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Long time viewers will know that, on occasion, I unearth Shakespearean Histories by the somewhat lesser contemporary writer Gillian...
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leodoulton
- Jul 21, 2022
- 5 min
Hidden Figures: Railroading Done Right
I remember once listening to an interactive theatre maker talking about one of the most disappointing immersive shows they’d ever seen;...
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leodoulton
- Jul 21, 2022
- 5 min
What Really Worked In The JMK
I have been through a lot of application processes. Lots and lots. Anything from Arts Council England to small local funds to whatever...
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leodoulton
- Jul 14, 2022
- 4 min
The Operatic Production Line
I am a twin. A few days ago, the good twin (Mimi) posted this: It’s a very sensible thread, and I’d encourage you to read it....
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leodoulton
- Jun 29, 2022
- 4 min
The Boozeless Bar Bonanza
The other day I put up a Twitter poll, hoping to get a sense from a few friends about a question I’ve been pondering for a while: Over...
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leodoulton
- Jun 26, 2022
- 20 min
Reality and Justice: On naturalism, verismo, and Puccini.
Prologue I am at times, an academic, and one of my specialisms is in the aesthetic philosophy of opera (in short, the ways people justify...
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leodoulton
- Jun 25, 2022
- 3 min
W***y World-Hearts: Three More Directing Words
Yesterday, I blogged about terms I use a fair bit in my practice that I haven’t seen much/at all in other people’s work, but might be of...
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leodoulton
- Jun 24, 2022
- 6 min
Some Directing Terminology
Being completely honest, this is a very indulgent article which is intended to force me to define what I mean by certain terms core to my...
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leodoulton
- Jun 24, 2022
- 4 min
The Operator, The Conductor, and The Dancer
An empty white void. Three figures walk in - Ortrud the Operator, Cal the Conductor, and Dancing Dave. Ortrud wears a grungy hoodie and...
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leodoulton
- Jun 22, 2022
- 2 min
The Queerness Of Interactive Immersive Theatre
Another day, another blog (all building up to something, I promise). This one briefer than most. As before, this is an attempt to...
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leodoulton
- Jun 21, 2022
- 3 min
Eight Meanings of Tea
A while ago, I was in a post-blog conversation about rituals in interactive theatre and especially the idea of making a cup of tea as...
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leodoulton
- Jun 20, 2022
- 4 min
Golf: The Ultimate Interactive Theatre Lesson?
That tile was clickbait nonsense. But hey, you clicked anyway. So, let’s be serious: almost all interactive immersive theatre is what I’m...
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leodoulton
- Jun 16, 2022
- 7 min
Playing With All Ages: Interactive Immersive Theatre For Mixed-Age Groups
Having been to a few mixed-age shows of late, I am having thoughts and erupting into Blog. By ‘mixed-age shows’, what I mean is shows...
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leodoulton
- Jun 4, 2022
- 4 min
Proletarian Play: Show Mechanics And Immersive Mecha
Last week (here: https://www.leodoulton.com/post/genre-as-onboarding) I mentioned that I wanted to write an article about this. And so I...
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leodoulton
- May 29, 2022
- 7 min
Genre As Onboarding
This article is riffing off the above Chloe Mashiter Tweet, especially a conversation in the comments about being a Tourist or a Resident...
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leodoulton
- May 23, 2022
- 4 min
In Praise Of Shapera's The King In Yellow
Paul Shapera is (probably) the most prolific opera composer of the 21st century. He’s also the one my operatic peers are least likely to...
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leodoulton
- May 15, 2022
- 5 min
Biting The Hand That Feeds: A Few Oddities In The New Grants For The Arts
Like most England-based artists, I’ve made a number of applications to Arts Council England (ACE) for money. They’ve just changed the...
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leodoulton
- Apr 30, 2022
- 4 min
Randomness and Existential Immersion
A while ago, I was on an interactive theatre training course which mentioned that many mechanics (i.e. ways the audience can influence...
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leodoulton
- Apr 14, 2022
- 5 min
We Need To Talk About Geoffrey
About a fortnight ago, two very clever people posted Tweets bemoaning the lack of faith of sector leaders in modern (or, at least, 1945)...
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leodoulton
- Apr 3, 2022
- 4 min
Happy Birthday, Virtually Opera
Thoughts on VO’s birthday, for the record. This is going to be a long one, I suspect. PART 1: The Beginning I’m genuinely surprised it’s...
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