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leodoulton
Oct 23, 20221 min read
Coming To Come Bargain Strand 5: Things people have called me to compare me to uncanny things
This blog is part of a series on how I came to write Come Bargain With Uncanny Things (tickets available now!). If you want to read the...
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leodoulton
Oct 22, 20228 min read
Coming To Come Bargain With Uncanny Things Strand 4: The Reading List Cometh
This blog is part of a series on how I came to write Come Bargain With Uncanny Things (tickets available now!). If you want to read the...
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leodoulton
Oct 21, 20223 min read
Coming To Come Bargain With Uncanny Things Strand 3: No Hero, No Journey
This blog is part of a series on how I came to write Come Bargain With Uncanny Things (tickets available now!). If you want to read the...
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leodoulton
Oct 20, 20225 min read
Coming To Come Bargain Strand 2: Four Alternative Approaches
This blog is part of a series on how I came to write Come Bargain With Uncanny Things (tickets available now!). If you want to read the...
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leodoulton
Oct 18, 20222 min read
Coming To Come Bargain, Strand 1: Why I (Un-)love Opera
This blog is part of a series on how I came to write Come Bargain With Uncanny Things (tickets available now!). If you want to read the...
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leodoulton
Oct 12, 20226 min read
A Case Against (Some) Subsidy OR Why I'm Trying To Make A Commercially Populist Opera
Introduction You may have seen the news of the failure of the ‘Festival of Brexit’, at over £500 subsidy per head for a deeply unpopular...
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leodoulton
Oct 7, 20223 min read
The Bargains Begin: Starting Rehearsal For Come Bargain With Uncanny Things
After… four years of work, give or take, Come Bargain With Uncanny Things has reached its final R&D phase, ahead of a pilot run in late...
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leodoulton
Feb 27, 20227 min read
Does the Human Rights Act apply to uncanny things?
In a brief but enjoyable tangent while developing Come Bargain With Uncanny Things, I had reason to consider what legal rights applied to...
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leodoulton
Feb 5, 20226 min read
A Fortnight at Aldeburgh (Part 7): What Next For Come Bargain With Uncanny Things?
This is the seventh in a seven-part sequence of blogs going into the work on Come Bargain With Uncanny Things done during my Creative...
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leodoulton
Feb 4, 20223 min read
A Fortnight at Aldeburgh (Part 6): Immersive Theatre As Modern Ritual
This is the fifth in a seven-part sequence of blogs going into the work on Come Bargain With Uncanny Things done during my Creative...
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leodoulton
Feb 3, 20222 min read
A Fortnight at Aldeburgh (Part 5): Mechanics, Inspiration, and Act 1 Of A Young Adult Novel
This is the fifth in a seven-part sequence of blogs going into the work on Come Bargain With Uncanny Things done during my Creative...
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leodoulton
Feb 3, 20225 min read
A Fortnight at Aldeburgh (Part 4): “There’s always a price”: Terry Pratchett & transactional magic.
This is the fourth in a seven-part sequence of blogs going into the work on Come Bargain With Uncanny Things done during my Creative...
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leodoulton
Feb 1, 20226 min read
A Fortnight at Aldeburgh (Part 3): What Is Come Bargain With Uncanny Things Now?
This is the third in a seven-part sequence of blogs going into the work on Come Bargain With Uncanny Things done during my Creative...
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leodoulton
Jan 31, 20224 min read
A Fortnight at Aldeburgh (Part 2): What Is The [cough] Point of Come Bargain With Uncanny Things?
This is the second in a seven-part sequence of essays going into the work on Come Bargain With Uncanny Things done during my Creative...
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leodoulton
Jan 30, 20229 min read
A Fortnight at Aldeburgh (Part 1): A Conversation With Le Guin About Community & Interactive Theatre
This is the first of a seven-part sequence of essays going into the work on Come Bargain With Uncanny Things done during my Creative...
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leodoulton
Jan 24, 20223 min read
Fish and Phantoms - Seven Quick Reflections on Week 1 of a Creative Retreat
TL;DR: done some work. Thrown lots of it away. Learnt a new type of fish. I’ve spent the past week on a Creative Retreat, thanks to...
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leodoulton
Jul 31, 20214 min read
Come Bargain With Uncanny Things - some early reflections
First: it worked. You can make an opera without a score, where the audience have genuine control of the outcome, which can adapt to...
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