Reposted by Mark RavenhillMark Ravenhill @markravenhill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Workshop for my new play this week! 3222
Reposted by Mark RavenhillMark Ravenhill @markravenhill.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Ive written a piece for Radio Times. www.radiotimes.com/audio/radio/...radiotimes.comMark Ravenhill: Public service broadcasting must continue to provide access to great drama from bold playwrightsTheatre on the BBC has history, says playwright Mark Ravenhill – and it’s a vital service for the future. 1213
Mark Ravenhill @markravenhill.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Ive written a piece for Radio Times. www.radiotimes.com/audio/radio/...radiotimes.comMark Ravenhill: Public service broadcasting must continue to provide access to great drama from bold playwrightsTheatre on the BBC has history, says playwright Mark Ravenhill – and it’s a vital service for the future. 1213
Mark Ravenhill @markravenhill.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Recorded my links today for the season I’ve curated of Royal Court plays from the BBC archives. Goes put last week of September on Radio 4 extra www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...bbc.co.ukBBC Radio 4 to celebrate contemporary playwriting this autumn in collaboration with Royal Court TheatreNew production of Lucy Kirkwood's The Children and season of landmark Royal Court plays from the BBC archive will be broadcast from 26 September 0122
Mark Ravenhill @markravenhill.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Recorded my links today for the season of Royal Court plays from the BBC archive. Last week of September on 4 Extra. www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...bbc.co.ukBBC Radio 4 to celebrate contemporary playwriting this autumn in collaboration with Royal Court TheatreNew production of Lucy Kirkwood's The Children and season of landmark Royal Court plays from the BBC archive will be broadcast from 26 September 075
Mark Ravenhill @markravenhill.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Catch up on bbc i player as i discuss this week’s cultural highlights 020
Mark Ravenhill @markravenhill.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Discussing this and new films from Almodovar and Ridley Scott 7.15 tomorrow Thursday Radio 4 Front Row. I’d love you to listen 030
Reposted by Mark RavenhillDr Andrea Smith @audioandrea.bsky.social · 20/08/2026This looks fab! Great plays & actors. I was a bit surprised to see Stanley Holloway appearing in a new production, bearing in mind he died in 1982. But it turns out it's actually Stanley Townsend who's always excellent @markravenhill.bsky.social @radiotimes.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/... 042
Reposted by Mark RavenhillQendra Multimedia @qendra-multimedia.bsky.social · 14/08/2026International Playwrights Workshop with Mark Ravenhill Call for Participants: “Fake It, Baby, Fake It! Until Death Tears Us Apart” qendra.org/call-for-par... @markravenhill.bsky.social 022
Mark Ravenhill @markravenhill.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Today I’ve been leading an acting workshop in London with teenagers on Romeo and Juliet. When the actors are the same age as the characters it’s very upsetting. Although the young actors described it as ‘fun’! So just me upset then. 1162
Mark Ravenhill @markravenhill.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Brilliance from Naomi Aldermann Could a couch-to-5k for books get you back into reading? 030
Reposted by Mark RavenhillOriol Puig Taulé @oriolpuigtaule.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Aquesta entrevista de l'Elisabeth Massana al Mark Ravenhill és estupenda. Imaginar-me-la explicant-li qui són La Maña i la Marta Bernal em fa moltíssima gràcia. @intersticis.bsky.social @markravenhill.bsky.social @nuvolpuntcom.bsky.social www.nuvol.com/teatre-i-dan...nuvol.comMark Ravenhill: «Encara confio en gairebé tots els éssers humans»Conversem amb el dramaturg anglès aprofitant la seva visita a l'Obrador d'Estiu de la Sala Beckett 042
Mark Ravenhill @markravenhill.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Nice piece about the show on which i was a writer www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...theguardian.comPompeii: Out of Time With Tom Hiddleston – the tale of ordinary Romans’ hopeless heroism is tearjerking televisionThe Avengers star teams up with real-life scholars for a look at the eruption of Vesuvius. At points it’s elegiac and moving, at others it’s majestic and brutal 0120
Mark Ravenhill @markravenhill.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I was interviewed today by someone who told me she had a Caryl Churchill tattoo. Too polite to ask to see it. Now I’ll always be wondering what it is .. 3164
Mark Ravenhill @markravenhill.bsky.social · 14/07/2026I’m in Barcelona all week leading a writers group at Sala Beckett with a public discussion Thursday 4pm 070
