'Cut' and 'Product'

Two bold new dramas from the author of Shopping & F***ing<br/><br/><br/><p><br/>The Cut<p>Paul is an ordinary man with a shocking secret. At home he is a loving husband and father. At work he administers the cut. In a society sickened by his profession Paul struggles with his conscience and longs to tell the truth. <p>The Cut has its world premiere at the Donmar Warehouse London on 23 February 2006 starring Ian McKellan.<p>Product<p>'I love your work I love it. I've seen you do those turns on a sixpence....You're fabulous. And this material is going to be fabulous once it's punched up.' Amy is a hot young starlet. Now all she needs is the script which will save her from B movie hell a script which balances artistic integrity with blockbuster bucks. Mark thinks he's got the perfect pitch - a script which combines a torrid love story with the dark spectre of terrorism and big big explosions. If he can only persuade Amy he's got the perfect Product. <p>Mark Ravenhill starred in this monologue piece when it premiered to critical acclaim at the Traverse Theatre Edinburgh in August 2005.<p>'Ravenhill has more to say and says it more refreshingly and wittily than any other playwright of his generation' Time Out<p>'There are few stage authors writing more interestingly than Mark Ravenhill ... He is - it is now yet more evident - a searing intelligent disturbing sociologist with a talent for satirical dialogue and a flair for sexual sensationalism' Financial Times<p>'Compelling viewing' Guardian (on The Cut at the Donmar Warehouse)<br/></p><br/>