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Stonehenge as Stage Design
A while ago, I passed Stonehenge in a car. It remains striking. Here are some thoughts on it as a piece of stage design, given that most...
leodoulton
Dec 9, 20232 min read
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Toilet Trips In The Burnt City
Or: some thoughts and reflections on my first time at a Punchdrunk show. This blog is unusually indebted to those people I discussed the...
leodoulton
Jul 23, 202312 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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A Tribute To The York Shakespeare Project
This weekend, something extraordinary is happening. Because about 20 years ago, some people did something pretty extraordinary. A group...
leodoulton
Oct 1, 20222 min read
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People Are People, And The Universe Doesn’t Care: Uzumaki as a success in longform cosmic horror
Cosmic horror is a genre essentially defined as “the horror of existing in a vast, uncaring universe beyond what we can understand or...
leodoulton
Sep 17, 20224 min read
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On Being The Dead: Interactive Theatre & Historical Figures
Introduction: On Being Survivors A major part of my creative practice has been creative outreach projects for UCL’s Hebrew & Jewish...
leodoulton
Jul 30, 202219 min read
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Hidden Figures: Railroading Done Right
I remember once listening to an interactive theatre maker talking about one of the most disappointing immersive shows they’d ever seen;...
leodoulton
Jul 21, 20225 min read
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In Praise Of Shapera's The King In Yellow
Paul Shapera is (probably) the most prolific opera composer of the 21st century. He’s also the one my operatic peers are least likely to...
leodoulton
May 23, 20224 min read
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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...
leodoulton
Feb 20, 20227 min read
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