Lucy Popescu’s theatre news: Never Not Once; When This Is Over; Measured; A Tale of Two Cities

Thursday, 17th February 2022 — By Lucy Popescu

Lost Dog_A Tale of Two Cities_Photo Credit_Camilla Greenwell

A Tale of Two Cities is at The Place. Photo: Camilla Greenwell

CAREY Crim’s award-winning play, Never Not Once, about the families we choose and the secrets that pull them apart is at Park90 until March 5. All-American student Eleanor has the best moms in the world. She’s bright, funny and completely happy, but she wants to know who her father is. When her boyfriend Rob hires a private investigator to help find him, the family are forced to confront an unexpected and explosive answer to the question “Where do I come from?” parktheatre.co.uk

Camden Youth Theatre returns to Camden People’s Theatre with When This Is Over, their first live show in two years. Created in the wake of the COP26 Climate Change Summit, a group of young people came together to tell their own stories: the voice of a generation whose futures depend on world leaders sticking to their promises and safeguarding the world for their futures. This a play about those moments that change your life forever devised by the young company from a blueprint by Islington-based theatre-makers Company Three. Feb 21-22 and New Diorama Theatre Feb 25-26. cptheatre.co.uk

• At the Hope Theatre from Feb 22, Emma O’Brien’s play, Measured, examines the hidden consequences of an eating disorder for the sufferer and those who love them. Exposing the emotional turmoil of the illness without glamorising its dangers, O’Brien questions how effective recovery can be in a society that still wants women to be as “little” as possible. Sophie is in recovery and hopeful that she can reconnect with her friends, but after hiding within her illness for so long she knows it’s not going to be easy to cope without it. Until March 12. thehopetheatre.com

Inspired by Dickens’ 1859 novel of revolution and excessive gestures of love, A Tale of Two Cities is at The Place on Feb 18 and again from Feb 23-March 5. Lucie Manette and her aristocratic husband escaped Paris at the height of the French Revolution. The escape traumatised her young daughter, also called Lucie who, now she is older, wants some answers from her tight-lipped mother as to what exactly happened. Lucie is bringing her family together to restage the events that she was too young to remember, in order to finally confront the past. Part dance, part theatre, part fictionalised documentary. theplace.org.uk

• Rain and Zoe Save the World by Crystal Skillman with music by Bobby Cronin is at the Jermyn Street Theatre until March 12. Two teenage climate activists from Washington State embark on an impulsive motorcycle journey to join a group of oil protesters on the East Coast. On the way, Rain and Zoe discover the danger of standing up for what you believe in. jermynstreettheatre.co.uk

Bill Kenwright’s production of Saturday Night Fever, starring Richard Winsor and Olivia Fines, will be at the Peacock Theatre until March 26. High above the stage Jake Byrom, Oliver Thomson and James Hudson will perform the Bee Gees’ soundtrack. sadlerswells.com

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