in exhilarating festive fare
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December 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
HipHop Ebony Scrooge @sadlerswells.bsky.social East: I reviewed for @newjournal.bsky.social: www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/revi...
I loved #Kenrex 5* show and performance from #JackHolden. Grab a tkt while you can. www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/revi...
Review: Kenrex, at The Other Place
True-crime thriller is compelling and surprisingly resonant
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December 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I loved #Kenrex 5* show and performance from #JackHolden. Grab a tkt while you can. www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/revi...
I reviewed the joyfully silly #Dracapella at @parktheatrelondon.bsky.social for @newjournal.bsky.social - it's a lot of fun! www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/revi...
Review: Dracapella at Park 200
Banter, beatboxing and joyful silliness rekindle Bram Stoker’s classic
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December 13, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I reviewed the joyfully silly #Dracapella at @parktheatrelondon.bsky.social for @newjournal.bsky.social - it's a lot of fun! www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/revi...
I reviewed the first stage adaptation of John Le Carré's The Spy Who Came In From The Cold for @newjournal.bsky.social , at #SohoPlace til 21 Feb: www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/revi...
Review: The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, at @Soho Place
Strong cast elevates adaptation of John le Carré’s best-selling novel
www.camdennewjournal.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I reviewed the first stage adaptation of John Le Carré's The Spy Who Came In From The Cold for @newjournal.bsky.social , at #SohoPlace til 21 Feb: www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/revi...
I reviewed Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story adapted by #MarkGatiss for @newjournal.bsky.social at #AlexandraPalaceTheatre til Jan 4: www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/revi...
Review: Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story, at Alexandra Palace Theatre
Victorian theatre provides an evocative backdrop for Dickens’s tale of greed and redemption
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December 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I reviewed Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story adapted by #MarkGatiss for @newjournal.bsky.social at #AlexandraPalaceTheatre til Jan 4: www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/revi...
I reviewed End at Dorfman #NationalTheatre for @newjournal.bsky.social NewJournal - Clive Owen and Saskia Reeves star in final part of David Eldridge's trilogy exploring love and relationships: www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/revi...
Review: End, at Dorfman, National Theatre
Clive Owen and Saskia Reeves star in final part of trilogy exploring love and relationships
www.camdennewjournal.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I reviewed End at Dorfman #NationalTheatre for @newjournal.bsky.social NewJournal - Clive Owen and Saskia Reeves star in final part of David Eldridge's trilogy exploring love and relationships: www.camdennewjournal.co.uk/article/revi...
I reviewed #Sanderling by #AnneWeber transl by @neilblackadder.bsky.social for @theobserveruk.bsky.social published by #TheIndigoPress observer.co.uk/culture/book...
What it means to be German | The Observer
observer.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I reviewed #Sanderling by #AnneWeber transl by @neilblackadder.bsky.social for @theobserveruk.bsky.social published by #TheIndigoPress observer.co.uk/culture/book...