Mark Ludmon drops in on rehearsals for the new UK touring production of Once the musical Once the musical has been breaking hearts since it
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freelance journalist writing about theatre
Mark Ludmon drops in on rehearsals for the new UK touring production of Once the musical Once the musical has been breaking hearts since it
Read moreMark Ludmon looks at why Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol is as popular as ever in British theatres this festive season Charles Dickens’s A Christmas
Read more“Le spectacle continue” is what they say in France when they mean the show must go on. The new Paris production of Funny Girl, from
Read moreMark Ludmon visits London’s new Boulevard Theatre to meet its two directors and the cast and creatives of its first show. The first-ever show has
Read morePaul Taylor-Mills, Vikki Stone and Tom Jackson Greaves talk about the new UK production of the musical based on Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity at London’s
Read moreMichael Fentiman traces the journey of Amélie The Musical from film and Broadway to The Other Palace in London. Mark Ludmon reports Eighteen years on
Read moreMark Ludmon examines efforts to improve recognition for the work of movement directors in British theatre. At this year’s Olivier Awards, 12 of the nominations
Read moreEight actors sit on plastic chairs across a broad stage which is otherwise bare except for a large white box. The head of one of
Read moreMark Ludmon interviews Olivier winner Giles Terera as he prepares for his next big role after Hamilton After a year-long Olivier-winning run as Aaron Burr
Read moreA diverse mix of new plays and revivals has been announced for Michael Longhurst’s first season as artistic director of London’s Donmar Warehouse It features
Read moreThe magic of net curtains is that you can look out but nobody outside can see in. In Ned Bennett’s new production of Peter Shaffer’s
Read moreIn Henrik Ibsen’s 1889 classic The Lady from the Sea, a woman finds herself caught between her husband’s land-locked family and the call of the ocean and a
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