Tuesday, May 3, 2022
When he embarked upon a gay version of the classic opera, the playwright began to see himself – and elements of his breakthrough play – reflected in Puccini’s tale of doomed love
I’m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PMTuesday, February 22, 2022
Charles Bennett’s melodramatic suspense drama became a hit 1929 film for Hitch. Now it’s back on stage – minus the first act and with a surprising ending
Perhaps it was the corner-shop…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36PMFriday, January 1, 2021
Theatre producer who took cult acts and controversial shows to bigger audiencesThrough his 30 years as a theatre producer, David Johnson, who has died aged 60, maintained a keen eye for the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AMMonday, October 16, 2017
For the last 20 years, I've always been in charge: I've given acting classes, led playwriting workshops, directed dramas. Never in my adult life have I sat in a classroom and waited for a te…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06AMMonday, May 25, 2015
But I'm not doing it for David Cameron's big societyBroadway musicals aren't necessarily the best place to look for wisdom. There aren't many practical clues to leading your life contained i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:58PMMonday, May 11, 2015
Mark Ravenhill reflects on how he adapted one of Franz Kafka's most famous works for the stage
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 10:45AMSunday, May 10, 2015
Mark Ravenhill reflects on how he adapted one of Franz Kafka's most famous works for the stage
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 02:00AMWednesday, January 28, 2015
The arts have banked on corporate sponsorship, but the City played its own role in causing cuts to our funding. And those organisations who accept cash from oil? They’re simply destroying …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:59AMWednesday, September 4, 2013
When Mark Ravenhill decided to write a response to Voltaire's classic satire Candide, he turned to social media for help. He explains why the rampant optimism he found there scares himA coup…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:31PMSaturday, August 3, 2013
To mark the launch of the 2013 Edinburgh fringe, playwright Mark Ravenhill delivered a hard-hitting speech about politics, austerity, creativity – and speculating what might happen to arti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:28AMTuesday, June 11, 2013
Watch playwright Mark Ravenhill's Cakes and Finance – a tongue-in-cheek lecture on theatre culled from interviews with leading writersMark Ravenhill
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:21AMTuesday, May 10, 2011
A sip of champagne, a high end sponsor, a VIP crowd . . . theatres and concert halls are starting to feel like airport business lounges. The results could be disastrousTheatres, concert hall…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00PMSaturday, February 26, 2011
... But I'm not doing it for David Cameron's big societyBroadway musicals aren't necessarily the best place to look for wisdom. There aren't many practical clues to leading your life contain…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMSunday, March 1, 2009
Saturday, October 28, 2006
In 1995, Sarah Kane rocked the theatrical world with her play, Blasted; less than five years later, she took her own life. As the Barbican prepares to stage a German-language version, Mark R…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:45PM 
