Articles by Mark Ludmon

About Mark Ludmon

Mark Ludmon has been a journalist for over 20 years, specialising in theatre as well as hospitality and drinks after starting out on regional daily newspapers. He has an MA in early modern literature and history, focusing on Elizabethan and Jacobean drama, and a theatre studies MA from Royal Central School of Speech & Drama. He has also been on the judging panel for the Olivier Awards. He can be found tweeting as @MarkLudmon and writing about theatre at https://markludmon.com.

West End Theatre – What is opening and when – May 2021

3 April 2021 Mark Ludmon Comments Off

As West End Theatre prepares to re-open with the easing of COVID-19 restrictions Showcall.Online takes a look at the shows opening (and re-opening) over the coming months. […]

Streaming theatre highlights – April 2021

1 April 2021 Mark Ludmon Comments Off

Mark Ludmon previews new streaming theatre highlights available online in April, from comedy and drama to musicals and revues. […]

Our pick of streaming theatre online in March 2021

1 March 2021 Mark Ludmon Comments Off

Mark Ludmon offers a preview of the theatre streaming online in March including Fionn Whitehead and Alfred Enoch in The Picture of Dorian Gray. […]

Graeae completes casting for online series of new plays

6 February 2021 Mark Ludmon Comments Off

Sharon Duncan-Brewster and Sharon D Clarke are among performers lined up for new plays by Deaf and disabled artists in Graeae’s Crips Without Constraints Part 2. […]

Valentine’s dramas to be performed live down the phone

6 February 2021 Mark Ludmon Comments Off

New Perspectives and Stute Theatre are collaborating on Love Down the Line – short love-themed dramas performed live over the telephone for Valentine’s weekend. Theatre company New Perspectives is to present plays that will be […]

Actors to perform writers’ letters of ‘hope in uncertain times’

1 February 2021 Mark Ludmon Comments Off

Actors Touring Company and Northern Stage are to present six performances of letters written by writers to provide “uplifting” messages of hope Actors around the UK will perform an online series of letters written by […]

New theatre streaming in February 2021

1 February 2021 Mark Ludmon Comments Off

Mark Ludmon picks out some of the new shows streaming online in February 2021 […]

Audiences to tuck into meal as part of online drama

28 January 2021 Mark Ludmon Comments Off

Vera Chok’s new play, Rice!, will be performed live in London and Malaysia while audiences enjoy a meal cooked with ingredients delivered to their homes. Audiences are being invited to cook and enjoy a meal […]

Actors line up for Peter Barnes monologues online

25 January 2021 Mark Ludmon Comments Off

A series of monologues by award-winning playwright Peter Barnes will be streamed from Theatre Royal Windsor by Original Theatre Company with four leading actors Jon Culshaw, Matthew Kelly, Jemma Redgrave and Adrian Scarborough are to […]

Star cast assembles for online reading of Restoration comedy

25 January 2021 Mark Ludmon Comments Off

Jermyn Street Theatre in London is to present an online reading of William Wycherley’s 1671 comedy, Love in a Wood, with a large cast of leading actors William Wycherley’s little-known Restoration comedy Love in a […]