Michael Berkeley is joined by one of Britain's best-known contemporary playwrights. Mark Ravenhill has won fame over the past decade with a series of plays whose contemporary themes, sensational subject-matter, and black humour have intrigued and scandalised audiences worldwide. His musical choices have a strong political slant and reveal a passion for opera, including Offenbach's satirical comedy
Orpheus in the Underworld, Beethoven's Fidelio, Verdi's Rigoletto, John Adams 's Nixon in China and Britten's Peter Grimes.