{{Short description|British playwright (born 1974)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Use British English|date=November 2013}} {{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see :Template:Infobox writer/doc --> | name = Leo Butler | image = Butler Leo.JPG | imagesize = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1974}} | birth_place = Sheffield, England | occupation = Playwright, Screenwriter | alma_mater = Rose Bruford College | notableworks = ''Redundant'' (2001)<br />''Lucky Dog'' (2004)<br />''Boy (play)'' (2016) }}
'''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.<ref>http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsB/butler-leo.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401141600/http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsB/butler-leo.html |date=1 April 2020 }} Profile at doolee.com</ref> His plays have been published by Bloomsbury A & C Black.<ref name="A&C Black"<ref>{{cite web |title=Leo Butler Bloomsbury Author |url=https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/author/leo-butler/ |website=Leo Butler: Bloomsbury Publishing UK |access-date=9 January 2024}}</ref> His 2001 play Redundant won the George Devine Award. Between 2005 and 2014 he was Playwriting Tutor for the Royal Court Young Writers Programme.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://matttrueman.co.uk/2013/08/teach-first-acts-duncan-macmillan-leo-butler.html|title=Teach First Acts – Duncan Macmillan & Leo Butler – Matt Trueman}}</ref>
==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<ref>{{citation | title = Redundant | work = Royal Court Theatre | url = http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/redundant | year = 2001 }}</ref> *''Devotion'' (2002) produced by Theatre Centre premiered at Redbridge Drama Centre, directed by Liam Steel<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theatre-centre.co.uk/shows/2002/devotion/|title=Devotion – Shows – Theatre Centre}}</ref> *''Lucky Dog'' (2004) premiered at Royal Court Theatre, directed by James Macdonald<ref>{{citation | title = Lucky Dog | work = Royal Court Theatre | url = http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/lucky-dog | year = 2004 }}</ref> *''The Early Bird'' (2006) premiered at Queen's Theatre in the Belfast Festival, directed by Rachel O'Riordan<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishplayography.com/play.aspx?playid=2924|title=PlayographyIreland – The Early Bird}}</ref> *''Heroes'' (2007) premiered by touring with the National Theatre, directed by Samantha Potter<ref>{{cite web |url=http://d1wf8hd6ovssje.cloudfront.net/documents/Heroes_wkpk.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-06-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150624034842/http://d1wf8hd6ovssje.cloudfront.net/documents/Heroes_wkpk.pdf |archive-date=24 June 2015 }}</ref> *''Airbag'' (2007) a collaboration with Nigerian choreographer Anthony Odey, premiered as a Rough Cut at the Royal Court Theatre<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsB/butler-leo.html#87990|title=Leo Butler|access-date=23 June 2015|archive-date=1 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401141600/http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsB/butler-leo.html#87990|url-status=dead}}</ref> *''I'll Be The Devil'' (2008) produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company, premiered at Tricycle Theatre, directed by Ramin Gray<ref>{{citation | title = I'll Be The Devil | work = Tricycle Theatre | url = http://www.tricycle.co.uk/home/about-the-tricycle-pages/about-us-tab-menu/archive/archived-theatre-production/ill-be-the-devil-2/ | year = 2008 | access-date = 15 December 2011 | archive-date = 6 May 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120506131725/http://www.tricycle.co.uk/home/about-the-tricycle-pages/about-us-tab-menu/archive/archived-theatre-production/ill-be-the-devil-2/ | url-status = dead }}</ref> *''Faces in the Crowd'' (2008) premiered at Royal Court Theatre, directed by Clare Lizzimore<ref>{{citation | title = Faces in the Crowd | work = Royal Court Theatre | url = http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/faces-in-the-crowd | year = 2008 }}</ref> *''Juicy Fruits'' (2011) produced by Paines Plough, premiered at Oran Mor, directed by George Perrin<ref>{{citation |title = Juicy Fruits |work = Oran Mor |url = http://www.painesplough.com/current-programme/by-date/juicy-fruits |year = 2011 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111015044231/http://www.painesplough.com/current-programme/by-date/juicy-fruits |archive-date = 15 October 2011 }}</ref> * ''Alison! : A Rock Opera'' (2012) co-written with Dan Persad premiered at King's Head Theatre, directed by Nick Bagnall<ref>{{citation | title = Alison! A Rock Opera | work = King's Head Theatre | url = http://www.alisonrockopera.com | year = 2012 }}</ref> * ''Could You Please Close The Door Please?'' (2012) premiered at Berlin Schaubuhne as part of the Festival of International Drama.