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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The case for Come Bargain With Uncanny Things as opera
I am, adamantly, a broad-definition ‘opera’ person. At one extreme, I’d certainly struggle to not class Les Miserables as an opera. At...
leodoulton
Dec 11, 20226 min read
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On Being Not-Opera
I noticed something slightly strange in my responses to comment on Come Bargain With Uncanny Things: that I was rarely upset by comments...
leodoulton
Dec 8, 20223 min read
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What We Need: Five Bargains For Come Bargain’s Future
I am firmly of the opinion that a good approach to funding is to state what you need, and roughly what it should cost. So, since quite a...
leodoulton
Nov 28, 20222 min read
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Come Bargain With Uncanny Merch
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....
leodoulton
Nov 26, 20222 min read
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Hybrid Futures: Some Hypotheticals For Come Bargain With Uncanny Things
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....
leodoulton
Nov 26, 20221 min read
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Power And Play In Come Bargain With Uncanny Things
I’ve always had a slightly over-strong instinct of people ‘playing wrong’. Generally, I find myself liking play that lies comfortably in...
leodoulton
Nov 26, 20223 min read
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A Community Bargains: Building Connection Via Low Stakes
Another night, another Come Bargain blog. This time, about a vision of community in interactive theatre, drawing on a comparison made by...
leodoulton
Nov 26, 20222 min read
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Throwing Down The Long Black Glove: Coming To Bargain With A Lack Of Funding
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...
leodoulton
Nov 25, 20226 min read
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What Next For Come Bargain With Uncanny Things?
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...
leodoulton
Nov 24, 20222 min read
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How’s Come Bargain With Uncanny Things Going?
Pretty well, artistically. As with any show of this nature, I’ve learnt a lot just by doing it - how audiences respond to different...
leodoulton
Nov 22, 20222 min read
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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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Onboarding As Journey
Last week, the excellent Chloe Mashiter wrote a blog about the audience journey into an interactive immersive show, which I’d recommend...
leodoulton
Nov 10, 20224 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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