LEO BUTLER   (1974 - )


Leo Butler
   Nationality:
British
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Plays by Leo Butler

LEO BUTLER
Airbag
1st Produced:
Royal Court Theatre (Rough Cuts Season)
2007
Company:
-
1st Published:
-
ISDN
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Genre:
Drama/Dance
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Parts:
Male
1
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
directed by Leo Butler, choreographed by Odey Anthony. Cast featured: Nick Moss, Nicola Walker, and Gillian Hanna. Music and dancers: Vincent Etagweyo, Frank Asiyai, and Odey Anthony.
Synopsis:
Produced for the Royal Court Rough Cuts season, the play fused Butler's script with music and dance from Nigeria. The story of an old woman who, on her death bed, imagines that she is being terrorised by gorillas. An exploration of death and the dying.
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LEO BUTLER
Devotion
1st Produced:
by Theatre Centre (Young People's Theatre) - then school tour
2002
Company:
-
1st Published:
Aurora Metro Press,
ISDN
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Genre:
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Youth Audience
Parts:
Male
2
Female
1
Parts Other:
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Notes:
directed by Liam Steele, and the cast featured: Mark Oliver, Leigh Kelly, Chand Martinez and Beverley Denim
Synopsis:
In a strange war torn country, two boys escape from a POW camp and tow a burnt out car to an imagined Paradise Island. One boy dresses as Batman, while the other dresses as a young girl called Mary, who cradles a plastic baby called Rudolph. They are hijacked by a lone soldier who turns out to be their school-friend, Sarah Simpkins. Is the war a reality or a product of the childrens' imagination?
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LEO BUTLER
Early Bird, The
1st Produced:
2006
Company:
Ransom Productions
1st Published:
ISDN
9780713684735
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
1
Female
1
Parts Other:
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Notes:
directed by Rachel O'Riordan. The cast featured Colm Gormley and Abigail McGibbin
Early Bird, The
The Early Bird taps into the darkest fears of any parent - what if your child simply disappears? Debbie and Jack blame each other and themselves, and in doing so reveal the inner secrets of their own relationship in this disturbing and darkly humorous play. Butler's language moves between naturalism and hyper-realism, brilliantly capturing the surreal quality of the worst time in this couple's life
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LEO BUTLER
Faces In The Crowd
1st Produced:
2008
Company:
-
1st Published:
ISDN
9781408112694
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
1
Female
1
Parts Other:
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Notes:
directed by Clare Lizzimore, designed by Rae Smith, William Fricker. Cast: Amanda Drew, Con O'Neill.
Faces In The Crowd
When Dave moved south to London he left behind his family, wife Joanne and mounting financial woes in favour of a playground of riches, sex and shopping. 10 years on and Joanne wants payback. . .with interest. Faces In The Crowd offers a unique insight into 21st century London and the debts we accrue in the wake of seeking out our ambitions.
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LEO BUTLER
Heroes
1st Produced:
touring London schools
2007
Company:
National Theatre (Education)
1st Published:
-
ISDN
-
To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
Theatre for Young People
Youth Audience
Parts:
Male
2
Female
3
Parts Other:
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Notes:
directed by Samantha Potter; designed by Kerry Bradley; the cast included Sophie Benjamin, Esin Harvey, Miranda Cook, David Harewood and Raad Rawi.
Synopsis:
Chantelle Brown is mixed up. Twelve years old with a pain in her belly the size of Ground Zero, the only person Chantelle can turn to is her dad. But her dad is hundreds of miles away, fighting the war in Iraq.
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LEO BUTLER
I'll Be The Devil
1st Produced:
2008
Company:
Royal Shakespeare Company.
1st Published:
ISDN
9781408101490
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
10
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
directed by Ramin Gray, designed by Lizzie Clachan. The cast featured Gerard Murphy, Eoin McCarthy, Tom Burke, Derbhle Crotty, Andrew Macklin, Samantha Young, JD Kelleher, David Toole, Ed Macliam, Colm Gormley, Billy Carter, and John McEnery.
I'll Be The Devil
A dark love story, written in response to The Tempest, Leo Butler's I'll Be the Devil is set in occupied Ireland in 1775. Knowing that her soldier lover is leaving for England, a local woman unleashes a sequence of events that will result in tragedy for both their children. With a poetic fearlessness Leo Butler looks at what happens when a brutal foreign power is in intimate and callous contact with the primitive heart of an ancient society. This is an epic play that marks an exciting departure from the stark realism of Butler's earlier work and that provides a powerful demonstration of Butler's maturity and ambition as a writer.
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LEO BUTLER
Lucky Dog
1st Produced:
2004
Company:
-
1st Published:
ISDN
9780413774668
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
2
Female
1
Parts Other:
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Notes:
directed by James Macdonald, and designed by Jean Kalman.The cast featured: Linda Bassett, Alan Williams, and Liam Mills
Lucky Dog
Eddie and Sue settle down for Christmas dinner. The wine is poured, the crackers are pulled and the weather forecasts snow. But the dog won't eat her giblets and the telephone keeps ringing
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LEO BUTLER
Made Of Stone
1st Produced:
2000
Company:
Royal Court Young Writer's Festival
1st Published:
ISDN
9781408101476
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
4
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
Directed by Deborah Bruce. The cast featured: Huss Garbiya, Giles Ford, Sarah Cattle, Greg Chisholm, Nick Moss, and Joanna Bacon.
Made Of Stone
Three brothers come to terms with the death of their father. The play is set in Sheffield and follows the brothers and their mother as they try and reconcile their lives. Dark and humourous, the play deals with such themes as bereavement, regional racism, and teenage psychosis.
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LEO BUTLER
Redundant
1st Produced:
2001
Company:
-
1st Published:
ISDN
9780413771698
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
3
Female
3
Parts Other:
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Notes:
directed by Dominic Cooke, and the cast featured: Lyndsey Marshal, Will Johnson, Eileen O'Brien, Craig Heaney, Rachel Brogan, and Simon Trinder
Redundant
Lucy is 17. She dreams of love, security and a bright future. But first she must confront reality - and reality means deciding who to trust
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