What The Butler Saw
Synopsis
50 years since the death of celebrated Leicester playwright Joe Orton, Artistic Director Nikolai Foster brings What the Butler Saw to the stage in a Made At Curve production of Orton’s final play, completed just a month before his untimely death.
Dr Prentice (Rufus Hound – One Man, Two Guvnors, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels), a psychiatric doctor in a private clinic, is attempting to interview – and seduce – would-be secretary Geraldine (Dakota Blue Richards – Curve’s A Streetcar Named Desire, The Golden Compass). Unwittingly surprised by his wife (Catherine Russell – Holby City, Curve’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest), he hides the girl. The affairs multiply as Mrs Prentice is seduced and blackmailed by young bellhop Nicholas Beckett (Jack Holden – RSC’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Oppenheimer and The Shoemaker’s Holiday), and promises him the secretarial post. When a government inspector arrives (Jasper Britton – The Libertine, RSC’s Richard II), closely followed by Sergeant Match (Ravi Aujla) who is in search of missing parts of Winston Churchill, chaos, cross-dressing and mistaken identity lead the charge.
What the Butler Saw is a contemporary classic. Join us in March for this riotous comedy, where every word becomes a lie and madness soon becomes the norm.
Please note: this play contains naughty bits and language some people may find offensive.
Tickets
£32.50* – £10*
Previews (3 – 7 Mar) £16.25* – £5*
DISCOUNTS
£15* Under 16s
£20* 16 – 26 yrs
£12 Under 18 school groups
£2.50 off for over 60s and registered unemployed
£4 off for Groups 10+
£5 off for Groups 20+
15% off for Members and 241 tickets on Wed 8 Mar
*Discounts are subject to availability and may be removed at any time. Only valid on certain performances - terms and conditions apply.
Credits & Acknowledgments
Director NIKOLAI FOSTER
Designer MICHAEL TAYLOR
Lighting Designer BEN CRACKNELL
Sound Designer & Composer ADAM McCREADY
for POETICAL MACHINES LTD
Casting Director GINNY SCHILLER
Rehearsal & Production Photography by Catherine Ashmore
First presented by Lewenstein-Delfont Productions Ltd. and H.M. Tennent Ltd. at the Queen’s Theatre, London, on 5th March 1969.
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Rufus Hound
Ravi Aujla
Jasper Britton
Jack Holden
Dakota Blue Richards
Catherine Russell
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