Mark Ravenhill is one of the most distinctive contemporary UK playwrights. He burst on to the theatre scene in 1996 with the huge hit "Shopping and Fucking". He has continued to garner critical acclaim for plays that include "Some Explicit Polaroids", "Mother Clap's Molly House", and more recently "Shoot/Get Treasure/Repeat" (National Theatre, Royal Court, Paines Plough, The Gate Theatre, April 2008).