The Bears are wild because they had about 10 quarterbacks in a row that could roughly be described as Ortonesque
January 6, 2026 at 6:05 PM
The Bears are wild because they had about 10 quarterbacks in a row that could roughly be described as Ortonesque
Enjoyed this unquantifiable, funny book. Joe Ortonesque saucy satire & (maybe) allegory. Testament to Spark’s versatility either way.
June 20, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Enjoyed this unquantifiable, funny book. Joe Ortonesque saucy satire & (maybe) allegory. Testament to Spark’s versatility either way.
There's something nicely Ortonesque about Peter Purves being lured to a Leicester cinema under false pretences.
March 13, 2026 at 9:42 AM
There's something nicely Ortonesque about Peter Purves being lured to a Leicester cinema under false pretences.
Acting flashback. One of my favourite roles to play was as Joe Orton in “Ortonesque” (now renamed “Mr and Mrs Orton”) in it’s short tour.
It’s a role I’d love to reprise one day!
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It’s a role I’d love to reprise one day!
Spotlight pin: 2059-9053-8879
#actor #actorslife #joeorton #ortonesque #theatre
February 18, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Acting flashback. One of my favourite roles to play was as Joe Orton in “Ortonesque” (now renamed “Mr and Mrs Orton”) in it’s short tour.
It’s a role I’d love to reprise one day!
Spotlight pin: 2059-9053-8879
#actor #actorslife #joeorton #ortonesque #theatre
It’s a role I’d love to reprise one day!
Spotlight pin: 2059-9053-8879
#actor #actorslife #joeorton #ortonesque #theatre
A bit Ortonesque .....
August 2, 2026 at 9:24 AM
A bit Ortonesque .....
RIP Prunella Scales. My favourite performance of yours was this BBC version of Joe Orton’s What The Butler Saw alongside Timothy West. It is wonderful.
youtu.be/a5Q8btlQLfE?...
youtu.be/a5Q8btlQLfE?...
What The Butler Saw by Joe Orton
YouTube video by Ortonesque
youtu.be
October 28, 2025 at 11:52 AM
RIP Prunella Scales. My favourite performance of yours was this BBC version of Joe Orton’s What The Butler Saw alongside Timothy West. It is wonderful.
youtu.be/a5Q8btlQLfE?...
youtu.be/a5Q8btlQLfE?...
Maxine Peake to play all three in a surprisingly violent Ortonesque story set in April 2013. There is tarpaulin. Running gag around the mounting horror with which people encounter Truss's Wizard-of-Oz-derived ringtone as events accelerate
July 18, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Maxine Peake to play all three in a surprisingly violent Ortonesque story set in April 2013. There is tarpaulin. Running gag around the mounting horror with which people encounter Truss's Wizard-of-Oz-derived ringtone as events accelerate
After a thread of flippancy ..
Here’s where I earn my fee for the day 👇🏼
9.35 Arena
A Genius Like Us
⭐️ Must Watch
youtu.be/6p9gjoWHuuM
Here’s where I earn my fee for the day 👇🏼
9.35 Arena
A Genius Like Us
⭐️ Must Watch
youtu.be/6p9gjoWHuuM
Arena: Joe Orton: A Genius Like Us
YouTube video by Ortonesque
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
After a thread of flippancy ..
Here’s where I earn my fee for the day 👇🏼
9.35 Arena
A Genius Like Us
⭐️ Must Watch
youtu.be/6p9gjoWHuuM
Here’s where I earn my fee for the day 👇🏼
9.35 Arena
A Genius Like Us
⭐️ Must Watch
youtu.be/6p9gjoWHuuM
September 3, 2026 at 1:35 AM
#throwbackthursday
Some pictures from the 2023 mini tour of “Ortonesque” where I played the tragic gay 60’s playwright Joe Orton.
#tbt #throwback #ortonesque #joeorton #actor #actorslife #theatre #lgbttheatre
Some pictures from the 2023 mini tour of “Ortonesque” where I played the tragic gay 60’s playwright Joe Orton.
#tbt #throwback #ortonesque #joeorton #actor #actorslife #theatre #lgbttheatre
January 23, 2025 at 10:34 AM
#throwbackthursday
Some pictures from the 2023 mini tour of “Ortonesque” where I played the tragic gay 60’s playwright Joe Orton.
#tbt #throwback #ortonesque #joeorton #actor #actorslife #theatre #lgbttheatre
Some pictures from the 2023 mini tour of “Ortonesque” where I played the tragic gay 60’s playwright Joe Orton.
#tbt #throwback #ortonesque #joeorton #actor #actorslife #theatre #lgbttheatre
Other new extras incl. new comm w/ @mondo-digital.bsky.social + Orton scholar Emma Parker, Rosie White on the boundary-pushing comedy of Beryl Reid, video essay by costume historian Elissa Rose, + screenwriter David McGillivray on what constitutes "Ortonesque"
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Entertaining Mr. Sloane [Blu-ray w/Slipcase]
“AN OUTRAGEOUS, HILARIOUS PITCH-BLACK COMEDY.”Los Angeles Times THE NORTH AMERICAN BLU-RAY PREMIERE From the legendary pen of Joe Orton – hailed by The Guardian as “the first rock star playwright” – c...
