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In Resentment Of Functionality
I would like to write in resentment of functionality, and tying things to reality. My mind’s been twisted by Twitter, so I’m going to...
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leodoulton
Dec 20, 20224 min read
Acting Scandalous
A quiet note to theatrical creators, after a few shows I’ve seen. A thought that occurs to me while my mouth is filled… With a crunchie...
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leodoulton
Dec 11, 20226 min read
The case for Come Bargain With Uncanny Things as opera
I am, adamantly, a broad-definition ‘opera’ person. At one extreme, I’d certainly struggle to not class Les Miserables as an opera. At...
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leodoulton
Dec 9, 20226 min read
Baby, Don Giovanni’s Outside
It’s Christmas, and time for arguments about whether Baby, It’s Cold Outside is something an enlightened culture ought to listen to. To...
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leodoulton
Dec 8, 20223 min read
On Being Not-Opera
I noticed something slightly strange in my responses to comment on Come Bargain With Uncanny Things: that I was rarely upset by comments...
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leodoulton
Dec 7, 20224 min read
I Hate Puzzles (And Why I Like Designing Them)
I really dislike puzzles as a game mechanics. I do enjoy setting puzzles, however. Here’s a dive into why, and how to make them work for...
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leodoulton
Dec 3, 202215 min read
Problematic's Problems
Hello. I’m an arts worker, and today I’m going to complain about people who are broadly speaking on my side. Because that’s what we do....
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leodoulton
Nov 26, 20223 min read
Power And Play In Come Bargain With Uncanny Things
I’ve always had a slightly over-strong instinct of people ‘playing wrong’. Generally, I find myself liking play that lies comfortably in...
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leodoulton
Nov 26, 20222 min read
A Community Bargains: Building Connection Via Low Stakes
Another night, another Come Bargain blog. This time, about a vision of community in interactive theatre, drawing on a comparison made by...
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leodoulton
Nov 10, 20224 min read
Onboarding As Journey
Last week, the excellent Chloe Mashiter wrote a blog about the audience journey into an interactive immersive show, which I’d recommend...
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leodoulton
Nov 2, 20222 min read
Forming Interactive Ritual-Opera: What Might You Expect?
Last week I had the pleasure of some mentoring sessions with Chloe Mashiter and Tom Black to develop Come Bargain With Uncanny Things,...
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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
Jul 30, 202219 min read
On Being The Dead: Interactive Theatre & Historical Figures
Introduction: On Being Survivors A major part of my creative practice has been creative outreach projects for UCL’s Hebrew & Jewish...
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leodoulton
Jul 21, 20225 min read
Hidden Figures: Railroading Done Right
I remember once listening to an interactive theatre maker talking about one of the most disappointing immersive shows they’d ever seen;...
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leodoulton
Jun 26, 202220 min read
Reality and Justice: On naturalism, verismo, and Puccini.
Prologue I am at times, an academic, and one of my specialisms is in the aesthetic philosophy of opera (in short, the ways people justify...
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leodoulton
Jun 24, 20224 min read
The Operator, The Conductor, and The Dancer
An empty white void. Three figures walk in - Ortrud the Operator, Cal the Conductor, and Dancing Dave. Ortrud wears a grungy hoodie and...
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leodoulton
Jun 22, 20222 min read
The Queerness Of Interactive Immersive Theatre
Another day, another blog (all building up to something, I promise). This one briefer than most. As before, this is an attempt to...
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leodoulton
Jun 21, 20223 min read
Eight Meanings of Tea
A while ago, I was in a post-blog conversation about rituals in interactive theatre and especially the idea of making a cup of tea as...
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leodoulton
Jun 20, 20224 min read
Golf: The Ultimate Interactive Theatre Lesson?
That tile was clickbait nonsense. But hey, you clicked anyway. So, let’s be serious: almost all interactive immersive theatre is what I’m...
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leodoulton
Jun 16, 20227 min read
Playing With All Ages: Interactive Immersive Theatre For Mixed-Age Groups
Having been to a few mixed-age shows of late, I am having thoughts and erupting into Blog. By ‘mixed-age shows’, what I mean is shows...
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