Mark Ludmon
@markludmon.bsky.social
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. 🌈 he/him
Settling down to read what must be the last-ever weekly issue of The Stage before it goes monthly.
End of an era: I remember picking it up from newsagents in the West End when I first starting coming into London to go to the theatre in the 1980s.
#londontheatre #theatre #journalism
End of an era: I remember picking it up from newsagents in the West End when I first starting coming into London to go to the theatre in the 1980s.
#londontheatre #theatre #journalism
December 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Settling down to read what must be the last-ever weekly issue of The Stage before it goes monthly.
End of an era: I remember picking it up from newsagents in the West End when I first starting coming into London to go to the theatre in the 1980s.
#londontheatre #theatre #journalism
End of an era: I remember picking it up from newsagents in the West End when I first starting coming into London to go to the theatre in the 1980s.
#londontheatre #theatre #journalism
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The Angel has been my stomping ground since before I learned to swear so this gives me immense fucking pleasure!
December 15, 2025 at 10:36 AM
The Angel has been my stomping ground since before I learned to swear so this gives me immense fucking pleasure!
Olivier Py’s new production of Jerry Herman’s La Cage aux Folles at Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris is magnifique, with a superb cast led by Laurent Lafitte as Albin/Zaza. Go see it if you can. On ne vit qu’une fois…
It’s in French but with English surtitles.
#paris #lacageauxfolles #jerryherman
It’s in French but with English surtitles.
#paris #lacageauxfolles #jerryherman
December 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Olivier Py’s new production of Jerry Herman’s La Cage aux Folles at Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris is magnifique, with a superb cast led by Laurent Lafitte as Albin/Zaza. Go see it if you can. On ne vit qu’une fois…
It’s in French but with English surtitles.
#paris #lacageauxfolles #jerryherman
It’s in French but with English surtitles.
#paris #lacageauxfolles #jerryherman
I may have forgotten much of my Latin but I can’t help wondering if this plural ending for “alumnus” is deliberately gender-switched or just wrong. It’s about performers with a mix of genders.
(I’m all for anglicising plurals like “stadiums” but “alumnuses” doesn’t work.)
(I’m all for anglicising plurals like “stadiums” but “alumnuses” doesn’t work.)
December 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
I may have forgotten much of my Latin but I can’t help wondering if this plural ending for “alumnus” is deliberately gender-switched or just wrong. It’s about performers with a mix of genders.
(I’m all for anglicising plurals like “stadiums” but “alumnuses” doesn’t work.)
(I’m all for anglicising plurals like “stadiums” but “alumnuses” doesn’t work.)
A bit of a surprise in my top tracks of 2025 on Spotify but guitarist Alexandra Whittingham’s beautiful recordings are my go-to whenever I need to relax.
#SpotifyWrapped
#SpotifyWrapped
December 4, 2025 at 9:28 AM
A bit of a surprise in my top tracks of 2025 on Spotify but guitarist Alexandra Whittingham’s beautiful recordings are my go-to whenever I need to relax.
#SpotifyWrapped
#SpotifyWrapped
December 4, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Loved funny & touching new film Pillion, exploring relationship dynamics through BDSM. Interesting Q&A afterwards with Alexander Skarsgård & writer/director Harry Lighton.
#pillionmovie
#pillionmovie
November 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Loved funny & touching new film Pillion, exploring relationship dynamics through BDSM. Interesting Q&A afterwards with Alexander Skarsgård & writer/director Harry Lighton.
#pillionmovie
#pillionmovie
I love how the Slovene word for murder, “umor”, works so well for the punning title of Založba Goga’s collection of classic murder mysteries, “Memento umori”.
Se v naši družini pripravljamo na umor? Sploh ne, je pa res da tak vtis daje naš nakup na knjižnem sejmu.
November 29, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I love how the Slovene word for murder, “umor”, works so well for the punning title of Založba Goga’s collection of classic murder mysteries, “Memento umori”.
A sad day: another trade magazine abandoning its weekly print publication, in this case after nearly 145 years.
From January 2026, The Stage will no longer appear as a weekly newspaper but rather as a monthly magazine designed for deeper reading, says Alistair Smith.
Read more 👉 www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/...
Read more 👉 www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/...
November 27, 2025 at 8:53 AM
A sad day: another trade magazine abandoning its weekly print publication, in this case after nearly 145 years.
Found time today to visit Gainsborough’s House in Sudbury in Suffolk before a meeting. A fantastic museum and gallery with a mix of contemporary art, including a great Stanley Spencer exhibition on until March, alongside Gainsboroughs & Constables.
#gainsborough #suffolk #stanleyspencer
#gainsborough #suffolk #stanleyspencer
November 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Found time today to visit Gainsborough’s House in Sudbury in Suffolk before a meeting. A fantastic museum and gallery with a mix of contemporary art, including a great Stanley Spencer exhibition on until March, alongside Gainsboroughs & Constables.
#gainsborough #suffolk #stanleyspencer
#gainsborough #suffolk #stanleyspencer
Enjoyed seeing Noah Baumbach’s film, Jay Kelly, on the big screen with a starry cast led by George Clooney. Despite his character’s flaws, it’s a compelling celebration of films & film-making. The post-screening Q&A with Clooney, Baumbach, Adam Sandler, Billy Crudup etc added to the fun.
#JayKelly
#JayKelly
November 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Enjoyed seeing Noah Baumbach’s film, Jay Kelly, on the big screen with a starry cast led by George Clooney. Despite his character’s flaws, it’s a compelling celebration of films & film-making. The post-screening Q&A with Clooney, Baumbach, Adam Sandler, Billy Crudup etc added to the fun.
