521 stories by "Mark Ludmon"
By Mark Ludmon
The UK's most welcoming theatres have been announced in an award voted on by the public.
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Frances Barber is to star in a new production of Shane Cullinan's musical drama The Pietà at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester in October.
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Ramona Tells Jim is an impressive, entertaining debut that will make you laugh despite the darkness underneath.
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Under director Bartlett Sher, Oslo's running time of three hours including interval zips along with barely a lull in the action.
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With its twists and revelations, The Whip Hand works as a gripping family drama, but it also cleverly explores our sense of responsibility and what drives it.
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But, while politics lurks in the background, Nassim is about the things that are common to all of us beyond language and cultural differences.
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This is a brave performance, especially as Sam admits that, in his industry, people " especially men " don't tend to talk about their problems.
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By Mark Ludmon
My Real Life weaves a spell that keeps you gripped throughout despite it being 90 minutes of Noel simply sat in an armchair speaking into a tape recorder. It has an aching poi…
By Mark Ludmon
Woke passionately alerts us to the ongoing struggle to overcome the historical flaws in American society over race that continue into the present day.
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Sharply written and winningly performed by Barker-Wren, Cow provides plenty of laughs and visually memorable moments, sometimes verging on unashamed silliness
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Dolan gives a powerfully underplayed performance, avoiding sensationalism but exploring the issues in a way that is unsettling and uncomfortable
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Despite the intensity of the piece, Brutal Cessation is peppered with a dark wit which, judging my Thomas's other Fringe play, Dust, is a trademark of her writing.
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Directed by Ita Morrissey, Pulled is a little uneven but offers plenty of broad laughs, lifted by two engaging performers.
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Secret Life Of Humans is a wonderful piece of storytelling that is thought-provoking and often funny, directed with élan by its writer David Byrne with Kate Stanley and devis…
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Out of Love is an emotional rollercoaster, at times very funny, sometimes devastatingly moving. Intelligently written and flawlessly staged
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At times brutally graphic and always gripping, the writing is sharp and honest, confirming this as an impressive piece from someone we are sure to hear more of.
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The full cast has been announced for the new production of Harold Pinter's The Caretaker coming to Bristol, Southampton and Northampton.
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The Shape of the Pain's strength is its use of flickering lights, disorienting video effects, buzzing and throbbing sounds and a general assault on the senses to try to convey…
By Mark Ludmon
The beauty of Bombastic Declaration of Love is the effect it has on the audience and what Julie manages to elicit from them.
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With such a strong line-up, it should come as no surprise that it is a perfect delight, full of feelgood humour and hilarious performances.
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Tommy Marren's comedy Nobody's Talking To Me is to play the Watford Colosseum in Hertfordshire in the one British engagement outside of a tour of Ireland.
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What a story. Eve will be one of the most honest accounts of change and transgression that you will see on the Fringe.
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Grippingly directed by Valentina Ceschi, it effectively shifts tone and perspective and, by the end, leaves us questioning how much we really want to know about the authors we…
By Mark Ludmon
The tunes in Buried are catchy and you'll find yourself humming them afterwards even though the lyrics come from a more blood-soaked context.
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On a winter's day in London in 1582, the court of Elizabeth I celebrated Christmas and New Year with a play packed full of bickering gods, magic spells and romantic int…
