Joe Orton to Kenneth Williams: ‘Reject all the values of society. And enjoy sex’ (The Orton Diaries, 23 July, 1967).

Visit Joe Orton’s beautiful local library & find out what books he borrowed as a teenager on this FREE guided bike ride around his hometown, Leicester: letsride.co.uk/rides/ride-lei…

New Blu-ray of Entertaining Mr Sloane with lots of great new special features, coming soon & available for pre-order from Severin Films!

Orton: Fallen Angel by Grin Theatre, at Shakespeare North Playhouse 30 & 31 May 2025.

Deadline 1 June 2025.

Acclaimed artist/typist Tim Youd will be discussing Joe Orton’s ‘defaced’ library book covers and the relationship between literature and art with Dr Emma Parker University of Leicester, part of his #UpAllNight project, KWUR Radio - 90.3 FM 1 May, 2025.

Oh, Mr Sloane! Young Vic Young Vic 15 Sept - 8 Nov, 2025 This one is not to be missed! youngvic.org/whats-on/enter…

Free bike tour of Joe Orton’s Leicester! Sat 9 Aug. Visit the estate where he wrote his first play, find out what books he borrowed from his local library & discover how growing up in Leicester shaped his plays. You can even borrow an e-bike for free! Book via Let’s Ride website.

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Weather looks good for this FREE Joe Orton event on Saturday 9 August! ☀️ Friends of Clarendon Park Writing East Midlands English Association Literature letsride.co.uk/rides/ride-lei…

A rare screening of 3 of Joe Orton’s TV plays from the 1960s BFI on 7 Sept 2025: tinyurl.com/v6dynjde He loved Sheila Hancock in Entertaining Mr Sloane: ‘like a gone-off Monroe’. Look out for his cameo in The Erpingham Camp.

New essay on Joe Orton, available in full online: tinyurl.com/2jbe7ntm

What does the case of Joe Orton reveal about the culture wars & cancel culture? Is Joe Orton a homosexual hero or a bad gay? Does his work champion sexual liberation or express sexual trauma? Neither? Both? Some new insights here: tinyurl.com/2jbe7ntm