LEO DOULTON

Introduction You may have seen the news of the failure of the ‘Festival of Brexit’, at over £500 subsidy per head for a deeply unpopular...

After… four years of work, give or take, Come Bargain With Uncanny Things has reached its final R&D phase, ahead of a pilot run in late...

This weekend, something extraordinary is happening. Because about 20 years ago, some people did something pretty extraordinary. A group...

Disclaimer: I'm sure there's many flaws in the below; I'm not 100% convinced by it myself, though can't quite work out why. Please do...

Cosmic horror is a genre essentially defined as “the horror of existing in a vast, uncaring universe beyond what we can understand or...

I'm delighted to have been one of the recipients of this year's Opera Awards Foundation Bursary, alongside some excellent people. Most...

A plausible scenario for the near future The climate crisis has continued on its current course, with rising sea levels and regular...

Introduction: On Being Survivors A major part of my creative practice has been creative outreach projects for UCL’s Hebrew & Jewish...

I realised that my website isn't just a place for long blogs about theatre and opera theory, but also a place for updates on my work...

Long time viewers will know that, on occasion, I unearth Shakespearean Histories by the somewhat lesser contemporary writer Gillian...

I remember once listening to an interactive theatre maker talking about one of the most disappointing immersive shows they’d ever seen;...

I have been through a lot of application processes. Lots and lots. Anything from Arts Council England to small local funds to whatever...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

An empty white void. Three figures walk in - Ortrud the Operator, Cal the Conductor, and Dancing Dave. Ortrud wears a grungy hoodie and...

Another day, another blog (all building up to something, I promise). This one briefer than most. As before, this is an attempt to...

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...