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Ben and Imo at Orange Tree Theatre review: a small gem of a play

4/5 Erica Whyman’s efficient production retells the story of how Benjamin Britten’s catastrophic Coronation piece Gloriana was created

Evening Standard

Mark Ravenhill reveals 10 new plays to be performed over two days

The writer of Shopping and Fucking will direct cycle of bawdy comedies inspired by scenarios from a 17th-century Italian collection

The Guardian - UK

‘Peter Capaldi was punched off his chair’: Fifty years of explosive theatre company Paines Plough

From locking playwrights up until a drama emerged to dreaming up Sarah Kane’s Crave in a pub; the talent behind half a century of innovation reveal their secrets

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Ben and Imo review – Mark Ravenhill races Benjamin Britten and Imogen Holst towards a coronation deadline

Samuel Barnett and Victoria Yeates as the composer and his ‘assistant’ test the limits of collaboration as they work towards the completion of Britten’s 1953 opera Gloriana

The Guardian - UK

Ben and Imo review – Britten and Holst’s collaboration slides into cruelty

Mark Ravenhill’s reimagining of the duo’s work on Gloriana exposes imbalances in the partnership but ultimately is a tragedy of thwarted ambition

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Britannicus; Tony! (The Tony Blair Rock Opera); The Haunting of Susan A

Even Timberlake Wertenbaker can’t quite ignite Racine’s tyrannical hero; Harry Hill’s New Labour musical is a gag-filled joy; and the spirits move for Mark Ravenhill

The Guardian - UK

The Haunting of Susan A review – a pint of fear in pub theatre’s ghost story

King’s Head theatre, LondonA mixture of ghoulish horror and atmospheric history, Mark Ravenhill’s play vibrates with frights and fury

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The Haunting of Susan A, King’s Head theatre review: sketchy, underdeveloped ghost story

New artistic director Mark Ravenhill’s spooky tale, inspired by the King’s Head itself, is ambitious but clumsily done

Evening Standard

La Bohème at the King’s Head review: opera on a shoestring but affectingly sung

Mark Ravenhill’s first production as artistic director of the King’s Head Theatre moves Puccuni’s opera to contemporary London

Evening Standard

Blackmail review – play that brought Hitchcock a hit is retooled for today

Handsomely staged, Mark Ravenhill’s version of Charles Bennett’s 1920s thriller includes pertinent concerns about policing and the abuse of power

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