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.<ref name="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