New Writing South
The New Writing South Lecture at Brighton Festival 2011
Mark Ravenhill
Playing with Fire
Controversial and influential playwright Mark Ravenhill draws on his works, writings and passion for the arts to deliver the first New Writing South Lecture.
Ravenhill gave British contemporary theatre a short sharp shock with his now infamous debut Shopping and Fucking back in 1996. Since then he has probed the fault lines of modern consumer culture in a string of often visceral theatre works including: Handbag (98), Some Explicit Polaroids (99) and the epic war cycle Shoot/Get Treasure/Repeat (08).
He is also a regular arts commentator, journalist and occasional librettist.
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