My work puts art before politics, says LGBTQ+ playwright Mark Ravenhill
LGBTQ+ theatre should put art before politics and stop pushing a social agenda, said top British playwright Mark Ravenhill ahead of his “queer reinvention” of Puccini’s opera “La Boheme”. Known globally for his 1990s megahit “Shopping and Fucking”, Ravenhill said LGBTQ+ arts must first and foremost entertain; he even rewrote the official website description of his new opera to reflect that priority. “I’m not particularly interested in art as an agent of social change,” he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in a telephone interview ahead of Thursday’s gala opening. “I…
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