Leo Butler

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]

Leo Butler
Born	1974 (age 46–47) Sheffield, England
Occupation	Playwright, Screenwriter
Notable works	Redundant (2001) Lucky Dog (2004) Boy (play) (2016)

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 and performed by the BRIT School, directed by Eva Sampson.[18]
• Woyzeck (2018) an adaptation of Georg Buchner's original play premiered at Birmingham Repertory Theatre, directed by Roxana Silbert.[19]
• All You Need Is LSD (2018) produced by Told By An Idiot theatre company, premiered at Birmingham Repertory Theatre, directed by Paul Hunter and Stephen Harper.[20]

Film

• Self Made (2011 feature) co-written with Gillian Wearing, UK Film Council/Northern Film & Media, premiered at the London Film Festival 2011.[21]

Television

• Jerusalem the Golden (2002) single drama produced by BBC Four/Fictionlab, directed by Louis Caulfield, starring Rudolph Walker and Eddie Marsan. [22]

Music

• Alison! A Rock Opera (2012) a rock opera, written by Leo Butler and Dan Persad. [23]
• The Collective Psychosis of the 21st Century (2017) an album of songs written & performed by Leo Butler and Dan Persad [24]
• Mr B in Butler World (2019) an album of songs written & performed by Leo Butler. [25]

Notes

1. http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsB/butler-leo.html Profile at doolee.com
2. skyron.co.uk. "404". Archived from the original on 26 July 2012.
3. "Teach First Acts – Duncan Macmillan & Leo Butler – Matt Trueman".
4. "Redundant", Royal Court Theatre, 2001
5. "Devotion – Shows – Theatre Centre".
6. "Lucky Dog", Royal Court Theatre, 2004
7. "PlayographyIreland – The Early Bird".
8. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
9. "Leo Butler".
10. "I'll Be The Devil", Tricycle Theatre, 2008
11. "Faces In The Crowd", Royal Court Theatre, 2008
12. "Juicy Fruits", Oran Mor, 2011, archived from the original on 15 October 2011
13. "Alison! A Rock Opera", King's Head Theatre, 2012
14. "F.I.N.D Festival 2012" (PDF). Retrieved 26 December 2018.,
15. "Sixty-Nine", Pleasence, Courtyard, 2012
16. http://doollee.com/PlaywrightsB/butler-leo.php#183943
17. "Boy". Almeida Theatre. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
18. Vannozzi, Debbie. "Decades by Leo Butler – Ovalhouse".
19. "Woyzeck". Retrieved 1 April 2018.
20. "All You Need Is LSD".
21. "Self Made", UK Film Council, 2011
22. https://www.hike.co.uk/dir-2
23. https://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/alison-a-rock-opera
24. https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-collective-psychosis-of-the-21st-century/1190686566
25. https://www.amazon.com/Mr-B-Butler-World-Leo/dp/B07WW1179W