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March 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Other new extras incl. new comm w/ @mondo-digital.bsky.social + Orton scholar Emma Parker, Rosie White on the boundary-pushing comedy of Beryl Reid, video essay by costume historian Elissa Rose, + screenwriter David McGillivray on what constitutes "Ortonesque"
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Joe Ortonesque is a very apt description! Have you read William Trevor’s THE CHILDREN OF DYNMOUTH? I always think of the protagonist, Timothy Gedge, as a younger version of Dougal Douglas from the Spark.
June 20, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Joe Ortonesque is a very apt description! Have you read William Trevor’s THE CHILDREN OF DYNMOUTH? I always think of the protagonist, Timothy Gedge, as a younger version of Dougal Douglas from the Spark.
The great Prunella Scales, Timothy West, and Dinsdale Landen lead the cast in a 1987 BBC production of Joe Orton's classic farce 'What the Butler Saw'. www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5Q8...
What The Butler Saw by Joe Orton
YouTube video by Ortonesque
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October 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The great Prunella Scales, Timothy West, and Dinsdale Landen lead the cast in a 1987 BBC production of Joe Orton's classic farce 'What the Butler Saw'. www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5Q8...
It's an excellent film - Ortonesque both in its darkness and in the relentlessly mannered dialogue. Also, features a young Michael Kitchen (as Bungabine) and is plainly the source of the "reading the register" routine Richard Curtis wrote for Rowan Atkinson.
Can't go far wrong with a film rec from @andrewmale.bsky.social. Watched Unman, Wittering and Zigo (1971), a savage private school shocker starring David Hemmings as the new teacher contending with the Class From Hell (who one assumes will go on to lead the country). Horrible. I loved it...
January 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
It's an excellent film - Ortonesque both in its darkness and in the relentlessly mannered dialogue. Also, features a young Michael Kitchen (as Bungabine) and is plainly the source of the "reading the register" routine Richard Curtis wrote for Rowan Atkinson.
Title:GAY SUPERHEROES-Joe Orton-July 22, 2015
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January 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Title:GAY SUPERHEROES-Joe Orton-July 22, 2015
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Timothy West has died, and UK TV is obsessed with his several portrayals of Churchill. Instead, I offer you this - his role as Dr Rance in Joe Orton’s What The Butler Saw. You may never see another Orton play, take 90 minutes and do yourself a favour!
youtu.be/a5Q8btlQLfE?...
youtu.be/a5Q8btlQLfE?...
What The Butler Saw by Joe Orton
YouTube video by Ortonesque
youtu.be
November 15, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Timothy West has died, and UK TV is obsessed with his several portrayals of Churchill. Instead, I offer you this - his role as Dr Rance in Joe Orton’s What The Butler Saw. You may never see another Orton play, take 90 minutes and do yourself a favour!
youtu.be/a5Q8btlQLfE?...
youtu.be/a5Q8btlQLfE?...
(1/2) John Kingsley “Joe” Orton (1 January 1933 – 9 August 1967) was an English playwright & author. He shocked & amused audiences with his scandalous black comedies. The adjective Ortonesque is sometimes used to refer to work characterized by a similarly dark yet farcical cynicism.
August 9, 2026 at 12:59 PM
(1/2) John Kingsley “Joe” Orton (1 January 1933 – 9 August 1967) was an English playwright & author. He shocked & amused audiences with his scandalous black comedies. The adjective Ortonesque is sometimes used to refer to work characterized by a similarly dark yet farcical cynicism.
Poverty innit. True fans are being priced out of the game. Their always being in the pub is actually Ortonesque commentary on the tragedy of working class football clubs becoming the playthings of billionaires.
Probably.
Probably.
June 27, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Poverty innit. True fans are being priced out of the game. Their always being in the pub is actually Ortonesque commentary on the tragedy of working class football clubs becoming the playthings of billionaires.
Probably.
Probably.
he's turned himself into a sadistic ortonesque killer so gradually I barely even noticed until he started Piéta-cradling will
November 24, 2024 at 3:08 AM
he's turned himself into a sadistic ortonesque killer so gradually I barely even noticed until he started Piéta-cradling will
Author Of Prick Up Your Ears: The Biography Of Joe Orton
Archival Interview With Leonie Orton Remembering Her Brother Joe
Ortonesque – Screenwriter David McGillivray On The Lasting Influence Of Joe Orton
Act Of Character – Rosie White On The Inimitable Identities Of Beryl Reid
Archival Interview With Leonie Orton Remembering Her Brother Joe
Ortonesque – Screenwriter David McGillivray On The Lasting Influence Of Joe Orton
Act Of Character – Rosie White On The Inimitable Identities Of Beryl Reid
February 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Author Of Prick Up Your Ears: The Biography Of Joe Orton
Archival Interview With Leonie Orton Remembering Her Brother Joe
Ortonesque – Screenwriter David McGillivray On The Lasting Influence Of Joe Orton
Act Of Character – Rosie White On The Inimitable Identities Of Beryl Reid
Archival Interview With Leonie Orton Remembering Her Brother Joe
Ortonesque – Screenwriter David McGillivray On The Lasting Influence Of Joe Orton
Act Of Character – Rosie White On The Inimitable Identities Of Beryl Reid
