Joe Orton Statue Appeal

Update: plans to memorialise Joe Orton in Leicester have unfortunately been put on hold due to COVID. We look forward to making progress as soon as the situation allows. Thank you for your patience & continued support.

@gordonshrigley HI there. Due to the events of the last 14 months the project has been on hold as I am sure you can understand. We hope to have an update soon. Please feel free to DM us for further information. Stay safe

@JoeOrtonStatue Can anyone please advise what is happening with the Joe Orton statue competition, as we submitted a proposal last year, but am still waiting confirmation.

Update: plans to memorialise Joe Orton in Leicester have unfortunately been put on hold due to COVID. We look forward to making progress as soon as the situation allows. Thank you for your patience & continued support.

@AndrewJCrowther Thanks for your follow-up - pls see pinned tweet.

Vivienne Westwood’s IoU Book Club to host a discussion of Joe Orton’s Entertaining Mr Sloane to mark #Pride. Join Dr Emma Parker @Arts_UoL & @redrumlisa on @uniofleicester Instagram Live, 25 June, 18.30.

Very excited to see artists’ vision of the Joe Orton statue. Deadline 31 May - still time to submit your design!

Still time to submit a design for the Joe Orton statue 👇 but not long!

Watch our archive recording of Joe Orton’s What The Butler Saw tonight! Catch this ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ‘fabulously funny’ (@WhatsOnStage) farce on our website from 7pm. Find out more 👉 bit.ly/CurveArchiveBu… 📸: Catherine Ashmore #ACESupported #YourLeicester #MadeAtCurve

The show must go onLINE! The archive recording of celebrated Leicester playwright Joe Orton’s What The Butler Saw will be available to watch from 7pm Sun 19 Apr! More info 👉 bit.ly/CurveButlerArc… #MadeAtCurve #ACESupported 📸: Catherine Ashmore

Artists, how would you like to win a major £80,000 commission to design & produce a public statue of playwright & gay icon #JoeOrton? Deadline: 31 May, 2020. drive.google.com/open?id=1nFCcE…

@Sir_Doris 😁

Just as it looks like I'll have a lot more indoors-reading time on my hands, a perfectly timed parcel from @joeortonstatue dropped through the letterbox - I'm thrilled! I'll cut a real (bright yellow) dash when surveilling empty shelves in the shops, as well 🙂

‘It’s an honour to be asked to help select the #statue that will commemorate #JoeOrton, a working class hero who was an antidote to the stiff upper lip British establishment’, @TheHollyJohnson (member of the Selection Panel) #sculpture #publicart #lgbtq

Search for artist to design a statue of playwright, Joe Orton #sussex #brighton #hove #orton #art #queer #lgbtq #gay #lgbthistory @JoeOrtonStatue #friendofjoe #artist #statue #Leicester #playwright #JoeOrton #theatre #writer… gscene.com/arts/theatre/s…

@TheHollyJohnson One of the most enjoyable plays I’ve ever done.Great wordsmith.#joeorton

@SiTowez @TheHollyJohnson In Leicester, yes, outside @CurveLeicester in Orton Square.

@JoeOrtonStatue @TheHollyJohnson Great news to hear Holly is on board. Is the statue going to be in mine and Joe”s home city of Leicester?

Very happy to be part of the @JoeOrtonStatue campaign and a member of the artist selection panel. Looking forward to seeing the submissions. #sculpture #publicart

The search for an artist to design and produce a statue of the legendary Leicester playwright, Joe Orton, in his hometown has been launched with the issue of an artist’s design brief. pmsa.org.uk/news/2020/3/9/…

The search for an #artist to design & produce a #statue of legendary #Leicester #playwright #JoeOrton is on! Deadline for submissions: 31 May, 2020. dluxe-magazine.co.uk/leicester-2/se… #theatre #writer #stage #drama #LGBT #LGBTQ #queer #gayicon #sculptor