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Butley is suitable for audiences aged12 and upwards

Performance dates

01 June to 27 August 2011

Run time Monday – Saturday at 7.30pm, Thursday and Saturday at 3.00pm. Two hours 30 minutes with an interval

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Dominic West, star of hit US drama The Wire, plays rapier-tongued lecturer Ben Butley in a major new revival of Simon Gray’s award-winning comedy, BUTLEY.

Ben Butley is having a monumentally bad start to the term. So bad, he’s making sure everyone else has a worse one. Over the course of a day he discovers that his estranged wife is divorcing him for the most boring man in London and, even worse, that his beloved protégé and best friend is leaving him too.  Once a brilliant and charismatic professor, Butley suddenly finds his life and relationships self-combusting in a matter of hours.

Butley might be going down, but he sure as hell is going down fighting. Employing his trusty arsenal of mischievous irony and gleeful wit, Butley diverts attention from his unravelling life by entangling his students and colleagues in his own dangerous blend of trouble and fun.

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THE PITMEN PAINTERS COME TO THE WEST END

The Olivier Award nominted play, The Pitmen Painters is coming back to London's West End at the Duchess Theatre from 5th October, officially opening on 11th October to finish off it's second national tour.

27 Jun, 2011 | By London Theatre Direct

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THE SOCIETY OF LONDON THEATRE ANNOUNCES MARK RUBINSTEIN AS NEW PRESIDENT

The Society of London Theatre announces it's new president as Mark Rubinstein.

10 Jun, 2011 | By London Theatre Direct

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GREAT REVIEWS FOR BUTLEY AT THE DUCHESS STARRING DOMINIC WEST

Dominic West, star of hit US drama The Wire, plays rapier-tongued lecturer Ben Butley in a major new revival of Simon Gray’s award-winning comedy. Read what the critics thought...

7 Jun, 2011 | By London Theatre Direct

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TICKET OFFER: DOMINIC WEST IN BUTLEY £20 OFF TOP PRICE TICKETS

Dominic West, star of hit US drama The Wire, plays rapier-tongued lecturer Ben Butley in a major new revival of Simon Gray's award-winning comedy, BUTLEY.

31 May, 2011 | By London Theatre Direct

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NEW CAST MEMBER JOINS DOMINIC WEST IN BUTLEY

West End regular Amanda Drew is to join Dominic West in the forthcoming revival of Simon Gray’s comedy Butley, which plays at the Duchess theatre from 1 June to 27 August (press night 6 June).

24 Mar, 2011 | By London Theatre Direct

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DOMINIC WEST STARS IN SIMON GRAY'S BUTLEY - TICKETS ON SALE NOW

The Wire star Dominic West is to take on the role Butley for a 40th anniversary West End revival of the Simon Gray play, BUTLEY.

22 Feb, 2011 | By London Theatre Direct

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