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
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
The BBC adaptation of Rónán Hession’s Leonard & Hungry Paul is utterly charming, with a great cast led by Alex Lawther, Laurie Kynaston & Jamie-Lee O'Donnell. How could I resist the story of a sad socially inadequate ghost writer?
#LeonardAndHungryPaul
#LeonardAndHungryPaul
October 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The BBC adaptation of Rónán Hession’s Leonard & Hungry Paul is utterly charming, with a great cast led by Alex Lawther, Laurie Kynaston & Jamie-Lee O'Donnell. How could I resist the story of a sad socially inadequate ghost writer?
#LeonardAndHungryPaul
#LeonardAndHungryPaul
Loving new BBC3 comedy Film Club with a super cast led by Aimee Lou Wood & Nabhaan Rizwan plus Suranne Jones fabulous as mum Suz.
October 14, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Loving new BBC3 comedy Film Club with a super cast led by Aimee Lou Wood & Nabhaan Rizwan plus Suranne Jones fabulous as mum Suz.
I know I overslept this morning but did I miss something that explains why Google is giving me dates in the Persian calendar?!
October 11, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I know I overslept this morning but did I miss something that explains why Google is giving me dates in the Persian calendar?!
I appreciate there might be people who admire Hanya Yanagihara's A Little Life as a creative work but are there “fans” of what must be the darkest, most depressing book that most of us will ever read?
October 10, 2025 at 7:44 AM
I appreciate there might be people who admire Hanya Yanagihara's A Little Life as a creative work but are there “fans” of what must be the darkest, most depressing book that most of us will ever read?
Visited Quantum Untangled, a fascinating new (free) exhibition at Science Gallery London near London Bridge, featuring artwork inspired by quantum physics. Pictured are installations by Robin Baumgarten and Conrad Shawcross - best observed in person.
#quantumphysics #quantummechanics
#quantumphysics #quantummechanics
October 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Visited Quantum Untangled, a fascinating new (free) exhibition at Science Gallery London near London Bridge, featuring artwork inspired by quantum physics. Pictured are installations by Robin Baumgarten and Conrad Shawcross - best observed in person.
#quantumphysics #quantummechanics
#quantumphysics #quantummechanics
Fascinating event at Hatchards this evening, with Christopher Stephens talking (with novelist AJ West) about his book, The Light of Day, uncovering a forgotten but key figure in the history of LGBTQ+ rights, Roger Butler.
#lgbt #lgbtbooks @hatchards.bsky.social @headlinebooks.bsky.social
#lgbt #lgbtbooks @hatchards.bsky.social @headlinebooks.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Fascinating event at Hatchards this evening, with Christopher Stephens talking (with novelist AJ West) about his book, The Light of Day, uncovering a forgotten but key figure in the history of LGBTQ+ rights, Roger Butler.
#lgbt #lgbtbooks @hatchards.bsky.social @headlinebooks.bsky.social
#lgbt #lgbtbooks @hatchards.bsky.social @headlinebooks.bsky.social
Alan Yang & Matt Hubbard’s 2018 existential comedy series, Forever, is now on Amazon Prime. Meditations on life and relationships through an out-of-this-world story, with superb performances by Maya Rudolph, Fred Armisen & Catherine Keener. And it still pays off beautifully despite no 2nd series.
October 1, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Alan Yang & Matt Hubbard’s 2018 existential comedy series, Forever, is now on Amazon Prime. Meditations on life and relationships through an out-of-this-world story, with superb performances by Maya Rudolph, Fred Armisen & Catherine Keener. And it still pays off beautifully despite no 2nd series.
Looking forward to seeing Alfie Webster’s play, Lenny, at Omnibus Theatre in Clapham tonight (a Central MA Writing alumnus)
#LondonTheatre #Clapham
#LondonTheatre #Clapham
September 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Looking forward to seeing Alfie Webster’s play, Lenny, at Omnibus Theatre in Clapham tonight (a Central MA Writing alumnus)
#LondonTheatre #Clapham
#LondonTheatre #Clapham
Urška Djukić’s sensuous new film Kaj ti je deklica (aka Little Trouble Girls) is fantastic, following a young woman navigating her sexuality and identity — played beautifully and sensitively by Jara Sofija Ostan. Definitely deserves all those ★★★★★ reviews.
#slovensko #slovenia
#slovensko #slovenia
September 8, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Urška Djukić’s sensuous new film Kaj ti je deklica (aka Little Trouble Girls) is fantastic, following a young woman navigating her sexuality and identity — played beautifully and sensitively by Jara Sofija Ostan. Definitely deserves all those ★★★★★ reviews.
#slovensko #slovenia
#slovensko #slovenia
Looking forward to seeing new Slovenian film, Kaj ti je deklica (aka Little Trouble Girls), at The Arzner in Bermondsey Square tonight.
