This is one of my favourite MR exercises - his discussion of stage time is ace and the exercise is a great way for a playwright to try out new ideas/openings. Good for morning pages.

Happy Fathers Day. My Dad is 89. He’ll be spending it eating Eccles cake, watching Richard Osman repeats and saying ‘they should have made Shirley Williams Prime Minister’.

Sunday with Buster Keaton at the bfi. Fab ! bfi.org.uk/film/136a6211-…

Morning! 101 Exercises for Playwrights. I just wrote 'Exercise 22'. buttondown.email/MarkRavenhill/…

Standby for exercise 22 of my 101 exercises for playwrights which drops FREE tomorrow for subscribers. Come join the 2,600+ folk who are reading/writing along.

I’ve been writing pages every week for my June classes, working from a very old Commedia scenario. Next week we’ll finish with a reading of that new play written in four weeks! More classes in July tickettailor.com/events/runatit…?

having a fantastic time in the world of masks and commedia dell'arte and sex jokes with the brilliant Mark Ravenhill, who between these workshops and his weekly writing exercises is keeping me very busy! today really clarified the style for me bring on next week 𝗥𝗨𝗡 𝗔𝗧 𝗜𝗧 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚

Great to see that there are still new subscribers for my 101 Exercises. If any of the exercises is useful pass it on to students, writers groups etc. Adapt and modify them as you need. They’re not my original thoughts. Ive learnt from others. They belong to all of us.

Great to see that there are still new subscribers for my 101 Exercises. If any of the exercises is useful pass it on to students, writers groups etc. Adapt and modify them as you need. They’re not my original thoughts. Ive learnt from others. They belong to all of us.

Announcing the Polka Playwriting Award 🥳

Open to writers at any stage of their career, we're looking for bold new stories and new voices that champion exceptional playwriting and the important creation of new work for Young Audiences.

101 Exercises for Playwrights. FREE to subscribers. I just wrote 'Exercise 21'. buttondown.email/MarkRavenhill/…

Number 21 of my 101 Exercises for Playwrights drops free to 2500+ subscribers tomorrow. Great to bump into a couple more of you today in Soho !

Fresh out the oven and very tasty! Book your FREE tix for graduating playwrights showcase tomorrow outsavvy.com/event/20258/ro…

Fresh out the oven and very tasty! Book your FREE tix for graduating playwrights showcase tomorrow outsavvy.com/event/20258/ro…

One way of addressing the 'broken pipeline' is generosity.
The kind that Mark Ravenhill shows with his abundantly intelligent and invaluable 101 tips for playwriting. (FREE)
I get not everyone can/would do this - but it's so refreshing when someone is this generous.

Husband, my dad, me at Petworth House today

A new exercise has dropped! Click on the link to read and subscribe for FREE. I just wrote 'Exercise 20'. buttondown.email/MarkRavenhill/…

I’m hosting this showcase of new writing. Follow link to book your FREE ticket outsavvy.com/event/20258/ro…