Leo Butler
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Leo Butler (born 1974 in Sheffield) is a British playwright. His plays have been staged, among others, by the Royal Court, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Almeida Theatre.[1] His plays have been published by Bloomsbury A & C Black.[2] His 2001 play Redundant won the George Devine Award. Between 2005 and 2014 he was Playwriting Tutor for the Royal Court Young Writers Programme.[3]
Plays
- Made of Stone (2000) premiered as part of the Young Writers' Festival at Royal Court Theatre, directed by Deborah Bruce
- Redundant (2001) premiered at Royal Court Theatre, directed by Dominic Cooke[4]
- Devotion (2002) produced by Theatre Centre premiered at Redbridge Drama Centre, directed by Liam Steel[5]
- Lucky Dog (2004) premiered at Royal Court Theatre, directed by James Macdonald[6]
- The Early Bird (2006) premiered at Queen's Theatre in the Belfast Festival, directed by Rachel O'Riordan[7]
- Heroes (2007) premiered by touring with the National Theatre, directed by Samantha Potter[8]
- Airbag (2007) a collaboration with Nigerian choreographer Anthony Odey, premiered as a Rough Cut at the Royal Court Theatre[9]
- I'll Be The Devil (2008) produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company, premiered at Tricycle Theatre, directed by Ramin Gray[10]
- Faces in the Crowd (2008) premiered at Royal Court Theatre, directed by Clare Lizzimore[11]
- Juicy Fruits (2011) produced by Paines Plough, premiered at Oran Mor, directed by George Perrin[12]
- Alison! : A Rock Opera (2012) co-written with Dan Persad premiered at King's Head Theatre, directed by Nick Bagnall[13]
- Could You Please Close The Door Please? (2012) premiered at Berlin Schaubuhne as part of the Festival of International Drama.[14]
- Sixty-Nine (2012) premiered at The Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, directed by Donnacadh O'Briain[15]
- Do It! (2013) premiered at Royal Court Theatre Open Court Season, directed by Ned Bennett.[16]
- Boy (2016) premiered at the Almeida Theatre, directed by Sacha Wares[17]
- Decades (2016) premiered at the Ovalhouse theatre, produced by the BRIT School, directed by Eva Sampson.[18]
- Woyzeck (2018) premiered at Birmingham Repertory Theatre, an adaptation of Georg Buchner's original play, directed by Roxana Silbert.[19]
- All You Need is LSD (2018) premiered at Birmingham Repertory Theatre, co-produced with Told by an Idiot theatre company, directed by Paul Hunter and Stephen Harper.[20]
- Meet Mo (2020) produced online by Theatre Royal Stratford East, a short musical composed by Leo Butler, directed by Eva Sampson.[21]
- Cinderella (2022) produced by Theatre Royal Stratford East book and lyrics by Leo Butler, music and lyrics by Robert Hyman, directed by Eva Sampson.[22]
- Innocent Creatures (2023) produced by National Theatre Connections.[23]
Film
- Self Made (2011 feature) co-written with Gillian Wearing, UK Film Council/Northern Film & Media, premiered at the London Film Festival 2011.[24]
Television
- Jerusalem the Golden (2002) single drama produced by BBC Four/Fictionlab, directed by Louis Caulfield, starring Rudolph Walker and Eddie Marsan.[25]
Music
- Alison! A Rock Opera (2012) a rock opera, written by Leo Butler and Dan Persad.[26]
- The Collective Psychosis of the 21st Century (2017) an album of songs written & performed by Leo Butler and Dan Persad[27]
Notes
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- ↑ http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsB/butler-leo.html Profile at doolee.com
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