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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...
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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 20, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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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
- Nov 10, 2022
- 4 min
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...
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leodoulton
- Nov 8, 2022
- 15 min
Some initial thoughts on the NPO Announcement
To be absolutely clear: I am writing this in my freelance capacity. I am not representing any of the NPOs that I have and continue to...
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leodoulton
- Nov 2, 2022
- 2 min
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,...
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leodoulton
- Oct 25, 2022
- 9 min
Opera Is Aristocratic (And Not Just In The Obvious Ways)
The first part of the title is a claim I have made on this blog before. A lot. It’s a central part of my default analysis of wider...
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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 21, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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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
- Oct 18, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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leodoulton
- Oct 12, 2022
- 6 min
A Case Against (Some) Subsidy OR Why I'm Trying To Make A Commercially Populist Opera
Introduction You may have seen the news of the failure of the ‘Festival of Brexit’, at over £500 subsidy per head for a deeply unpopular...
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leodoulton
- Oct 7, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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leodoulton
- Oct 1, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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leodoulton
- Sep 25, 2022
- 11 min
The sovereign is dead. So too the nation?
Disclaimer: I'm sure there's many flaws in the below; I'm not 100% convinced by it myself, though can't quite work out why. Please do...
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leodoulton
- Sep 17, 2022
- 4 min
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...
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leodoulton
- Sep 7, 2022
- 1 min
Opera Awards Foundation Bursary
I'm delighted to have been one of the recipients of this year's Opera Awards Foundation Bursary, alongside some excellent people. Most...
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