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Imagined National Anthems
Perhaps the most fun I’ve ever had on a job is writing the national anthems for three fictional countries for Parabolic Theatre’s show We...
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leodoulton
Dec 14, 20225 min read
Opera, Shakespeare, Noh: Three Suggestions For Acting Singers
When I was younger, I spent time in acting classes alongside singers. I have since directed, written for, and otherwise collaborated with...
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leodoulton
Dec 13, 20222 min read
Commercially Exploiting Audience Data
“The Audience Agency has just been sacked by ACE, for undisclosed reasons, and replaced with the far from non-profit PWC, which will be...
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leodoulton
Dec 12, 20224 min read
The Dance: Shakespeare, Opera, and Finding What Comes Next
The short version of this is: directing Shakespeare is much like directing opera. Both times, the text comes with certain ideas that are...
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leodoulton
Dec 11, 20226 min read
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 9, 20226 min read
Baby, Don Giovanni’s Outside
It’s Christmas, and time for arguments about whether Baby, It’s Cold Outside is something an enlightened culture ought to listen to. To...
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leodoulton
Dec 8, 20223 min read
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 7, 20224 min read
I Hate Puzzles (And Why I Like Designing Them)
I really dislike puzzles as a game mechanics. I do enjoy setting puzzles, however. Here’s a dive into why, and how to make them work for...
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leodoulton
Dec 6, 20221 min read
Thank You For The Soup (An Anthem For Interactive Soup)
The Interactive Soup takes place 5 minutes from the Bank of England, deep within the City of London. Given that it is a gathering of...
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leodoulton
Dec 5, 20221 min read
Five Reasons Why You Should Come To The Interactive Soup
The Interactive Soup is tomorrow. You might want to book your place now. It’s a chance to see five exciting ideas come out into the...
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leodoulton
Dec 4, 20222 min read
The Literary TTRPG
Within the indie TTRPG space, there is a common joke: that people have more TTRPGs than they will ever play, but keep buying more. That...
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leodoulton
Dec 3, 202215 min read
Problematic's Problems
Hello. I’m an arts worker, and today I’m going to complain about people who are broadly speaking on my side. Because that’s what we do....
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leodoulton
Dec 2, 20224 min read
Dead Operas
Keep reading. There’s a Frankenstein reference before the end. History is littered with dead operas. Der Stein der Weisen (to which...
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leodoulton
Dec 1, 20222 min read
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 28, 20222 min read
What We Need: Five Bargains For Come Bargain’s Future
I am firmly of the opinion that a good approach to funding is to state what you need, and roughly what it should cost. So, since quite a...
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leodoulton
Nov 26, 20221 min read
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 26, 20222 min read
Come Bargain With Uncanny Merch
I’m still not quite accepting that Come Bargain With Uncanny Things might yet return; there’s a market for it, and it’s quite desirable....
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leodoulton
Nov 26, 20221 min read
Hybrid Futures: Some Hypotheticals For Come Bargain With Uncanny Things
I’d like to, ideally, have Virtually Opera making regular shows, and work that is accessible for those not able to make our live shows....
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leodoulton
Nov 26, 20223 min read
Power And Play In Come Bargain With Uncanny Things
I’ve always had a slightly over-strong instinct of people ‘playing wrong’. Generally, I find myself liking play that lies comfortably in...
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leodoulton
Nov 26, 20222 min read
A Community Bargains: Building Connection Via Low Stakes
Another night, another Come Bargain blog. This time, about a vision of community in interactive theatre, drawing on a comparison made by...
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