NEWS

New contributions in Joe Orton and Me:
Writer Peter Burton writes about his experiences interviewing Joe in 1966. Director Tom Shkolnik talks about collaborating on the highly acclaimed Joe Orton Project, a new piece of theatre drawing on Orton’s diaries. Arts co-ordinator Sally Norman describes working with young people from the Saffron Lane Estate on the Joe Orton project 'Off You Go Then'.

New contributions to the Research, Thoughts and Essays section:
'Sloane and Oedipus: Foundlings and Sex' by Dr James Methven, Dean of Oriel & Lecturer in English, Oriel College, Oxford and 'Joe Orton's Brighton' by author Rose Collis.

EVENTS AND PERFORMANCES
Click on the link top left for full details of all events and performances.

PERFORMANCES

Radio 4 Drama - Funeral Games
2.15pm Friday 11 July
Funeral Games was first presented by Yorkshire Television in August 1968 as part of a series based on ‘The Seven Deadly Virtues’. Read more here
Broadcast as part of Radio 4's 1968 - Myth or Reality season.

You can also listen to it for seven days after broadcast on Radio 4's Listen Again service. Go to the following link and click on the button for Friday 11th July.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/afternoon_play.shtml

16th - 19th July 2008
'Crimes of Passion' by Joe Orton
Old Gaol Theatre Company at The Unicorn Theatre, Abingdon
a double bill comprising
The Ruffian on the Stair and The Erpingham Camp

For both of the above productions click here for details

11 December-31 January 8pm
Loot by Joe Orton
Tricycle Theatre, London
Cast includes Matt Di Angelo (Eastenders & Strictly Come Dancing) as Hal

For more details click here