LEO DOULTON

In 2010, the UK government passed the Equality Act. In it, it defined the ‘nine protected characteristics’: age, gender reassignment,...

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

This is a weird blog to write. The crowdfunder finishes in five days, and a blur of frantic activity will end (yes! Get playful games!...

A thing that happens when you make a show is that, suddenly, a lot of people want to be your friend, and think you’re really cool. This...

There’s a problem a lot of interactive immersive shows have. How do you square the circle of: a) guests want to feel competent or, if...

What’s the most welcome you’ve ever felt in an interactive show? It’s a big question, and partly depends on the person, and partly on the...

Almost any good show relies on its characters. More particularly, they rely on characters in relationship with each other. In interactive...

The most popular page on this website is a blog comparing Terry Pratchett and Ursula Le Guin.  Both are huge influences on me, and I’d...

There are those who, bizarrely, cannot see inside my mind to know what happens in each part of the Come Bargain  trilogy. So I might as...

Amid everything else in the world, I (and the Virtually Opera team) have just started crowdfunding for Come Bargain With Uncanny...

I have just attended my first Ring Cycle, assisting on Amy Lane’s Die Walküre. It was an extraordinary experience, with 14.5 hours of...

This is, perhaps, my greatest (only) contribution to the field of Wagner studies. The essential question of: Could you run a D&D campaign...

It’s been a while since I’ve blogged anything - turns out that assisting on 25% of a Ring Cycle and Associate Creative Directing a 24...

I am, at some point, going to stop being astonished that I can make a show and have people like it. Apparently, I make experiments that...

A brief thought after a flash of clarity, drawing on my many, many previous blogs on interactive immersive theatre. Situation-room...

I intend to go back to The Smoke festival next year. Having enjoyed my first time, I thought I’d offer my brief (not-especially-reliable)...

OR: Forgive me, for I have become a LARPer. I have just spent a joyous weekend at The Smoke: a festival of Live Action Role-Playing...

I went to The Smoke (a LARP festival in London) for the first time last weekend, had a great time, and wanted to reflect a little bit....

Behold, there are three separate shows of mine coming up that you can book for! February Into The Dreamlands. An interactive immersive...

[Lights up; bright, peppy. Colourful outfits.] Look at all the amazing things I’ve done in 2023! I got appointed as Associate Creative...