#JayKelly
#JayKelly
Hey, marketers: it may be a Friday today but Black Friday is NOT “here” yet…
#BlackFriday
#BlackFriday
November 21, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Hey, marketers: it may be a Friday today but Black Friday is NOT “here” yet…
#BlackFriday
#BlackFriday
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Morning. Don’t know if this counts as promotion or just me
Mouthing off? Possibly both. Anyway Ordinary Decent Criminal is on your for three more weeks.
Mouthing off? Possibly both. Anyway Ordinary Decent Criminal is on your for three more weeks.
a brief history of resistance, with @markthomasinfo.bsky.social 🔥
November 19, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Morning. Don’t know if this counts as promotion or just me
Mouthing off? Possibly both. Anyway Ordinary Decent Criminal is on your for three more weeks.
Mouthing off? Possibly both. Anyway Ordinary Decent Criminal is on your for three more weeks.
Pleased to catch Clarkston in its final week at Trafalgar Theatre: a solid American drama lifted by three very strong performances from Joe Locke, Ruaridh Mollica and Sophie Melville.
#LondonTheatre
#LondonTheatre
November 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Pleased to catch Clarkston in its final week at Trafalgar Theatre: a solid American drama lifted by three very strong performances from Joe Locke, Ruaridh Mollica and Sophie Melville.
#LondonTheatre
#LondonTheatre
Looking forward to a haunting time at The Weir at the Harold Pinter Theatre
November 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Looking forward to a haunting time at The Weir at the Harold Pinter Theatre
A clever way of highlighting how today’s transphobia is horrifyingly similar to the homophobic rhetoric of the past.
haveigotphobiaforyou.com
haveigotphobiaforyou.com
Have I Got Phobia For You
Bringing attention to the often harmful practices of our mainstream media. Thankfully the days of vile hostility against gay people are now more or less over, but, reading today’s newspapers, there’s ...
haveigotphobiaforyou.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:02 PM
A clever way of highlighting how today’s transphobia is horrifyingly similar to the homophobic rhetoric of the past.
haveigotphobiaforyou.com
haveigotphobiaforyou.com
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You should act your age – at least when it comes to exercise. Here’s why
You should act your age – at least when it comes to exercise. Here’s why
Adapting your fitness routine to your physical realities can help prevent injury from over-exercising
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
You should act your age – at least when it comes to exercise. Here’s why
Born With Teeth was very entertaining, especially for someone as interested in early modern English theatre and history as me. I can’t believe I nearly missed it. Ncuti Gatwa was great but Edward Bluemel was superb as Will Shakespeare.
Looking forward to catching Born With Teeth with Ncuti Gatwa & Edward Bluemel on the show’s last day.
November 2, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Born With Teeth was very entertaining, especially for someone as interested in early modern English theatre and history as me. I can’t believe I nearly missed it. Ncuti Gatwa was great but Edward Bluemel was superb as Will Shakespeare.
Looking forward to catching Born With Teeth with Ncuti Gatwa & Edward Bluemel on the show’s last day.
November 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Looking forward to catching Born With Teeth with Ncuti Gatwa & Edward Bluemel on the show’s last day.
Still can’t get my head round the bookshop in Manchester where books are shelved by title, not by author or genre (with no consistency over whether titles starting with “The” come under T or not). I guess it suits browsing but it messed with my head too much!
October 30, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Still can’t get my head round the bookshop in Manchester where books are shelved by title, not by author or genre (with no consistency over whether titles starting with “The” come under T or not). I guess it suits browsing but it messed with my head too much!
A great time last night seeing Nick Winston’s wonderfully silly, arch and funny production of Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein The Musical at Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre. Ore Oduba is brilliant as Dr Frankenstein, leading a top-notch cast.
#Manchester #Frankenstein
#Manchester #Frankenstein
October 29, 2025 at 8:10 AM
A great time last night seeing Nick Winston’s wonderfully silly, arch and funny production of Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein The Musical at Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre. Ore Oduba is brilliant as Dr Frankenstein, leading a top-notch cast.
#Manchester #Frankenstein
#Manchester #Frankenstein
At Manchester Victoria station and there’s a long queue for Greggs while the Starbucks is virtually deserted.
#Greggs #Manchester
#Greggs #Manchester
October 29, 2025 at 7:59 AM
At Manchester Victoria station and there’s a long queue for Greggs while the Starbucks is virtually deserted.
#Greggs #Manchester
#Greggs #Manchester
Spicing up a grim northern work trip by spending an evening with Young Frankenstein at Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre! 👻
@hopemill.bsky.social #manchester #theatre #frankenstein
@hopemill.bsky.social #manchester #theatre #frankenstein
October 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Spicing up a grim northern work trip by spending an evening with Young Frankenstein at Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre! 👻
@hopemill.bsky.social #manchester #theatre #frankenstein
@hopemill.bsky.social #manchester #theatre #frankenstein
“Sorry I was a bit late for our meeting but I was distracted by an alpaca chasing a goat”
Vauxhall City Farm is always worth a detour.
#vauxhall
Vauxhall City Farm is always worth a detour.
#vauxhall
October 21, 2025 at 9:37 AM
“Sorry I was a bit late for our meeting but I was distracted by an alpaca chasing a goat”
Vauxhall City Farm is always worth a detour.
#vauxhall
Vauxhall City Farm is always worth a detour.
#vauxhall
Riot Women is as glorious as everyone’s been telling me.
#RiotWomen
#RiotWomen
October 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Riot Women is as glorious as everyone’s been telling me.
#RiotWomen
#RiotWomen