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.schaubuehne.de/uploads/FIND2012_ENGL.pdf|title = F.I.N.D Festival 2012|access-date=2018-12-26}},</ref> * ''Sixty-Nine'' (2012) premiered at The Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, directed by Donnacadh O'Briain<ref>{{citation | title = Sixty-Nine | work = Pleasence, Courtyard | url = http://www.scotsman.com/what-s-on/theatre-comedy-dance/interview-donnacadh-o-briain-director-of-peep-1-2453230 | year = 2012 }}</ref> * ''Do It!'' (2013) premiered at Royal Court Theatre Open Court Season, directed by Ned Bennett.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://doollee.com/PlaywrightsB/butler-leo.php#183943|title = Leo Butler}}</ref> * ''Boy'' (2016) premiered at the Almeida Theatre, directed by Sacha Wares<ref>{{Cite web|title = Boy|url = https://www.almeida.co.uk/whats-on/boy/5-apr-2016-28-may-2016|website = Almeida Theatre|access-date = 2016-01-19}}</ref> * ''Decades'' (2016) premiered at the Ovalhouse theatre, produced by the BRIT School, directed by Eva Sampson.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ovalhouse.com/whatson/detail/decades|title=Decades by Leo Butler – Ovalhouse|first=Debbie|last=Vannozzi}}</ref> * ''Woyzeck'' (2018) premiered at Birmingham Repertory Theatre, an adaptation of Georg Buchner's original play, directed by Roxana Silbert.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.birmingham-rep.co.uk/whats-on/woyzeck.html|title=Woyzeck|access-date=2018-04-01}}</ref> * ''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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.toldbyanidiot.org/productions/all-you-need-lsd|title=All You Need Is LSD}}</ref> * ''Meet Mo'' (2020) produced online by Theatre Royal Stratford East, a short musical composed by Leo Butler, directed by Eva Sampson.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stratfordeast.com/news/press-play-here|title=Meet Mo}}</ref> * ''Cinderella'' (2022) produced by Theatre Royal Stratford East book and lyrics by Leo Butler, music and lyrics by Robert Hyman, directed by Eva Sampson.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stratfordeast.com/whats-on/all-shows/cinderella#Details_in|title=Cinderella}}</ref> * ''Innocent Creatures'' (2023) produced by National Theatre Connections.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/learn-explore/young-people/connections/|title=Innocent Creatures}}</ref> * ''Living'' (2026) produced by Sheffield Theatres, directed by Abigail Graham.<ref>{{cite web|title=Living |date=14 March 2026 |url=https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/events/living}}</ref>
==Film==
*''Self Made'' (2011 feature) co-written with Gillian Wearing, UK Film Council/Northern Film & Media, premiered at the London Film Festival 2011.<ref>{{citation | title = Self Made | publisher = UK Film Council | url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1732159/ | year = 2011 }}</ref>
==Television==
*''Jerusalem the Golden'' (2002) single drama produced by BBC Four/Fictionlab, directed by Louis Caulfield, starring Rudolph Walker and Eddie Marsan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hike.co.uk/dir-2|title = DIR 2}}</ref>
==Books==
* ''Notes From a Working-Class Playwright'' (2025) Published by Bloomsbury/Methuen Drama. Award-winning British playwright, Leo Butler looks back over 25 of writing for the stage and his extensive experience teaching and mentoring emerging playwrights through the Royal Court Young Writers' Programme.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Notes from a Working-Class Playwright |url=https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/notes-from-a-workingclass-playwright-9781350429468/}}</ref>
==Music== *''Alison! A Rock Opera'' (2012) a rock opera, written by Leo Butler and Dan Persad.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.timeout.com/london/theatre/alison-a-rock-opera| title = Alison!: A Rock Opera {{!}} in London}}</ref> * ''The Collective Psychosis of the 21st Century'' (2017) an album of songs written & performed by Leo Butler and Dan Persad<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-collective-psychosis-of-the-21st-century/1190686566|title = The Collective Psychosis of the 21st Century by Leo Butler & Dan Persad}}</ref>
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