Elephant
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Publishing Details
Elephant
By (Author) Anoushka Lucas
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Methuen Drama
14th December 2023
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Music of film and stage
822.92
Physical Properties
Paperback
72
Width 129mm, Height 198mm
Description
Winner of Best Writer at The Stage Debut Awards 2023 "The men with the Piano look up the narrow staircase of our little flat and they turn to Dad, light their fags, and say; We might have to take the windows out". A piano came through the sky and landed in Lylahs council flat, just for her. As she pours over the keys and sound floods into all the rooms, Lylah falls in love. At school, Lylah cant ask questions shes got to be good, good, good or else shell lose her scholarship. At home she cant ask questions; her cousins say she talks weird, and her parents are distracted. So she asks her piano: Where did you come from Why are you here And their shared history tumbles into the light. Part gig, part musical love story, part journey through Empire, this all-new expanded production of Olivier Award nominee Anoushka Lucas exquisite (Evening Standard) Elephant transferred to the Bush Theatre's main house. This revised and expanded edition of the play accompanies the new 2023 production.
Reviews
Lucas is a writer and actor of rare magnetism * Guardian *
Exquisite * Evening Standard *
Author Bio
Anoushka Lucas is a singer, songwriter, actor and writer. Anoushkas debut play Elephant premiered at the Bush Theatre in 2022. As an actor, other credits include: Oklahoma! (West End / Young Vic); Henry V (Donmar); After Life (National); U.Me (BBC World Service). Her other credits include: Jesus Christ Superstar (Regent's Park); Chiaroscuro (Bush); Faces in the Crowd (Gate); Sparks (Edinburgh Fringe/VAULT Festival). As a composer, Anoushka co-composed the score to The Ballad of Klook and Vinette by Ch Walker (Park/NAMT Festival NYC), and The Etienne Sisters (Stratford East). More recently, Anoushka wrote the score for Sparks by Jessica Butcher (BBC Radio 4/Edinburgh Fringe/VAULT Festival) which won Best Musical of the Edinburgh Fringe 2018 and was adapted for BBC Radio 4. Anoushka, Jessica Butcher and their collaborator Jessica Edwards are currently under commission from Trafalgar Studios for a new musical. Anoushkas own music has been championed on BBC Introducing, BBC Radio 2 and Jazz FM and her debut album "Dark Soul' was released in 2019.
