A cast of 80 professional actors will premiere 10 funny and bawdy new comedy plays by Mark Ravenhill at Wilton’s Music Hall on 9 & 10 May. The titles of the plays have been revealed, with three featuring all-female casts.
Rehearsed readings will take place over a marathon 48 hours.
The 10 plays are revealed today:
Friday 9 May
- Run At It Horny (12noon – 13.30)
- Run At It Babies (14.00 – 15.30)
- Run At It Backstage (all-female company) (16.00 -17.30)
- Run At It Toothless (all-female company) (18.00 – 19.30)
- Run At It With A Plan (all-female company) (20.00 – 21.30)
Saturday 10 May
- Run At It Twins (12noon – 13.30)
- Run At It In Disguise (14.00 – 15.30)
- Run At It Feuding (16.00 -17.30)
- Run At It In The Countryside (18.00 – 19.30)
- Run At It With A Vengeance (20.00 – 21.30)
Run At It Laughing is an epic celebration of comedy and our shared humanity. Based on scenarios first published in Italy in 1611, this cycle of 10 90-minute new comedies will be presented as rehearsed readings over two days. Each play can be enjoyed by itself or as part of the sequence.
Playwright Mark Ravenhill, known for Shopping and F-ing and The Cane (Royal Court), Mother Clap’s Molly House and Citizenship (National Theatre), and Ben and Imo (Royal Shakespeare Company), wrote a new play every month in 2024, working alongside professional actors at Run At It SHOUTING workshops. He also directs the readings.
He said: “During the workshops, one of the actors said: ‘It’s a bit like a Carry On film written by Shakespeare’. That’s the sweet spot I’m aiming for, Matron!”
Play 1
Run At It Horny
Omar Aga, Olsen Elezi, Michelle Charvez Grant, Gary Lammin, Chris Gallagher, Fiona Spreadborough, Mariella Dickhoff, Rebecca Snook, Ting Fung, Kay Boggett, Anna Tammela, Kasper Faulkner.
Play 2
Run At It Babies
Kathryn Pridgeon, Duncan Hess, Matthew Dunlop, Pascal Orzabal, Sasha Brooks, Sophie MacDonald, Charlie Ryall, Ron Shah, Josie Dee, Alistair Rowley, Claire Monique Martin.
Play 3
Run At It Backstage (all female company)
Sedona Rose, Nasia Ntalia, Lisa Blackwell, Sophie Marlowe, Jodyanne Richardson, Eleonora Andronaco, Katie Carlton, Krista Larsen, Phoebe-Ray Levene, Sascha Latoya, Dorthea Darby.
Play 4
Run At It Toothless (all female company)
Amanda Waggott, Claire Monique Martin, Cheryl Storer, Philippa Casares, Hannah Van Der Westhuysen, Lesley Lemon, Victoria Turnbridge, Georgina Hart, Alex Kristoffy, Rebecca Harland.
Play 5
Run At It With A Plan (all female company)
Lottie Graham, Cheryl Stapleton, Emma Wilkinson Wright, Marta Carvalho, India Thain, Lucrezia Galeone, Scout Black, Bridget Fry, Anna Farthing, Tess O’ Shea, Laura Craus.
Play 6
Run At It Twins
Seughter Michael Lorchir, Elise Williams, Emma Stannard, Brandon Burke, Tallula White, Barbara Mariposa, Alec Watson, Vaibav Sharma, Finlay McGuigan, Eloise Sheffield, Sarah Cribdon.
Run At In Disguise
Michael Knighton, Lucas Hopgood, Georgia Polly Taylor, Lowri Evans, Sophie Karmal, Dom Czapski, Abigail Hunt, Karl Kennedy Williams, Michael Tcherepashenets, Laura Rose Barrett.
Play 8
Run At It Feuding
Bradley Stephen Lewis, Jun Noh, Rachel Heritage, James Anthony, Meg Coslett, Jessica Cochrane, Charlotte Touboulic, Danny Schienmann, Jasmine Yeoh, Laura Davey, Amy Thorpe, Ben Willows, Thomas Whitcomb.
Play 9
Run At In The Countryside
George Bamden, India Shaw Smith, Stephen Longstaffe, Ingrid Werner, Gavin Stewart, Claire Monique Martin, Angus Roughley, Mexx Grunwald, Kim Reichsteiner, Rowland Stirling.
Play 10
Run At It With A Vengance
Dionne Neish, JT Stocks, Pete Picton, Alice Gold, Lisa Day, Bianca Tornea, Smith Love, Oliver Moriarty, Ben Watts.
Listings and ticket information can be found here.