#slovensko
#slovensko
September 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Looking forward to seeing new Slovenian film, Kaj ti je deklica (aka Little Trouble Girls), at The Arzner in Bermondsey Square tonight.
#slovensko
#slovensko
Happy to have caught the life-affirming Broadway hit Kimberly Akimbo at Arts Centre Melbourne tonight. A brilliant cast led by the legendary Marina Prior (soon to be in Les Miz in London).
#MusicalTheatre #Melbourne
#MusicalTheatre #Melbourne
August 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Happy to have caught the life-affirming Broadway hit Kimberly Akimbo at Arts Centre Melbourne tonight. A brilliant cast led by the legendary Marina Prior (soon to be in Les Miz in London).
#MusicalTheatre #Melbourne
#MusicalTheatre #Melbourne
Annie Baker’s Circle Mirror Transformation, following the shifting dynamics on a “creative acting” course, is beautifully staged at Sydney Theatre Co’s Wharf 1 Theatre, with a brilliant ensemble cast of Rebecca Gibney, Cameron Daddo, Ahunim Abebe, Nicholas Brown & Jessie Lawrence.
#sydneytheatre
#sydneytheatre
August 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Annie Baker’s Circle Mirror Transformation, following the shifting dynamics on a “creative acting” course, is beautifully staged at Sydney Theatre Co’s Wharf 1 Theatre, with a brilliant ensemble cast of Rebecca Gibney, Cameron Daddo, Ahunim Abebe, Nicholas Brown & Jessie Lawrence.
#sydneytheatre
#sydneytheatre
Looking forward to seeing Rebecca Gibney, Cameron Daddo & Nicholas Brown in Annie Baker’s Circle Mirror Transformation at Sydney Theatre Co’s Wharf 1 theatre tonight
August 26, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Looking forward to seeing Rebecca Gibney, Cameron Daddo & Nicholas Brown in Annie Baker’s Circle Mirror Transformation at Sydney Theatre Co’s Wharf 1 theatre tonight
An accomplished, enjoyable adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented Mr Ripley from Sydney Theatre Co at the Roslyn Packer Theatre tonight, driven by a masterful performance from Will McDonald as Ripley.
#sydney #sydneytheatre @sydneytheatreco.bsky.social
#sydney #sydneytheatre @sydneytheatreco.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
An accomplished, enjoyable adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented Mr Ripley from Sydney Theatre Co at the Roslyn Packer Theatre tonight, driven by a masterful performance from Will McDonald as Ripley.
#sydney #sydneytheatre @sydneytheatreco.bsky.social
#sydney #sydneytheatre @sydneytheatreco.bsky.social
When in Sydney… Looking forward to seeing Sydney Theatre Co’s The Talented Mr Ripley, adapted by Joanna Murray-Smith, at the Roslyn Packer Theatre.
#sydney #sydneytheatre #theatre #patriciahighsmith
#sydney #sydneytheatre #theatre #patriciahighsmith
August 25, 2025 at 11:48 AM
When in Sydney… Looking forward to seeing Sydney Theatre Co’s The Talented Mr Ripley, adapted by Joanna Murray-Smith, at the Roslyn Packer Theatre.
#sydney #sydneytheatre #theatre #patriciahighsmith
#sydney #sydneytheatre #theatre #patriciahighsmith
As Jane Austen’s Mr Elton said, “I do not think I can live without something of a musical society. I condition for nothing else; but without music, life would be a blank to me.”
Tonight it’s time for me to catch another musical: Clueless
#LondonTheatre #MusicalTheatre #JaneAusten
Tonight it’s time for me to catch another musical: Clueless
#LondonTheatre #MusicalTheatre #JaneAusten
August 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
As Jane Austen’s Mr Elton said, “I do not think I can live without something of a musical society. I condition for nothing else; but without music, life would be a blank to me.”
Tonight it’s time for me to catch another musical: Clueless
#LondonTheatre #MusicalTheatre #JaneAusten
Tonight it’s time for me to catch another musical: Clueless
#LondonTheatre #MusicalTheatre #JaneAusten
Another morning, another minster. The bells at Hull Minster call the congregation to holy communion…
#hull #hullminster #minster #bells #churchbells #yorkshire
#hull #hullminster #minster #bells #churchbells #yorkshire
August 3, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Another morning, another minster. The bells at Hull Minster call the congregation to holy communion…
#hull #hullminster #minster #bells #churchbells #yorkshire
#hull #hullminster #minster #bells #churchbells #yorkshire
Went to Beverley so I had to see the stunning medieval St Mary’s Church — home to the carving that allegedly inspired Lewis Carroll’s White Rabbit.
#Beverley #AliceInWonderland
#Beverley #AliceInWonderland
August 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Went to Beverley so I had to see the stunning medieval St Mary’s Church — home to the carving that allegedly inspired Lewis Carroll’s White Rabbit.
#Beverley #AliceInWonderland
#Beverley #AliceInWonderland