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Proletarian Play: Show Mechanics And Immersive Mecha
Last week (here: https://www.leodoulton.com/post/genre-as-onboarding) I mentioned that I wanted to write an article about this. And so I...
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leodoulton
- May 29, 2022
- 7 min
Genre As Onboarding
This article is riffing off the above Chloe Mashiter Tweet, especially a conversation in the comments about being a Tourist or a Resident...
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leodoulton
- Apr 30, 2022
- 4 min
Randomness and Existential Immersion
A while ago, I was on an interactive theatre training course which mentioned that many mechanics (i.e. ways the audience can influence...
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leodoulton
- Mar 30, 2022
- 2 min
Wibbly-Wobbly Time-Travelling Spaces
So, London boutique immersive theatre now has a second space to join the much-loved Colab Tavern: the Parabolic Crypt. Both are amazing...
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leodoulton
- Feb 20, 2022
- 7 min
Why Operation Mincemeat is brilliant (A partial answer)
About a fortnight ago, I was lucky enough to go and see Operation Mincemeat at the Southwark Playhouse. At the end of Act 1, my companion...
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leodoulton
- Feb 5, 2022
- 3 min
A Fortnight at Aldeburgh (Part 6): Immersive Theatre As Modern Ritual
This is the fifth in a seven-part sequence of blogs going into the work on Come Bargain With Uncanny Things done during my Creative...
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leodoulton
- Feb 3, 2022
- 5 min
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...
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leodoulton
- Feb 1, 2022
- 6 min
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...
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leodoulton
- Jan 31, 2022
- 4 min
A Fortnight at Aldeburgh (Part 2): What Is The [cough] Point of Come Bargain With Uncanny Things?
This is the second in a seven-part sequence of essays going into the work on Come Bargain With Uncanny Things done during my Creative...
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leodoulton
- Jan 30, 2022
- 9 min
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...
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leodoulton
- Jul 31, 2021
- 4 min
Come Bargain With Uncanny Things - some early reflections
First: it worked. You can make an opera without a score, where the audience have genuine control of the outcome, which can adapt to...
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leodoulton
- Mar 27, 2021
- 2 min
What happens if you analyse opera like a TTRPG? - Part 3 - What Social Theory Can A Game Opera Have?
This will make very little sense unless you've read the first part (on TTRPGs) here, or the second part (on opera as a social game) here....
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leodoulton
- Mar 27, 2021
- 5 min
What happens if you analyse opera like a TTRPG? - Part 1, games as social theory
I’m currently reworking the game rules used in We Sing/I Sang (working title for the rules: ‘Our People’s Song’). I’m not an expert game...
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leodoulton
- Nov 5, 2020
- 6 min
Le Guin and the inhumanity of Zoom
Thank you for reading this. I’m only writing it so that I actually write today. Finished the last show on my books the other day. Between...
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leodoulton
- May 4, 2019
- 4 min
The Problem With Stories
On Monday I had an excellent time at UCL Culture’s first-ever UCL Performance Lab Symposium. I was lucky enough to lead a breakaway...
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leodoulton
- Dec 15, 2018
- 2 min
Some thoughts on empathy and feeling.
Months ago, I wrote down “Empathy ≠ Feeling. Gormenghast the Opera.” This is my attempt to work out what I meant by that. In short, I was...
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leodoulton
- Nov 29, 2018
- 2 min
In Defence Of Indefensible Pity?
I have seen many artistic lefties grow wrathful over those who say they pity Theresa May in the past few days. This strikes me as odd....
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