Joe Orton News

The final performance of Simon Bent's Prick Up Your Ears will take place at the Comedy Theatre on Sunday 15 November 2009.

The comedy "What The Butler Saw" by Joe Orton is the story of a psychologist and his wife's romantic indiscretions. The door-slamming farce is the first show at Newnan Community Theatre Company in 2010.

NCTC Announces Auditions for 'What The Butler Saw'- The comedy 'What The Butler Saw' by Joe Orton is the story of a psychologist and his wife's romantic indiscretions. The door-slamming farce is the first show at Newnan Community Theatre Company in 2010.

The comedy "What The Butler Saw" by Joe Orton is the story of a psychologist and his wife's romantic indiscretions. The door-slamming farce is the first show at Newnan Community Theatre Company in 2010.

NCTC Announces Auditions for 'What The Butler Saw'- The comedy 'What The Butler Saw' by Joe Orton is the story of a psychologist and his wife's romantic indiscretions. The door-slamming farce is the first show at Newnan Community Theatre Company in 2010.

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) has announced the New York premiere of Theresa Rebeck's new comedy The Understudy, directed by Scott Ellis with Tony Award winner Julie White as 'Roxanne'.

The comedy "What The Butler Saw" by Joe Orton is the story of a psychologist and his wife's romantic indiscretions. The door-slamming farce is the first show at Newnan Community Theatre Company in 2010.

The final performance of Simon Bent's Prick Up Your Ears will take place at the Comedy Theatre on Sunday 15 November 2009.

B Street Theatre is pleased to announce the following plays as part of its 2009-2010 Season.

Whatsonstage.com has confirmed that actor Con O'Neill will take over Matt Lucas' role of Kenneth Halliwell in the West End production of Simon Bent's Prick Up Your Ears at the Comedy Theatre on October 22. He will replace Matt Lucas, who left the production last week in the wake of the suicide of his ex-partner, Kevin McGee, as previously reported.

Based on a true story, I Am My Own Wife tells the fascinating tale of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, a German transvestite who managed to survive both the Nazi onslaught and the repressive East German Communist regime.

Con O'Neill is to replace Matt Lucas in the role of Kenneth Halliwell in Daniel Kramer's production of Prick Up Your Ears at the Comedy Theatre. O'Neill will join Chris New who plays Joe Orton and Gwen Taylor as their neighbour in Simon Bent's new play from 22 October 2009.

NCTC Announces Auditions for 'What The Butler Saw'- The comedy 'What The Butler Saw' by Joe Orton is the story of a psychologist and his wife's romantic indiscretions. The door-slamming farce is the first show at Newnan Community Theatre Company in 2010.

Whatsonstage.com has confirmed that actor Con O'Neill will take over Matt Lucas' role of Kenneth Halliwell in the West End production of Simon Bent's Prick Up Your Ears at the Comedy Theatre on October 22. He will replace Matt Lucas, who left the production last week in the wake of the suicide of his ex-partner, Kevin McGee, as previously reported.

On 7th September Peter Gill OBE, Founder Director of Riverside Studios celebrates his 70th Birthday. This will be the first Peter Gill script to be performed at Riverside Studios since 1980.

On 7th September Peter Gill OBE, Founder Director of Riverside Studios celebrates his 70th Birthday. This will be the first Peter Gill script to be performed at Riverside Studios since 1980.

The Masquers Playhouse presents LOOT, a black comedy by Joe Orton and directed by Jessica Holt, from August 21 to September 26.

Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre will turn to the fertile landscape of dreams and the dark underworld of nightmares next year with a world premier musical, Shakespeare, a blow-out festival of the works of Harold Pinter, a holiday comedy, and the popular Storytellers Series. The 2010 season runs April-August, with a special family-friendly December production in time for the holidays. PICT begins its 'Dreams and Nightmares' season with a World Premier music drama by local star Martin Giles. Beautiful Dreamers features the songs of a local who became an international legend - Stephen Foster. The season continues with an intense, intimate production of Shakespeare's masterful Othello in the Henry Heymann Theatre; Hearing Noise in the Silence: A celebration of the life and theatre of Harold Pinter, featuring the hilariously dark comedy The Hothouse and the resonant, haunting No Man's Land, as well as The Room, Celebration, The Dumb Waiter and Betrayal; and wraps up with Harold Brighouse's Victorian comedy Hobson's Choice. The Storytellers Series continues this year with Pinteresque, featuring works by some of the top American and British playwrights who were inspired by the great Harold Pinter. Pinteresque will include directed readings of Joe Penhall's Blue/Orange, Jez Butterworth's The Night Heron, Sam Shepard's Geography of a Horse Dreamer, and Joe Orton's The Ruffian on the Stair.

Albert Schultz, Founding Artistic Director of Soulpepper Theatre Company, today announced the company's 2010 season. Comprised of 12 productions, the season includes eight new stagings and a return of four of Soulpepper's celebrated productions: Eric Peterson and John Gray's Billy Bishop Goes to War, David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross, Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun and Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.

On 7th September Peter Gill OBE, Founder Director of Riverside Studios celebrates his 70th Birthday. This will be the first Peter Gill script to be performed at Riverside Studios since 1980.