Mark Ludmon

@markludmon.bsky.social

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Freelance journalist, editor & ghostwriter, writing on theatre, drinks, bars etc. Theatre studies MA from Central School of Speech & Drama. Early modern literature & history postgrad. Včasih slovensko, parfois français, always European. 🌈 he/him

Miranda Raison as Ellen Terry and Ralph Fiennes as Henry Irving in Grace Pervades. Photo by Marc Brenner
Ana Schnabl on the right sat with Katharina in a bookshop talking
The entrance to the King’s Head Theatre with a large poster for Churchill’s Urinal featuring Rosie Holt holding a Chancellor of the Exchequer red box
Kiran Deol in a hospital gown in a publicity shot for her show
Katarina Gomboc Čeh with her novel, Nobody Knows Anybody
Donna Banya as DC Mary Quant with a notepad, Pierre Gervais as Magritte with a pipe and Stephen Tompkinson as DCI Thistletwaite with a magnifying glass
Five people on a panel at a conference
Six people on an industry panel on stage on a laptop screen
Laptop screen saying “A home for writers by playwrights for playwrights”
Welcome screen on a laptop for The Stage Future of Theatre event
Claudia Jolly as Brenda Dean in In The Print. Photo by Charlie Flint Photography.
Paperback of Olivia Laing’s The Lonely City on a counter next to a black coffee in a coffee shop
Paperback copies of Goran Vojnović’s books, The Fig Tree and Yugoslavia, My Fatherland, in English from Istros Books
Iris Apatow, Lana Condor, Millicent Simmonds, Avantika and Maddie Ziegler in blood-spattered white ballet costumes standing on a staircase with Uma Thurman in Pretty Lethal
Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen on Netflix
Black and white photo of Harry James with a trumpet, with the message, You're one of Harry James's top fans, so we just had to let you know: they just dropped tour dates - and yep, they're headed your way. You already know it's going to be huge. Don't miss your chance to see your fave live.
Photo by Manuel Harlan showing members of the cast on stage.
With a bushy greying beard and shaggy hair, Pearce Quigley stands on a path on a garden holding two large glass jars.
Seven women and a man singing in Ballad Lines
Bridge Theatre in London behind a bare winter tree
A puppet of a Renaissance man holding a red rose from Death of Gesualdo
Mia McKenna-Bruce as Lady Eileen holding an alarm clock in a garden
A copy of The Stage weekly newspaper on a wooden table in a cafe next to a flat white in a black cup and saucer.
Promo for Uncanny with picture of Danny Robins in a red anorak looking back
Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Lighton on stage for a panel Q&A below a screen showing Harry Melling and Alexander in Pillion
A panel sitting in front of a white cinema screen saying only Jay Kelly and N for Netflix including Noah Baumbach, George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Billy Crudup, producer David Heyman and casting director Nina Gold.
The frontage of Trafalgar Theatre by night with Clarkston on the marquee featuring an image of Joe Locke.
The frontage of the Harold Pinter Theatre with displays promoting The Weir
The exterior of the Wyndham’s Theatre in London with Born With Teeth on the marquee.
Shelves of books including Wayne Sleep’s autobiography, Just Different, between Joshua Whitehead’s novel, Jonny Appleseed, and Boy George’s memoir, Karma.
The video backdrop, in the style of a 1940s black and white movie, saying Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein The Musical with a bare, stagily lit stage.
Inside Manchester Victoria station where a Starbucks has been installed in the old railway bar which still has the sign “1st Class Refreshment Room” over the windows and doors.
The programme for Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein propped up on the bar at Hope Mill Theatre next to a beer pump.
A black goat being chased by an alpaca in a pen at Vauxhall City Farm with Vauxhall Gardens park and a skyline of skyscrapers in the background.
Laurie Kynaston as Hungry Paul and Alex Lawther as Leonard facing each other sitting on low cushions at a round wooden table in Leonard & Hungry Paul.
Aimee Lou Wood and a beaming Suranne Jones standing outside a suburban front door.