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The Old Homepage, Directing, Writing, Interactive Immersive & About Pages
I recently did an update of my website, and therefore have updated my website. Which means that, in line with my archival tradition , the...
leodoulton
Sep 156 min read


The Perfect Opera - 2019 pitch text
The Perfect Opera is a very silly show. If you just want to come and enjoy a hiphop foxtrot operatic sketch comedy show, we'd love to...
leodoulton
Sep 142 min read


Interactive Theatre As A Question
This one’s for the fellow interactive theatre makers, for I have a bold Dramaturgical Theory to present. When I started out in...
leodoulton
Feb 242 min read


Painting Renaissance Sales: Reflections On A Three-Show Weekend
Last Sunday to Monday, I did three shows. Painting Pickman’s Model , in which a monster gives an art class, discussing what monstrosity...
leodoulton
Feb 204 min read


Preparing Your Own Work: Getting Ready To Direct The Uncanny Things Trilogy
As I prepare for The Uncanny Things Trilogy , I don’t think I’m the first writer/director/performer to struggle with this. But I’d...
leodoulton
Feb 122 min read


Counting Down To The Uncanny Things Trilogy
There are, give or take, four weeks to go until The Uncanny Things Trilogy opens at COLAB Tower, just of Southwark Bridge, and this...
leodoulton
Feb 62 min read


The Probable Chicken
An item for D&D and other TTRPGs. Everyone has heard of Schrödinger’s Cat. ( If you haven’t: it sits in a box with a flask of poison, a...
leodoulton
Feb 32 min read


I Am My Nine Protected Characteristics: How A Law Changed Who People Said They Were
In 2010, the UK government passed the Equality Act. In it, it defined the ‘nine protected characteristics’: age, gender reassignment,...
leodoulton
Jan 82 min read


The Tumblr School of Dramaturgy
One of the most important schools of dramatic theory (at least in London) has no formal articulation. Born on message boards and memes,...
leodoulton
Nov 15, 202419 min read


What do I love in Come Bargain? What I hope you’ll love too.
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!...
leodoulton
Sep 20, 20242 min read


Building the right team - what we’re looking for in a Come Bargain-er
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...
leodoulton
Sep 15, 20245 min read


Welcoming You To Another Reality: How To Handle Seven(ish) Types Of Uncanny Thing
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...
leodoulton
Sep 7, 20244 min read


You belong here: welcoming you into Come Bargain’s communities
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...
leodoulton
Aug 31, 20244 min read


Monsters, servants, and chancers: the characters of Come Bargain
Almost any good show relies on its characters. More particularly, they rely on characters in relationship with each other. In interactive...
leodoulton
Aug 24, 20243 min read


Terry Pratchett, Ursula Le Guin, and Come Bargain: teaching love and humanity through fantasy (#GNUTerryPratchett #OnlyOneDying)
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...
leodoulton
Aug 17, 20243 min read


Bargain, worship, and murder: what’s the difference between the Come Bargain trilogy shows?
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...
leodoulton
Aug 10, 20243 min read


Why Crowdfund Uncanny Things?
Amid everything else in the world, I (and the Virtually Opera team) have just started crowdfunding for Come Bargain With Uncanny...
leodoulton
Aug 2, 20242 min read


Enduring The Ring: Bodies During The Ring Cycle
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...
leodoulton
Jun 16, 20242 min read


Notes towards The Ring Cycle as a Dungeons & Dragons campaign.
This is, perhaps, my greatest (only) contribution to the field of Wagner studies. The essential question of: Could you run a D&D campaign...
leodoulton
Jun 14, 20248 min read


The Pirate Ninja Laser Turtle School of Dramaturgy
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...
leodoulton
Mar 31, 20242 min read
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