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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
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
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
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...
leodoulton
Oct 23, 20221 min read
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
Coming To Come Bargain With Uncanny Things Strand 3: No Hero, No Journey
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 21, 20223 min read
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...
leodoulton
Oct 20, 20225 min read
Coming To Come Bargain, Strand 1: Why I (Un-)love Opera
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 18, 20222 min read
The Bargains Begin: Starting Rehearsal For Come Bargain With Uncanny Things
After… four years of work, give or take, Come Bargain With Uncanny Things has reached its final R&D phase, ahead of a pilot run in late...
leodoulton
Oct 7, 20223 min read
Publication And Longlisting!
I realised that my website isn't just a place for long blogs about theatre and opera theory, but also a place for updates on my work...
leodoulton
Jul 27, 20221 min read
Prime Minister Johnson
Long time viewers will know that, on occasion, I unearth Shakespearean Histories by the somewhat lesser contemporary writer Gillian...
leodoulton
Jul 24, 20221 min read
Five Questions To Potential Collaborators (With Translations)
In a few places on this site, I say that I'd love to hear from potential collaborators. Translation: I really like writing and directing,...
leodoulton
Mar 13, 20225 min read
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...
leodoulton
Feb 3, 20225 min read
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...
leodoulton
Feb 1, 20226 min read
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...
leodoulton
Jan 30, 20229 min read
Fish and Phantoms - Seven Quick Reflections on Week 1 of a Creative Retreat
TL;DR: done some work. Thrown lots of it away. Learnt a new type of fish. I’ve spent the past week on a Creative Retreat, thanks to...
leodoulton
Jan 24, 20223 min read
Archive From Another World published!
I'm very excited to be a part of the first issue of Voidspace! Some fantastic contributions to enliven your weekend. Also the Archive...
leodoulton
Jan 15, 20221 min read
Things I didn’t Tweet in 2021: An Unthreaded Blog
CROWD-PLEASINGLY LUKEWARM TAKES Pitch: a post-colonial #AntiquesRoadshow where second and third generations come and give the valuations...
leodoulton
Dec 31, 20214 min read
A Year In Viriconium
Sod it, I’m going to try writing about a book. Warning: Spoilers and ill-formed thoughts abound. The latest lockdown reading has been...
leodoulton
Feb 12, 20216 min read
The World No Longer Needs Political Poems
And yet, today seems the right day for this doodle. Half a lie, half a lie, Half a lie onwards, Bringing the valley of Death Rode the...
leodoulton
Jan 20, 20211 min read
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