Lily Allen continues her fashion parade as she leaves the theatre in a corset peach maxi dress after The Pillowman show

By William On Aug 25, 2023

Lily Allen continued her fashion streak as she left The Pillowman on Friday night after another successful performance.

The 38-year-old singer made an impression in a peach colored maxi dress with an over the top lingerie look and sheer corset design.

Lily boosted her height with white heels, brushed back her blond hair and carried a glittery bag in her hand.

The Smile hitmaker shows off her enviable wardrobe every night after the show, featuring an array of designer outfits.

Singer Lily plays the role of Katurian, a writer of disturbingly violent stories who is imprisoned by a totalitarian state.

Fashion Show: Lily Allen continued her fashion parade as she left The Pillowman on Friday night after another successful performance

Stunning: The 38-year-old singer wowed in a peach colored maxi dress with an over the top lingerie look featuring a sheer corset design

The Pillowman follows Katurian as she is brutally interrogated by the authorities after a spate of murders bears similarities to her short stories.

Starring Steve Pemberton, who plays Tupolski, and Matthew Tennyson, who plays Michael, Lily takes on the role played by David Tennant 20 years ago.

The black comedy “examines the artist’s role in society and questions the price we pay for freedom of expression,” according to a synopsis on the play’s website.

Speaking of The Pillowman’s discussions of censorship, Lily said the piece raises many questions about free speech and the internet.

She said, “There’s a little bit of violence in it. She’s an artist and a writer and that’s something I relate to. She certainly pushes boundaries. I could get a lot out of it.’

Lily, who is used to performing as a singer, said she likes the fixed character of the lead role in a theater production.

The black comedy, which is “widely regarded as one of the greatest plays of the past 25 years,” will run at London’s Duke of York Theater until early next month.

That comes after the theater was evacuated halfway through the performance on Wednesday.

Staggering: Lily boosted her height with white heels, brushed back her blonde hair and carried a glittering bag in her hand

Stylish: The Smile hitmaker shows off her enviable wardrobe every night after the show, sporting an array of designer outfits

Role: Singer Lily plays the role of Katurian in the play, a writer of disturbingly violent stories who is trapped in a totalitarian state

Say cheese: Lily smiled for the cameras as she headed home

Character: Lily is the first woman to take on the lead role of Katurian in the 2003 revival of the play

Onlookers were escorted outside by security and reported that a fire truck was soon on the scene.

Several ticket holders spoke of their confusion after the play was halted, with one saying, “Lily ran offstage – everyone thought it was a scary part of the play, but it turned out to be real.”

Another tweeted: ‘Right in the middle of a harrowing performance by The Pillowman at the Duke of York’s Theater we were evacuated.

The fire brigade arrived a few minutes later. Why I’m not sure yet, but the spell is broken, I’m afraid.’

A third complained, ‘I’m not joking (sic), I’ve just been evacuated from the pillow man’.

However, the incident was quickly dealt with and the audience was allowed back in when the play resumed.

A theatergoer wrote: ‘Apparently a false alarm. Game on,” while another repeated, “It was a false alarm we’re back in now.”

Speak with The suna spokesman for the London Fire Brigade confirmed that they had been called to the scene and that it had been a false alarm.

They stated: ‘Firefighters responded to an automatic fire alarm that went off at a theater on St Martin’s Lane in central London.

The theater was evacuated as a precaution. A crew was present and an investigation showed that there was no fire.

The brigade was called at 3:11 p.m. and at 3:24 p.m. the incident was over for the firefighters. A fire truck from Lambeth fire station arrived on the scene.’

The Pillowman: What do the critics think?

The TelegraphClaire Allfree

Judgement:

‘(The) production lacks psychological conviction and a certain atmospheric sharpness, while Allen is completely at sea amid the play’s bold tonal changes.

“I expected to be shocked and nauseated. Instead, I often got a little bored.’

The timesClive Davis

Judgement:

“Can Allen handle this job? It’s true that she didn’t disgrace herself in that hugely popular supernatural thriller, 2:22: A Ghost Story.

‘But here her limitations become more exposed. There is very little variation in her voice and gestures; at times she seems almost a spectator at her own ordeal.

“It’s Steve Pemberton and Paul Kaye—the sadistic Tupolski and Ariel, respectively—who grab your attention.”

The stageSam Marlow

Judgement:

“There’s a pale emptiness about Allen that may be intentional, but it makes her difficult to deal with.

McDonagh glances at, rather than interrogates, the myth of the martyred artist, and also at the idea of creative immortality, but by mischievously refusing to commit to a point of view, he repeatedly undermines his own arguments, with the result that the piece feels weak and vague.’

The Evening StandardNick Curtis

Judgement:

Allen, who made an impressive acting debut in Dunster’s ongoing 2:22 A Ghost Story, is compulsively watchable: drawn, intense, angular.

“But this show requires juggling emotional states that she can’t quite muster.”

Theater maniaAlex Wood

As in her West End debut 2:22 A Ghost Story (also directed by Dunster), Allen does well on stage: sincere, eloquent and never overly maniacal in a role that could easily be histrionics in the wrong hands end up.

“She certainly has better material to work with here than she did in her freshman internship, to the extent that you can draw a very clear character arc as Katurian evolves from bewilderment to assured catharsis.”