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Ten Plagues

Ten Plagues

Intense, moving Marc Almond-starring plague musical strikes a chord

(4 stars)11 Aug 2011

A one-man musical based on eyewitness accounts of the London Plague of 1665 starring Marc Almond sounds on paper like the kind of parody you’d find on the website fakefringe.com. Indeed, the 80s pop icon seems nervous as he takes to the stage in black…

Ten Plagues - Mark Ravenhill musical inspired by London Plague of 1665

Ten Plagues - Mark Ravenhill musical inspired by London Plague of 1665

Marc Almond stars in anticipated 2011 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show

27 Jul 2011

There’s something about apocalypse that has run through the human psyche, and a great deal of art, for over a century. Be it HG Wells’ Martian invasions or Ballard’s Great Droughts, these scenarios are often about moments where everyday life and our…

The theatre shows to look out for at Edinburgh Fringe 2011

The theatre shows to look out for at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2011

Dance Marathon, Ten Plagues and Tuesdays at Tescos among highlights

9 Jun 2011

As ever the theatre programme of this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe is overflowing with keen ideas, exciting stories and risk-taking. The Traverse Theatre maintains its position as the beating heart of the Fringe, with Dominic Hill’s final programme…

UK playwrights bite back over Government cuts

UK playwrights fight government cuts

Theatre Uncut features work by Mark Ravenhill, David Greig, Lucy Kirkwood and Jack Thorne

18 Feb 2011

Scotland’s art scene seldom stands on ceremony and next month looks set to be just as impressive as Bedlam Theatre hosts a day of theatre, music and talk, as part of a nationwide stand against the Government spending review. Playwrights including Mark…

Interview with Playwright Mark Ravenhill

Bourne to be wild - Mark Ravenhill interview

New show based on flamboyant gay theatre icon Bette Bourne

6 Aug 2009

Mark Ravenhill is making a habit of redefining what a Fringe play can be. Two years ago, his Ravenhill for Breakfast offered ever growing crowds a chance to see a daily changing programme of short plays written almost as fast as they could be performed…

Ravenhill For Breakfast

16 Aug 2007

With a new 30-minute play every morning, breakfast doesn’t get much fresher. While all the plays are connected, they each stand alone as a 30 minute rehearsed reading. Woman in Love tells the story of a dying man in hospital and those closest to him. A…

Ravenhill for Breakfast

Edinburgh Festival Fringe

19 Jul 2007

Perhaps if he hadn’t been asked to write a column for the Guardian, Mark Ravenhill would never have set himself the challenge of Ravenhill for Breakfast. For each of the 17 morning performances, the author of Shopping and Fucking and, er, Dick…

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