LEO DOULTON

I’ve recently had the pleasure of playtesting 12-Handed Monopoly: A LARP of Capital, Revolution, and Blatant Theft, the second part of my...

I often start these by saying I think it will be brief.* But I have learnt. It might be brief. The core thought here is identifying a...

What would interactive theatre look like if we’d never played The Dragon Game? This is a theme that’s been touched on here before:...

The King of Saving Cats Earlier this week, I had an excellent time at the Interactive Experience Network Huddle listening to Owen...

Introduction I am writing having spent a lovely afternoon workshopping an experiment I’ve had in mind for a while [thank you to everyone...

While I’ve seen light-hearted and schlocky interactive theatre, I’ve never seen something that I’d class as comedy-comedy. Mockery of...

I haven’t always been a game designer, or creator of interactive experiences. But when I was a child, there was a promise on a box I’d...

Perhaps the most fun I’ve ever had on a job is writing the national anthems for three fictional countries for Parabolic Theatre’s show We...

I am, adamantly, a broad-definition ‘opera’ person. At one extreme, I’d certainly struggle to not class Les Miserables as an opera. At...

I noticed something slightly strange in my responses to comment on Come Bargain With Uncanny Things: that I was rarely upset by comments...

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...

The Interactive Soup takes place 5 minutes from the Bank of England, deep within the City of London. Given that it is a gathering of...

The Interactive Soup is tomorrow. You might want to book your place now. It’s a chance to see five exciting ideas come out into the...

I’m still not quite accepting that Come Bargain With Uncanny Things might yet return; there’s a market for it, and it’s quite desirable....

I’d like to, ideally, have Virtually Opera making regular shows, and work that is accessible for those not able to make our live shows....

I’ve always had a slightly over-strong instinct of people ‘playing wrong’. Generally, I find myself liking play that lies comfortably in...

Another night, another Come Bargain blog. This time, about a vision of community in interactive theatre, drawing on a comparison made by...

I’ve been invited to discuss this a number of times by opera peers, and tried to hold my tongue so I don’t feel like I’m using a hot take...

This is a question I have been getting a lot, since the immediate ‘next’ after each show is waiting for my hair to dry after removing an...

Pretty well, artistically. As with any show of this nature, I’ve learnt a lot just by doing it - how audiences respond to different...