David Levesley
Writer, glutton, angry queer

For the last few years my Roman Empire has been the National Trust, and how it fought off multiple waves of right-wing smear campaigns and attempts at AGM coups. So I did what any normal human being would do: I interviewed the Trust's team, and wrote a huge fucking play. Think Stoppard's Arcadia, think Bennett's A Question of Attribution. It's the biggest thing I've ever written. I love it.
To galvanise me, I booked in a rehearsed reading of Act 1 for March 1st at The Cockpit. Tickets are available at the link in my bio. It's a really amazing cast, and I'm excited to take this opportunity to hear if people care and then do a full reading later this year. Would love to see you!
The 10 best things I ate in 2025 - now in video form.
List below (all lists are not in order)
Best things I ate this year:
The anchovy and condensed milk toast at Wildflowers
The kebab at Sehzade Cağ Kebap, Istanbul
The lamb shwarama at Baghdad
Any of the slices at Sarv's pizza
Butcheln stuffed with red cabbage by Studio Schmaus, Berlin
The Philly Cheesesteak collab by Mondo's Sandos and Ruben's Reubens
The Scotch Egg at The White Horse, Hascombe
The burger at Dove
The prawn toast at Yagi Izakaya/Kernel Brewery
The East Side Vegan ice cream sandwich by Happy Endings
Honourable mentions:
The chicken tikka kebab at Spice Hut Chicken
The mapo parsnip and tofu sandwich at Dusty Knuckle
The bacon, thyme and tarragon quiche at Toad
The madeleines at The French House
The duck and boudin noir sausage, peach and green beans at Ploussard
Best restaurants of the year:
Skewers and Beer
Murver, Istanbul
Yeni, Istanbul
Ploussard
Wildflowers
The French House
Half-Cut Market
Rake at The Compton Arms
Dopi
Cafe TPT

I have a new show! Roguelike is an RPG love story, a rom com inspired by Vagrant Story as much as it is by Noel Coward. It's in many ways my frothiest show but it's also a play about people I've lost, a weird spiritual sequel to Silent Meat. Tickets are available at the link in my bio.
I'm going to be bombarding this app - and anyone who will listen - with references to this show. Don't ignore it - come! Come see what I've been working on! Making art is fucking hard, especially art that only exists for a few days, live, in a specific room. Be a pal and help give us good audiences, good feedback, and help the show grow. It will literally be an hour of your lives, and it'll mean the world to me.
I'm incredibly grateful to @springbok__ who have been the vibiest people to work with, and the amazing team who've leapt aboard to invest their time in this show to make something out of nothing. New collaborators pushed me to return to acting, and rehearsals are already super glorious and challenging in all the right ways. Come see me be gruff and a little bit sexy maybe?
Istanbul was as delicious, weird and fun as I dreamed it would be. What a way to turn 21!
Istanbul was as delicious, weird and fun as I dreamed it would be. What a way to turn 21!

Istanbul was as delicious, weird and fun as I dreamed it would be. What a way to turn 21!

Istanbul was as delicious, weird and fun as I dreamed it would be. What a way to turn 21!

Istanbul was as delicious, weird and fun as I dreamed it would be. What a way to turn 21!

Istanbul was as delicious, weird and fun as I dreamed it would be. What a way to turn 21!

Istanbul was as delicious, weird and fun as I dreamed it would be. What a way to turn 21!

Istanbul was as delicious, weird and fun as I dreamed it would be. What a way to turn 21!
Istanbul was as delicious, weird and fun as I dreamed it would be. What a way to turn 21!
Istanbul was as delicious, weird and fun as I dreamed it would be. What a way to turn 21!

Istanbul was as delicious, weird and fun as I dreamed it would be. What a way to turn 21!

Istanbul was as delicious, weird and fun as I dreamed it would be. What a way to turn 21!

Istanbul was as delicious, weird and fun as I dreamed it would be. What a way to turn 21!

Istanbul was as delicious, weird and fun as I dreamed it would be. What a way to turn 21!

Istanbul was as delicious, weird and fun as I dreamed it would be. What a way to turn 21!
Istanbul was as delicious, weird and fun as I dreamed it would be. What a way to turn 21!

Istanbul was as delicious, weird and fun as I dreamed it would be. What a way to turn 21!

Istanbul was as delicious, weird and fun as I dreamed it would be. What a way to turn 21!

Istanbul was as delicious, weird and fun as I dreamed it would be. What a way to turn 21!

Istanbul was as delicious, weird and fun as I dreamed it would be. What a way to turn 21!

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Dragged myself to the end of this year: 12 months of the some of the biggest triumphs and most humiliating failures of my entire life. Good thing I looked good doing it.

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Dragged myself to the end of this year: 12 months of the some of the biggest triumphs and most humiliating failures of my entire life. Good thing I looked good doing it.

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Dragged myself to the end of this year: 12 months of the some of the biggest triumphs and most humiliating failures of my entire life. Good thing I looked good doing it.
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Dragged myself to the end of this year: 12 months of the some of the biggest triumphs and most humiliating failures of my entire life. Good thing I looked good doing it.

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Dragged myself to the end of this year: 12 months of the some of the biggest triumphs and most humiliating failures of my entire life. Good thing I looked good doing it.

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Dragged myself to the end of this year: 12 months of the some of the biggest triumphs and most humiliating failures of my entire life. Good thing I looked good doing it.

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Dragged myself to the end of this year: 12 months of the some of the biggest triumphs and most humiliating failures of my entire life. Good thing I looked good doing it.

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Dragged myself to the end of this year: 12 months of the some of the biggest triumphs and most humiliating failures of my entire life. Good thing I looked good doing it.

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Dragged myself to the end of this year: 12 months of the some of the biggest triumphs and most humiliating failures of my entire life. Good thing I looked good doing it.

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Dragged myself to the end of this year: 12 months of the some of the biggest triumphs and most humiliating failures of my entire life. Good thing I looked good doing it.

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