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First Reported May 20 2012 - Updated May 20 2012 - 1 Documents

Samantha Bond

What the Butler Saw – review

Vaudeville, LondonMadness is as madness does in Joe Orton's 1969 farce What the Butler Saw , and by the end it's straitjackets all round. We're in a psychiatrist's consulting room (with wonderfully plausible NHS signs, designed by Alice Power). From the ... [ Published May 20 2012 by Observer ]

Entities: Samantha Bond, Georgia Moffett, Joe Orton, Foley's

First Reported May 20 2012 - Updated May 20 2012 - 1 Documents

BWW Reviews: ENTERTAINING MR. SLOANE at Theater Schmeater

England in the 1960’s may not have been able to get away with overt displays as we can today but that doesn’t mean they were any less randy. And that’s half the fun with Joe Orton’s play, “Entertaining Mr. Sloane” currently playing at Theater Schmeater. ... [ Published May 20 2012 by Broadway World ]

Entities: Harry Todd, Ed James, Joe Orton

First Reported May 18 2012 - Updated May 18 2012 - 2 Documents

Neil Simon

What the butler saw just isn’t funny.

WHAT THE BUTLER SAWVaudeville TheatreJoe Orton’s much over-rated, Freudian black farce is set in a lunatic asylum, which is run by a randy psychiatrist whose attempt to seduce a young woman, who is applying for a job as his secretary, sets off a series ... [ Published May 18 2012 by Mature Times ]

Entities: Joe Orton, Ralph Richardson, Neil Simon, Caper, Homicide

First Reported May 17 2012 - Updated May 18 2012 - 4 Documents

Tim McInnerny

Theatre Review: What the Butler Saw @ Vaudeville Theatre

Sigmund Freud meets the Carry On franchise in Joe Orton’s classic 1960s farce . When the psychiatrist, Dr Prentice, attempts to seduce his new secretary, he can only escape being caught by pretending she is mad. The only trouble is that when government ... [ Published May 18 2012 by Londonist ]

Entities: Tim McInnerny, Samantha Bond, Joe Orton

First Reported May 17 2012 - Updated May 17 2012 - 1 Documents

Finding Neverland musical confirms Leicester premiere

The stage musical adaptation of Finding Neverland will premiere at Leicester’s Curve Theatre this September.The show, adapted from the 2004 film, will be directed by Rob Ashford with book by Allan Knee and music and lyrics by Scott Frankel and Michael ... [ Published May 17 2012 by The Stage ]

Entities: Leicester, Glynn Nicholas, Allan Knee

First Reported May 16 2012 - Updated May 16 2012 - 1 Documents

Lesley Sharp

THEATRE NEWS: Live From The Criterion returns with Lesley Sharp in The Ruffian on the Stair

Get the updates direct!Tomorrow Live From The Criterion returns for another special installment - this time featuring radio play, The Ruffian on the Stair, by Joe Orton. It will star Lesley Sharp (Doctor Who, Crandord, The Full Monty), alongside Johnny ... [ Published May 16 2012 by All In London ]

Entities: Lesley Sharp, Joe Orton, Jerusalem

First Reported May 14 2012 - Updated May 14 2012 - 1 Documents

Entertaining Mr. Sloane: A Dark, Inky Farce

Photo courtesy of Country PlayhouseAll together nowThe set-up:Scrumptious is not an adjective often applied to the subversive work of playwright Joe Orton, but in Country Playhouse's delicious rendition of his first major hit, Entertaining Mr. Sloane ... [ Published May 14 2012 by Houston Press ]

Entities: Joe Orton, Kenneth Halliwell, John Kaiser

First Reported May 10 2012 - Updated May 10 2012 - 1 Documents

Theatre hacking: what's it all about?

An audacious theatremaker has provided audiences with a tongue-in-cheek audio guide to someone else's production. Cue outrage Forget the antics of Anonymous or LulzSec or even News International . For my money, the most audacious hacking in recent ... [ Published May 10 2012 by Theatre blog | guardian.co.uk ]

Entities: Computer Hacking, TNM, News International Ltd, Kenneth Halliwell

First Reported May 08 2012 - Updated May 09 2012 - 1 Documents

Why can't I be a prick?

The Edinburgh Fringe has been accused of censorship, double-standards and snottiness, after refusing to allow stand-up Stuart Goldsmith to call himself a prick in the official programme.The comic says he is frustrated and bewildered by the Edinburgh Festival ... [ Published May 08 2012 by Chortle ]

Entities: Goldsmith, Edinburgh (United Kingdom), Censorship, Joe Orton

First Reported May 09 2012 - Updated May 09 2012 - 1 Documents

Paltrow? Possibly...Les Dennis? Definitely for Curve Leicester's...

