LEO DOULTON

One of the most important schools of dramatic theory (at least in London) has no formal articulation. Born on message boards and memes,...

Real world religions and philosophies exist. Fictional religions and philosophies also exist, in a different way. And most religions and...

In the beginning, there was a small group of hunter-gatherers, known as ABC. And all were equals, since in a context of...

Introduction There are others who write better about bioessentialism in Dungeons & Dragons, and how it reflects real-world...

Cosmicism is the philosophy associated most strongly with H.P. Lovecraft’s school of cosmic horror. The idea that the universe means...

In addition to my theatrical work, and at the beginning of a week of blogs around cosmic horror, I thought I’d delve a little into game...

A short thought after attending a conference on space anthropology. One consequence of growing wealth inequality has been an increasing...

A comment that appears when those in the acting profession give evidence to public enquiries, trials, and other things is “they are an...

I have been examining my imagined dramaturgical structure for interactive immersive theatre of late, and accumulating a pile of concepts,...

TL;DR: So-called Artificial Intelligence (or Generative Programmes) are becoming ubiquitous. Its possibilities are genuinely exciting....

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

The first of a sequence of projects I’m calling ’12 Shows’ has been done. It is not, as originally advertised, ‘Show For A Cow’, because...

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...

If you play Dungeons & Dragons, you’ve almost certainly encountered the trope of the ancient, evil empire. The one which left vaults of...

Dear Historical Performance People, Please accept my apology in the face of your recent victory, after which it seems unlikely that the...

The short version of this is: directing Shakespeare is much like directing opera. Both times, the text comes with certain ideas that are...

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

It’s Christmas, and time for arguments about whether Baby, It’s Cold Outside is something an enlightened culture ought to listen to. To...

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....

After the first week of Come Bargain With Uncanny Things, I just wanted to write a short manifesto of a core concept. To the victory of...