| Prick Up Your Ears | |
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| Written by | Simon Bent |
| Date premiered | 30 September 2009 |
| 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.