What the Butler Saw

by Joe Orton
Directed by Harry Dewar

"I'm not mad. It only looks that way."

A lying, philandering psychiatrist desperate to cover his tracks is the spark that ignites Orton's classic feast of theatrical pandemonium.  Fast, furious and funny, What the Butler Saw combines madcap farce, ribald comedy, biting social commentary and more than a little cross-dressing, undressing and sexual innuendo - as Orton upends all the conventions of theatre in his gloriously witty dissection of normal notions of sanity and morality.

Harry Dewar has previously directed Cloud Nine and Marat/Sade for the Theatre Guild.

Opens Saturday 18 October, then Tuesday to Saturday 21-25 October and 28 October - 1 November at 7.30pm in the Little Theatre.

Tickets: $25 Full Price and $20 Concession.

Bookings:

Tickets for What the Butler Saw may be booked through the Theatre Guild on 8303 5999 or online. Phone or online bookings should be collected at the Little Theatre box office no later than 10 minutes before the advertised starting time. In the event of sellout performances, we reserve the right to on-sell tickets booked but not paid for by the advertised starting time.

We offer phone credit card bookings on 8303 5999 (fee applies) and tickets can also be booked through BASS on 131 246 (fee applies). Tickets are normally also available for purchase at the theatre on the night of the performance (cash sales only).

How to find the Little Theatre:

The Little Theatre is a comfortable 120-seat theatre located on the University of Adelaide's Lower North Terrace Campus, in The Cloisters. This is a colonnaded area clearly visible from Victoria Drive on the western side of the pedestrian lights near the University footbridge. The Little Theatre is located in the south-western corner of The Cloisters. After-hours parking (ticket machine) is available in the University grounds: enter Gate 10, Victoria Drive. Please note that there is no reserved seating in the Little Theatre and limited wheelchair access.