Mark Ludmon

Mark Ludmon has been a journalist for over 20 years, specialising in writing about theatre and the arts as well as bars, pubs and drink. He has been on the theatre judging panel for London’s Olivier Awards and has a masters degree in English literature, specialising in Elizabethan and Jacobean drama. He has an MA in theatre research, criticism and dramaturgy from the University of London’s Royal Central School of Speech & Drama. You can find him tweeting about theatre as @MarkLudmon and writing about theatre at markludmon.com.

Edinburgh Fringe Preview Part One

Edinburgh Fringe, Features, News
Edinburgh Fringe Preview Musicals

Mark Ludmon picks out some of the new writing highlights at the 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe This year’s Edinburgh Fringe offers an incredible choice of new writing, including many world premieres. Alongside the powerhouse of the Traverse Theatre, venues such as Summerhall have now established a reputation for exciting new theatre, especially with the return of Paines Plough’s Roundabout space. But don’t always follow the crowd: there are plays by new writers being staged across the city, giving you a chance to catch new and emerging talent. Angry Alan Roger thinks the world’s gone mad: he hates his job, his ex-wife torments him and his girlfriend just discovered feminism. Then he discovers Angry Alan, online activist and “voice of reason”. This darkly comic new play about masculinity in crisis is written by award-winning writer Penelope Skinner and performed by Donald Sage Mackay. Underbelly, Cowgate: 2-26 August. Book Now! The Approach … Read more