Prick Up Your Ears (play)

Prick Up Your Ears
West End Poster
Written by	Simon Bent
Date premiered	30 September 2009 (2009-09-30)
Original language	English
Subject	Joe Orton
Genre	Dark comedy
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Prick Up Your Ears is a play by Simon Bent, based on the life of playwright Joe Orton. Produced by Sonia Friedman it opened at the Comedy Theatre in London's West End on 30 September 2009 following previews from 17 September, it closed in November 2009. It starred Chris New as Joe Orton and Matt Lucas as Orton's lover and murderer, Kenneth Halliwell.