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A Very Expensive Poison review " Lucy Prebble's Litvinenko drama fascinates by Michael Billington

Old Vic, London The twisted tale of the Russian dissident's death by radioactive poisoning employs songs, puppets and even Putin as an unreliable narrator Watching Lucy Prebble's fascinating new play about the murder of Alexander Litvinenko on British soil, I was frequently reminded of her earlier hit, Enron. Prebble once again bases her play on fact, tells a complex story with great clarity and adopts a variety of t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24PM on September 6, 2019

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