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Does the Human Rights Act apply to uncanny things?
In a brief but enjoyable tangent while developing Come Bargain With Uncanny Things, I had reason to consider what legal rights applied to...
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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
- 6 min
A Fortnight at Aldeburgh (Part 7): What Next For Come Bargain With Uncanny Things?
This is the seventh 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 4, 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
- 2 min
A Fortnight at Aldeburgh (Part 5): Mechanics, Inspiration, and Act 1 Of A Young Adult Novel
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
- Jan 24, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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leodoulton
- Jan 17, 2022
- 5 min
The Radical Audition: A Quest
What’s the best way to do auditions? Auditions suck. There’s no feeling like that of sending an email to say no to someone talented who’s...
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leodoulton
- Jan 15, 2022
- 1 min
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...
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leodoulton
- Dec 31, 2021
- 4 min
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...
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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
- Aug 28, 2021
- 3 min
The Lich Pagliacci
Once upon a time - all good stories begin with once upon a time - there was a great performer by the name of Pagliacci. Pagliacci had the...
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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
- 4 min
What happens if you analyse opera like a TTRPG? - Part 2, opera as social game
This will make a lot more sense if you've read the first part here. At first, I thought I’d do this via the Marxian models I tend to use....
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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
- Feb 14, 2021
- 8 min
The Unimaginable Liberation Of The Singer - The Nice and the Radical
At a the latest Devoted and Disgruntled conference, I called a session asking for ideas for a utopian opera festival. One thing that...
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