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To The Victory Of Cake
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...
leodoulton
Nov 20, 20221 min read
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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,...
leodoulton
Nov 2, 20222 min read
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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...
leodoulton
Oct 23, 20221 min read
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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...
leodoulton
Oct 22, 20228 min read
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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...
leodoulton
Oct 21, 20223 min read
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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...
leodoulton
Oct 20, 20225 min read
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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...
leodoulton
Oct 18, 20222 min read
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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...
leodoulton
Oct 7, 20223 min read
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Publication And Longlisting!
I realised that my website isn't just a place for long blogs about theatre and opera theory, but also a place for updates on my work...
leodoulton
Jul 27, 20221 min read
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Prime Minister Johnson
Long time viewers will know that, on occasion, I unearth Shakespearean Histories by the somewhat lesser contemporary writer Gillian...
leodoulton
Jul 24, 20221 min read
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Five Questions To Potential Collaborators (With Translations)
In a few places on this site, I say that I'd love to hear from potential collaborators. Translation: I really like writing and directing,...
leodoulton
Mar 13, 20225 min read
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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...
leodoulton
Feb 3, 20225 min read
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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...
leodoulton
Feb 1, 20226 min read
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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...
leodoulton
Jan 30, 20229 min read
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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...
leodoulton
Jan 24, 20223 min read
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Archive From Another World published!
I'm very excited to be a part of the first issue of Voidspace! Some fantastic contributions to enliven your weekend. Also the Archive...
leodoulton
Jan 15, 20221 min read
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Things I didn’t Tweet in 2021: An Unthreaded Blog
CROWD-PLEASINGLY LUKEWARM TAKES Pitch: a post-colonial #AntiquesRoadshow where second and third generations come and give the valuations...
leodoulton
Dec 31, 20214 min read
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A Year In Viriconium
Sod it, I’m going to try writing about a book. Warning: Spoilers and ill-formed thoughts abound. The latest lockdown reading has been...
leodoulton
Feb 12, 20216 min read
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The World No Longer Needs Political Poems
And yet, today seems the right day for this doodle. Half a lie, half a lie, Half a lie onwards, Bringing the valley of Death Rode the...
leodoulton
Jan 20, 20211 min read
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Pratchett and Le Guin: A Comparison
I have a bookshelf I think of as my ‘grab in case of fire’ shelf. It is a collection of books that variously moved me to tears, changed...
leodoulton
Dec 19, 202012 min read
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