LEO DOULTON

Keep reading. There’s a Frankenstein reference before the end. History is littered with dead operas. Der Stein der Weisen (to which...

I have written extensively about Come Bargain With Uncanny Things, which I consider to be quite a success of craft. However, it’s...

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...

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...

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....

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....

I’ve always had a slightly over-strong instinct of people ‘playing wrong’. Generally, I find myself liking play that lies comfortably in...

Another night, another Come Bargain blog. This time, about a vision of community in interactive theatre, drawing on a comparison made by...

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...

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...

Pretty well, artistically. As with any show of this nature, I’ve learnt a lot just by doing it - how audiences respond to different...

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...

I am a firm believer that process defines output. One reason for UK theatre’s distinctive feeling (and comparative lack of...

Last week, the excellent Chloe Mashiter wrote a blog about the audience journey into an interactive immersive show, which I’d recommend...

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...

Last week I had the pleasure of some mentoring sessions with Chloe Mashiter and Tom Black to develop Come Bargain With Uncanny Things,...

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...

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...

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...

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...