Mark Ravenhill @markravenhill.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Excited to be part of this week of public meetings in Barcelona 060
Mark Ravenhill @markravenhill.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Really enjoyed tonight’s screening of The Invite - sharp and stylish sex comedy 050
Reposted by Mark RavenhillMꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 03/07/2026There is a cure for buffetphobia, but first you’ve got to want to help yourself. 1436467
Reposted by Mark RavenhillMark Ravenhill @markravenhill.bsky.social · 02/07/2026If youre in Barcelona why not come to this ? www.salabeckett.cat/en/activitat...salabeckett.catGuillem Clua and Mark Ravenhill in conversation - Sala BeckettMark Ravenhill became known in 1996 with Shopping & Fucking, a play that already has its place in the history of English-language theatre. Guillem Clua has built up a solid career culminating (so far)... 193
Mark Ravenhill @markravenhill.bsky.social · 02/07/2026If youre in Barcelona why not come to this ? www.salabeckett.cat/en/activitat...salabeckett.catGuillem Clua and Mark Ravenhill in conversation - Sala BeckettMark Ravenhill became known in 1996 with Shopping & Fucking, a play that already has its place in the history of English-language theatre. Guillem Clua has built up a solid career culminating (so far)... 193
Reposted by Mark RavenhillThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 28/06/2026Still blazing after all these years: Mel Brooks at 100theguardian.comStill blazing after all these years: Mel Brooks at 100The director of The Producers hits his century as a uniquely beloved entertainer who embodies his conviction that ‘comedy is the opposite of death’ 14399102
Mark Ravenhill @markravenhill.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Borrowed a book today from the London Library and when it was stamped I saw that the last person to borrow it was 46 years ago! Late medieval French ‘fool’ plays must be kinda niche I guess … 0191
Mark Ravenhill @markravenhill.bsky.social · 25/06/2026I’ll be honest I went for the air con in the cinema but I really enjoyed Backrooms. Stylish with Charlie Kaufman meets Blair Witch vibes. And brilliant Chewitel Ejifor 060
Mark Ravenhill @markravenhill.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Great night at the Komische Oper with this revue of East German jukebox hostory www.komische-oper-berlin.de/spielplan/a-...komische-oper-berlin.de Mokka-Hits und Milchbar-Träume | Komische Oper Berlin Mokka-Hits und Milchbar-Träume, Axel Ranisch und Adam Benzwi, Eine Revue [2026], Besetzung: : Maria-Danaé Bansen, Gisa Flake, Mirka Wagner, Johannes Dunz, Philipp Meierhöfer, Nico Holonics, Thorsten M... 030
Mark Ravenhill @markravenhill.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Saw the film Savage House today: a little bit Barry Lyndon, a little bit The Favourite, a little bit The Draftmans Contract. Not quite those films equal but Clare Foy and Jack Farthing are compelling 060
Mark Ravenhill @markravenhill.bsky.social · 10/06/2026‘And in the second act, I shall wear a gown in a lovely shade of crushed understudy’. (I slightly paraphrase). From the Ivor Novello play Comedienne, currently on BBC Sounds 090
Mark Ravenhill @markravenhill.bsky.social · 07/06/2026I enjoyed this. Dame Sibyl in a forgotten Ivor Novello play on BBC sounds. Have a listen 030
Mark Ravenhill @markravenhill.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Been asked to rethink an idea for a European project because it is too much like a play and could I reconsider it as an abstract poetic essay drama ? Never had that note in the UK ! And yes of course I will ! 070
Mark Ravenhill @markravenhill.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Farewell dear Swetlana. I got to know her a little in my time at the Berliner Ensemble and she came round to our flat in Kreuzberg. Great actor, great human 021
Reposted by Mark RavenhillChristopher Hilton @chilton-bb.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Cambridge event alert: I'm speaking at Great St Mary's on Saturday 14th at 7pm, on "Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears: Shared Lives, Shared Legacy". Do come along if you're in the area: tickets here share.google/rdfJPlLyqiNX...share.googleBenjamin Britten and Peter Pears at the Red House: Shared Lives, Shared LegacyJoin us for a wonderful event entitled Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears at the Red House: Shared Lives, Shared Legacy by Christopher Hilton, Head of Archive and Library, Britten Pears Arts. 11210
Reposted by Mark RavenhillTom Sutcliffe @tds153.bsky.social · 30/04/2026On Front Row tonight: glorious Zurburán, The House of the Spirits as a Prime mini-series and Tom Wright’s play about Brian Epstein, Please Please Me. Join @mmdelgado.bsky.social and @markravenhill.bsky.social and me at 7:15 on Radio Four. 061
