First look images are released for Elephant, a powerful new play from singer, songwriter, actress, and composer Anoushka Lucas at the Bush Theatre.
A Bush commission, Elephant first appeared as part of the Bush’s Protest series of videos in 2020, a response to the murder of George Floyd.
‘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 Lylah’s 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 can’t ask questions – she’s got to be good, good, good, or else she’ll lose her scholarship. At home she can’t 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.
Elephant is at Bush Theatre until 12th November 2022.
