12 Facts About Mark Ravenhill

Mark Ravenhill was born on 7 June 1966 and is an English playwright, actor and journalist.

Mark Ravenhill made his professional acting debut in his own monologue Product, at the 2005 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Mark Ravenhill is the elder of two sons born to Ted and Angela Mark Ravenhill.

Mark Ravenhill grew up in West Sussex, England and cultivated an early interest in theatre, putting on plays with his brother when they were eight and seven, respectively.

Mark Ravenhill studied English and Drama at Bristol University from 1984 to 1987, and worked as a freelance director, workshop leader and drama teacher.

Mark Ravenhill's play The Cut moves into Pinteresque territory, its metaphorical image of a near-future society organised around an unspecified surgical procedure was an allegory of liberal authoritarianism.

Mark Ravenhill worked in music theatre, creating libretti for Monteverdi's The Coronation of Poppea and a new music-theatre piece Ten Plagues written for Marc Almond.

Mark Ravenhill was commissioned by the London Gay Men's Chorus for a piece to mark the choir's 21st anniversary in 2012.

Mark Ravenhill returned to the Royal Court in 2018 with The Cane, about a schoolteacher whose distant history as an administer of corporal punishment threatens his reputation, his family even his life.

Mark Ravenhill created ITV sitcom Vicious with Gary Janetti which aired between 2013 and 2016.

In 2021, Mark Ravenhill was appointed co-artistic director of the King's Head Theatre for 2022.

In September 2023, the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama announced that Mark Ravenhill would be joining their teaching staff as a Visiting Lecturer and co-tutor, focusing his time on the Writing for Performance BA degree.