A house of cards: Lily Levinson reviews Moira Buffini’s flimsy, trope-ridden political satire.
Lily Levinson
Articles by Lily Levinson
13 November 2021
Reviews
Review: We Are Not Finished by Fevered Sleep
By Lily Levinson
Child’s play: Lily Levinson reviews an energetic but oddly generic-feeling production that’s co-created with children.
13 August 2021
Reviews
Review: 2:22 at Noel Coward Theatre
By Lily Levinson
Spooks and social awkwardness: Lily Levinson reviews a dinner party-based chiller starring Lily Allen.
10 July 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Niqabi Ninja at ArtsAdmin
8 - 17 July
By Lily Levinson
‘Waspish, punchy and imagistic’: Lily Levinson writes on Niqabi Ninja, an audio-guided walk that casts light on misogynistic violence and street harassment.
1 June 2021
Reviews
Review: Kaleider’s The Money, at London County Hall
By Lily Levinson
Money talks: Lily Levinson encounters a fractious interactive show about cash and collective decision making.
27 May 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Shaw Shorts at Orange Tree Theatre
22nd May - 26th June
By Lily Levinson
Plays pleasant: Lily Levinson finds the plays in Paul Miller’s latest George Bernard Shaw production ‘solid chortlers’ if not ‘searingly urgent’.
4 February 2021
Reviews
Review: How can we care for each other, a festival at The Place (online)
By Lily Levinson
“I’m feeling quite exhausted”: Lily Levinson encounters a dance festival that looks at the challenges of expressing care in a contact-starved era.
11 December 2020
Reviews
Review: Nine Lessons and Carols at Almeida Theatre
By Lily Levinson
Something to count on: Lily Levinson writes on Chris Bush’s collection of stories for and about dark times.
7 December 2020
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Fabulist Fox Sister, Southwark Playhouse (online)
4th-5th December
By Lily Levinson
“I seancéd my ass off”: Lily Levinson reviews Luke Bateman and Michael Conley’s one-man musical about ‘sozzled, sweary’, Spiritualist sisters.
27 November 2020
Reviews
Review: A Passion Play by Margaret Perry (online)
By Lily Levinson
Hockey, tea-towels and God: Lily Levinson reviews a ‘careful and delicate production’ of Margaret Perry’s radio play about a burgeoning teenage romance.
18 November 2020
Features
“There is no recipe”: Cooking up community projects at Battersea Arts Centre
By Lily Levinson
Lily Levinson speaks to the artists, activists and participants working together to reimagine how BAC engages with its local community.
21 October 2020
Reviews
Review: small hours, IF Oxford and Oxford Playhouse
18th - 25th October
By Lily Levinson
Broken nights: Lily Levinson writes on Ava Wong Davies and Mandala Theatre’s ‘unsettling and theatrically imaginative’ digital play, exploring sleep disturbance.
6 October 2020
Reviews • Reviews
Review: The You Play – Small Acts from 45 North
By Lily Levinson
Internal voices: Lily Levinson encounters Rafaella Marcus’s intimate audio play, performed by Katherine Parkinson.
16 September 2020
Reviews • Reviews
Review: Letters at Gate Theatre/ Zoom
By Lily Levinson
Rain, sun, cloud: Lily Levinson reviews a letter-based performance that revisits the blurry days of lockdown.
13 December 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Pecsmas at the Yard Theatre
9th - 20th December
By Lily Levinson
Thrusting hope in our faces: Lily Levinson writes on watching Pecs Drag Kings’ Christmas show on election night.