Two world premieres – and perhaps a Hollywood star – are set to grace the stage at Curve next season.The theatre released its autumn programme of performances yesterday, a week before most tickets go on sale.Dark comedy Entertaining Mr Sloane, by Leicester's ... [ Published May 09 2012 by Leicester Mercury ]

Entities: Les Dennis, Gwyneth Paltrow, Christopher Timothy, Joe Orton

First Reported Apr 30 2012 - Updated Apr 30 2012 - 1 Documents

Was Dr Crippen innocent? Meet the man staging a retrial who wants you to be in the jury

Dr Hawley Crippen is, by common reputation, one of the guiltiest men in British legal history. His guilt is canonical, so much so that when in 1946 George Orwell outlined his ideal of the “perfect murder”, he found Crippen to be a model killer.“The [perfect] ... [ Published Apr 30 2012 by Snipe London ]

Entities: George Orwell, Joe Orton, John Cooper, Homicide

First Reported Apr 24 2012 - Updated Apr 24 2012 - 1 Documents

The 10 Greatest Movies About Writers/Writing Ever (Short Ends and Leader)

No medium can exist without them... and here are 10 examples of how important the writer and/or writing is to the overall artistic process.While his or her position as part of the process is often romanticized all out of proportion, it’s the rare medium ... [ Published Apr 24 2012 by Pop Matters ]

Entities: Joe Orton, Charlie Kaufman, Daniel Day-Lewis, Lewis Carroll

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What the Butler Saw – review [ Published May 20 2012 by Observer ]
BWW Reviews: ENTERTAINING MR. SLOANE at Theater... [ Published May 20 2012 by Broadway World ]
What the butler saw just isn’t funny. [ Published May 18 2012 by Mature Times ]
What the Butler Saw, Vaudeville Theatre [ Published May 18 2012 by The Arts Desk ]
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'Beauty' takes time [ Published May 17 2012 by Minneapolis Star Tribune ]
Escape austerity Britain and discover What the ... [ Published May 17 2012 by Seenit.co.uk ]
High jinks in theatreland [ Published May 17 2012 by Irish World News ]
Finding Neverland musical confirms Leicester pr... [ Published May 17 2012 by The Stage ]
What the Butler Saw – review [ Published May 17 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]
THEATRE NEWS: Live From The Criterion returns w... [ Published May 16 2012 by All In London ]
Entertaining Mr. Sloane: A Dark, Inky Farce [ Published May 14 2012 by Houston Press ]
Heartland Theatre?s silver celebration [ Published May 11 2012 by Kansas City Star ]
Heartland Theatre's silver celebration [ Published May 10 2012 by Kansas City Star ]
Theatre hacking: what's it all about? [ Published May 10 2012 by Theatre blog \| guardian.co.uk ]
Paltrow? Possibly...Les Dennis? Definitely for ... [ Published May 09 2012 by Leicester Mercury ]
Why can't I be a prick? [ Published May 08 2012 by Chortle ]
Was Dr Crippen innocent? Meet the man staging a... [ Published Apr 30 2012 by Snipe London ]
The 10 Greatest Movies About Writers/Writing Ev... [ Published Apr 24 2012 by Pop Matters ]
The passion play [ Published Apr 13 2012 by Melbourne Age ]
Sell us a backstory: how important is a playwri... [ Published Mar 09 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]
John Lahr on Joe Orton: 'He'd only just found h... [ Published Feb 14 2012 by Theatre blog \| guardian.co.uk ]
Bright Shining Stars: The Breakthrough Performa... [ Published Dec 16 2011 by Oh No They Didn't! ]

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Theatre hacking: what's it all about? [ Published May 10 2012 by Theatre blog \| guardian.co.uk ] An audacious theatremaker has provided audiences with a tongue-in-cheek audio guide to someone else's production. Cue outrage Forget the antics of Anonymous or LulzSec or even News International . For my money, the most audacious hacking in recent ...
John Lahr on Joe Orton: 'He'd only just found h... [ Published Feb 14 2012 by Theatre blog \| guardian.co.uk ] The man behind the only definitive account of Joe Orton's life and death talked to me about what inspired him to write it – and the motives behind the playwright's murder Before I'd ever seen a Joe Orton play I'd read Prick Up Your Ears , John ...
Bright Shining Stars: The Breakthrough Performa... [ Published Dec 16 2011 by Oh No They Didn't! ] One of the many reasons that film never, ever gets dull is the constant changing of the guard. Every year sees a new heap of talent emerging, thanks to film festivals and canny casting directors, often coming from seemingly nowhere to fly off the screen, ...