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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...
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leodoulton
- Jan 20, 2021
- 1 min
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...
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leodoulton
- Dec 19, 2020
- 12 min
Pratchett and Le Guin: A Comparison
I have a bookshelf I think of as my ‘grab in case of fire’ shelf. It is a collection of books that variously moved me to tears, changed...
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leodoulton
- Nov 5, 2020
- 6 min
Le Guin and the inhumanity of Zoom
Thank you for reading this. I’m only writing it so that I actually write today. Finished the last show on my books the other day. Between...
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leodoulton
- Sep 15, 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
- Jul 21, 2020
- 4 min
Virtual Opera
Lockdown has caused a rash of online opera, so I thought I'd write a bit about my experiences with opera for film - whether researching...
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leodoulton
- Jun 29, 2020
- 1 min
Prizes and Plagues
Since I haven't updated this blog for a while, here's a quick update on miscellaneous achievements and events over the past few months: I...
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leodoulton
- Apr 3, 2020
- 7 min
Not a war, and yet important: some thoughts on COVID-19, metaphors, and values.
On the Channel 4 news tonight there was a nurse from Northern Ireland. She said that the only way she could describe the feeling of...
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leodoulton
- Mar 19, 2020
- 36 min
INVIGILATORS
Leo Doulton The story explores a static ritual: formal written exams, sat in silence, much like those my pensioner colleagues sat decades...
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leodoulton
- Mar 8, 2020
- 1 min
Living As A Cyborg
Recently, I read Haraway's excellent book "Staying with the trouble: making kin in the Chthulucene." Excellent used deliberately. Would...
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leodoulton
- Mar 7, 2020
- 4 min
So, I'm not an Offies finalist.
I said I’d do a blog about the Offie finalists for 2019, so I will. I had the concept for, translated, and directed one of the nominees...
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leodoulton
- Jan 1, 2020
- 2 min
New Year, New Website!
Well, not really. But I've just updated it to include all the shows I did this year, with a lovely new layout for the sections about...
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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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leodoulton
- Sep 8, 2019
- 1 min
Don Jo! Offie nomination
There'll be a longer post about this summer later, but apparently Don Jo has been nominated for an Offie, so just posting that very...
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leodoulton
- Jul 5, 2019
- 17 min
The Time Agent
I wrote this short story as an experiment in writing in six dimensions. Hope you enjoy it! The Time Agent There are rules about writing...
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leodoulton
- May 4, 2019
- 4 min
The Problem With Stories
On Monday I had an excellent time at UCL Culture’s first-ever UCL Performance Lab Symposium. I was lucky enough to lead a breakaway...
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leodoulton
- Apr 27, 2019
- 1 min
The Tsar Is Now In The Observer!
So... I have entered the metropolitan elite and been quoted in The Observer culture for this really exciting show about Nazi-suppressed...
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leodoulton
- Apr 23, 2019
- 3 min
Media Time
Sometimes I write blogs to clarify my thoughts about matters of theatrical theory and practice. Today I'm doing it because tomorrow is my...
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leodoulton
- Apr 12, 2019
- 3 min
Bin Your Darlings, Burn Your Ancestors
So, The Tsar is now in rehearsals (and on sale). Having spent most of last week in music calls, we're taking a two-week break to give our...
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leodoulton
- Mar 23, 2019
- 1 min
Tickets on sale - Man and God, and The Tsar!
Very quick update - tickets are, at last, on sale for Man & God (the new musical), and for The Tsar Wants His Photograph Taken (new...
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