Mark Ravenhill @markravenhill.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Tonight at 7.15pm BBC Radio 4 Front Row I’ll be discussing the week’s cultural highlights including my own culture pick. It s a live programme. It would be great if you could listen. Thank you. 170
Mark Ravenhill @markravenhill.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Excited for Monday. I’ll be spending a month at RADA directing second years in a new comedy I’ve written. First time at RADA where I wanted to go as a teenager and now forty years later … 1170
Reposted by Mark Ravenhillemer mchugh’s the devils @emer.bsky.social · 23/04/2026hilariously i had to be reminded it was shakespeare’s birthday today. anyway it’s a good day as any to tell yous that my book IRISH SHAKESPEARES: GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND PERFORMANCE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY has been sent into production at Routledge [pre-order link tbc!] 1247
Mark Ravenhill @markravenhill.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Final performance tonight of Strauss’ Salome which I’ve directed for Regents Opera. In awe of the musicianship of cast and orchestra. Thanks to everyone who came to see us. 0110
Reposted by Mark RavenhillWriters' Guild of Great Britain @writersguildgb.bsky.social · 22/04/20261/ A reminder that WGGB members can get free support and advice on a wide variety of contract, copyright and workplace issues - even if you've signed a confidentiality clause or NDA And we will not take action without consulting with you 122
Mark Ravenhill @markravenhill.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Check out my article, double page spread in today’s Daily Telegraph 0130
Mark Ravenhill @markravenhill.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Four stars from The Times for my production of Salome for Regents Opera playing until April 23 1161
Reposted by Mark RavenhillChristopher Hilton @chilton-bb.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Some 1977 photos of Imogen Holst by Nigel Luckhurst (copyright Britten Pears Arts): conducting a rehearsal, and preparing with the young Steven Isserlis for a concert, first in her Church Walk home and then onstage in the Jubilee Hall. 152
Reposted by Mark RavenhillChristopher Hilton @chilton-bb.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Today's the birthday of Imogen Holst: composer, conductor, musicologist, educator and all-round powerhouse: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imogen_.... Her extensive archive is held at the Red House (www.bpacatalogue.org/archive/HOL) and her influence is woven into much of what Britten and Pears did here.en.wikipedia.orgImogen Holst - Wikipedia 227372
Reposted by Mark RavenhillChristopher Hilton @chilton-bb.bsky.social · 12/04/2026One of the fun things we did in the past few years was help the background research that supported @markravenhill.bsky.social's play "Ben and Imo" on the Holst-Britten relationship: that really captured the energy you see fizzing off her in these photos. 052
Mark Ravenhill @markravenhill.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Lights and set are being put into York Hall right now for the Salome I’m directing for Regents Opera opens April 10th 2140
Reposted by Mark RavenhillBerliner Ensemble @blnensemble.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Theater für alle... wir wünschen euch heute einen schönen Welttheatertag! bis bald im Berliner Ensemble. 093
Reposted by Mark RavenhillMark Ravenhill @markravenhill.bsky.social · 27/03/2026You know you’re in a creative place when … ‘I think your character should bring on a pair of handcuffs’ I say and when the scene comes the singer has made their own rehearsal prop from gaffer tape! My production of Salome for Regents Opera opens April 10th in York Hall, Bethnal Green 0111
Mark Ravenhill @markravenhill.bsky.social · 27/03/2026You know you’re in a creative place when … ‘I think your character should bring on a pair of handcuffs’ I say and when the scene comes the singer has made their own rehearsal prop from gaffer tape! My production of Salome for Regents Opera opens April 10th in York Hall, Bethnal Green 0111
Mark Ravenhill @markravenhill.bsky.social · 19/03/2026If you’re a professional theatre maker and wonder what happens in an opera rehearsal room ..: I’m in Vauxhall for the next two weeks rehearsing Strauss’ Salome. If you’d like to observe a rehearsal for a few hours drop me a message 3114
Reposted by Mark RavenhillCW @cwassermann.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Very excited about the prospect of seeing such a great Opera within walking distance of my house. And in such a historic venue. 011
Mark Ravenhill @markravenhill.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Rehearsals are go! Come see the production of Strauss’ Salome im directing. Opens April 11th in Bethnal Green regentsopera.com 041
