# 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. His plays have been published by Bloomsbury A & C Black. His 2001 play Redundant won the George Devine Award. Between 2005 and 2014 he was Playwriting Tutor for the Royal Court Young Writers Programme.

## 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
* Devotion (2002) produced by Theatre Centre premiered at Redbridge Drama Centre, directed by Liam Steel
* Lucky Dog (2004) premiered at Royal Court Theatre, directed by James Macdonald
* The Early Bird (2006) premiered at Queen's Theatre in the Belfast Festival, directed by Rachel O'Riordan
* Heroes (2007) premiered by touring with the National Theatre, directed by Samantha Potter
* Airbag (2007) a collaboration with Nigerian choreographer Anthony Odey, premiered as a Rough Cut at the Royal Court Theatre
* I'll Be The Devil (2008) produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company, premiered at Tricycle Theatre, directed by Ramin Gray
* Faces in the Crowd (2008) premiered at Royal Court Theatre, directed by Clare Lizzimore
* Juicy Fruits (2011) produced by Paines Plough, premiered at Oran Mor, directed by George Perrin
* Alison! : A Rock Opera (2012) co-written with Dan Persad premiered at King's Head Theatre, directed by Nick Bagnall
* Could You Please Close The Door Please? (2012) premiered at Berlin Schaubuhne as part of the Festival of International Drama.
* Sixty-Nine (2012) premiered at The Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, directed by Donnacadh O'Briain
* Do It! (2013) premiered at Royal Court Theatre Open Court Season, directed by Ned Bennett.
* Boy (2016) premiered at the Almeida Theatre, directed by Sacha Wares
* Decades (2016) premiered at the Ovalhouse theatre, produced by the BRIT School, directed by Eva Sampson.
* Woyzeck (2018) premiered at Birmingham Repertory Theatre, an adaptation of Georg Buchner's original play, directed by Roxana Silbert.
* 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.
* Meet Mo (2020) produced online by Theatre Royal Stratford East, a short musical composed by Leo Butler, directed by Eva Sampson.
* Cinderella (2022) produced by Theatre Royal Stratford East book and lyrics by Leo Butler, music and lyrics by Robert Hyman, directed by Eva Sampson.
* Innocent Creatures (2023) produced by National Theatre Connections.

## Film

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

## Television

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

## Music

* Alison! A Rock Opera (2012) a rock opera, written by Leo Butler and Dan Persad.
* The Collective Psychosis of the 21st Century (2017) an album of songs written & performed by Leo Butler and Dan Persad