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Leo: A Plug
Future Leo, here’s your one-minute pitch next time you have to give one: I’m Leo, a writer, director, game designer and performer working...
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leodoulton
- Dec 31, 2022
- 2 min
A Plan For 2023
I have got out of a habit I had when younger: small shows at the edge of my practice in a throw-away manner. That was partly because...
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leodoulton
- Dec 24, 2022
- 2 min
Daily Blogging: A Reflection
I am very much a writer/director. I’m not a critic. So I’m going to quietly reflect on blogging every advent calendar day, since it seems...
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leodoulton
- Dec 19, 2022
- 3 min
Why You Should Let Me Direct Your Classic Opera
I know I whinge about the operatic canon and tradition a lot, but I’m quite good at my job. So I’d like to try and explain why I think...
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leodoulton
- Dec 11, 2022
- 6 min
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...
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leodoulton
- Dec 8, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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leodoulton
- Dec 1, 2022
- 2 min
My Friend, The Graph
I have written extensively about Come Bargain With Uncanny Things, which I consider to be quite a success of craft. However, it’s...
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leodoulton
- Nov 26, 2022
- 1 min
One Hundred Blogs
This is my hundredth blog. You can read all of them here. I don’t want this to be a long one. These started the other side of the...
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leodoulton
- Nov 24, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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leodoulton
- Nov 22, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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leodoulton
- Nov 15, 2022
- 1 min
I am the one who mops: a cult-like philosophy of directing
I am a firm believer that process defines output. One reason for UK theatre’s distinctive feeling (and comparative lack of...
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leodoulton
- Oct 23, 2022
- 1 min
Coming To Come Bargain Strand 5: Things people have called me to compare me to uncanny things
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...
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leodoulton
- Oct 22, 2022
- 8 min
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...
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leodoulton
- Oct 20, 2022
- 5 min
Coming To Come Bargain Strand 2: Four Alternative Approaches
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...
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leodoulton
- Jun 25, 2022
- 3 min
W***y World-Hearts: Three More Directing Words
Yesterday, I blogged about terms I use a fair bit in my practice that I haven’t seen much/at all in other people’s work, but might be of...
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leodoulton
- Jun 24, 2022
- 6 min
Some Directing Terminology
Being completely honest, this is a very indulgent article which is intended to force me to define what I mean by certain terms core to my...
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leodoulton
- Apr 3, 2022
- 4 min
Happy Birthday, Virtually Opera
Thoughts on VO’s birthday, for the record. This is going to be a long one, I suspect. PART 1: The Beginning I’m genuinely surprised it’s...
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leodoulton
- Nov 18, 2021
- 2 min
The Old Directing Text
Recently, I updated the website, and realised that the text on my directing page that said I struggled to define my style was no longer...
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leodoulton
- Sep 16, 2020
- 2 min
The Work is back(ish)
And it, more or less, feels good. Good to make theatre that maybe not everyone will like, and is definitely a bit rough around the edges...
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leodoulton
- Oct 21, 2019
- 3 min
Wasting Time
There's a devising project I do with some old friends who now have proper jobs. Without wanting to damage the secrecy of the room, I want...
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