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Sonia Gollance @sgollance.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

My book is now 53% off until tomorrow. In the UK, you can buy "It Could Lead to Dancing" for under £13 with the discount code "sgermaine" from @marenostrumgroup.bsky.social here: mngbookshop.co.uk/978150363812...

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Sonia Gollance @sgollance.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Great profile of our wonderful director David Schneider talking about the London Yiddish Players in the Jewish News. Tickets to the Yiddish Theatre Reboot (23 July at the Courtyard and 24 July @jw3london.bsky.social) are selling fast! @uclhjs.bsky.social www.jewishnews.co.uk/david-schnei...

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David Schneider forms Yiddish theatre company

London Shpilers is London's first Yiddish theatre company in over 30 years and is performing next week

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Rebane @rebane2001.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

i made a version of wikipedia you can doomscroll xikipedia.org

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Tête à Tête @teteateteopera.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Two wonderful bits of news! First, the Newcastle leg of #TàTFest2025 is now on sale. Head over to our site (link in bio) for heartfelt stories from Hull Urban Opera, Festival Shorts' smorgasbord of works-in-progress from Renaissance feuds to escape room newness, 2024's superb Ghost returning.../1

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Ed Fortune @edfortune.com · 07/05/2025

So the usual plea - It's the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August and I will be reviewing shows for @starburst.bsky.social . If you have a show that will fit Starburst's audience (and you should look up what Starburst is first), then get in touch and I will either try to run a review or feature.

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CN Lester 🏳️‍⚧️ @cnlester.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

1. "I left as fast as I could. I didn’t wait for pain control. Is this the future for trans people in hospitals now?" My incredible friend Jamie Hale - writer, director, head of @cripticarts.bsky.social - was in hospital today, and this was their experience. They've given me permission to share.

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Virtually Opera @virtuallyopera.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

If you want to catch #TheUncannyThingsTrilogy, you've got one week left! We've only got a few performances left, so you'll need to book soon to get your preferred date(s) and prices - still some £10 tickets available. Enter our world of community, bargains, music, and magic, while you still can.

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Leo Doulton @leodoulton.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Today is the day! Looking forward to the three-part epic...

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Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk · 20/03/2025

Although the pandemic brought better insight, the picture is complicated by the effects of the poly-crisis. The Audience Agency’s Oliver Mantell draws out key trends to help navigate unpredictable tides.

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The audience legacy of Covid - Arts Professional

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Andy Walsh @englishscribe.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

I have a man trapped inside the games industry. If he can stay in there for six months hours without screaming, he gets $1, no credit and will be released by email. Can't wait to upload this 🥰

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Leo Doulton @leodoulton.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Delighted by everything the cast and team have been doing on this, and the audiences have been charming. So if you haven't caught the show yet, please do before it closes!

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Virtually Opera @virtuallyopera.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Have you caught the Trilogy yet? If you're looking for #Immersive and #Interactive work in London, catch this Wyrd and wonderful show for its last 12 performances!

Three photos from a show poster; from Left to Right, a cloaked figure looking upwards, a purple-haired figure in a throne, and a shaggy-haired figure looking in pain.

Text reads: The Uncanny Things Trilogy. Bargain, Worship, Murder. Only 12 shows left! Five star audience rating.

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Text reads: The Uncanny Things Trilogy. What the critics say:

"Ominous and haunting, yet inviting... the thing that's really stuck with us is how much freedom each show affords its audience... it allows them to forge their own path and take real ownership of what unfolds." - Immersive rumours

"A fantastic way to draw more people into fantasy worlds, blending opera, immersive theatre, and traditional fantasy game elements" - Theatre & Tonic

"Simple but evocative, enhancing the eerie atmosphere and reinforcing the sense that we, the audience, are engaging in something both sacred and ominous" - The Reviews Hub

"Completely immersive from the get-go... the vocal quality is beautiful" - Lost in Theatreland

"The Perfect medium for the weird and wonderful" - Everything Theatre

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Text reads "The Uncanny Things Trilogy. Help your community. BARGAIN.

Laugh with your king. WORSHIP.

Use your power. MURDER."

Three photos for a show poster.

From left to right, a suited person looking upwards. A person in a white suit and a shoulder cape with small glasses. A person in a casual brown jacket and white T-shirt looking away.

Text reads "How should I watch The Uncanny Things Trilogy? Limited £10 affordable tickets available for most shows, for those who need them.

Two 'Trilogy in a day' events on 22nd & 29th March: see all three in one day at a unique immersive event.

Standard tickets £45. Book all three as a bundle for an 11% discount."

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Immersive Rumours @immersiverumours.com · 15/03/2025

REVIEW: Virtually Opera’s trilogy of wyrd and wonderful immersive operas invite audiences to take control of the narrative, form a sense of community, and strike deals with supernatural beings. Our review of The Uncanny Things Trilogy at COLAB Tower. www.immersiverumours.com/post/review-...

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Review: The Uncanny Things Trilogy by Virtually Opera - Immersive Rumours

Leo Doulton's collection of highly improvisational, operatic shows gives audiences the chance to influence and shape these wyrd worlds.

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Andy Walsh @englishscribe.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

The last few months, I have seen a lot of negative posts. People desperate for work, feeling abandoned by an industry that they have given a lot to that now seems to have no place for them. Worse still, it comes at a time when the world is shifting. Many people are being told that they don't even-

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Emily Carding @emilycarding.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Only a few hours left to vote in the Hugos! 💚🙏💚

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Leo Doulton @leodoulton.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

It's... Uncanny Things day with @virtuallyopera.bsky.social. After a five year journey, we open previews tonight. Thanks to everyone who's been a part of this, and looking forward to welcoming audiences soon.

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CN Lester 🏳️‍⚧️ @cnlester.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Amongst all the other things: I'm in rehearsals for a month long run of a truly unique improvised, immersive, interactive opera cycle in for the whole of March, and if you're a nerd in London you should check it out: www.designmynight.com/london/whats... Community, connections, queer shit, THE WYRD.

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The Uncanny Things Trilogy

Buy tickets for The Uncanny Things Trilogy, London. Information on The Uncanny Things Trilogy, Various dates from Tuesday 4th March 2025 in London.

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No Proscenium @noproscenium.com · 24/02/2025

It's not too late to make your voice heard in this year's NoPro Audience Awards! Yes, you too can be an Immie Voter! Check out all the #immersive nominees (linked below) and then use your status as a paid backer of NoPro to vote. What's that? You're not a backer yet? Next slide!

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The 2025 NoPro Audience Awards Nominees

The Immies are Back!

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Leo Doulton @leodoulton.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

After a fun weekend of Lovecraft and Queer Renaissance, some reflections on multi-roleing, the use of known social situations in interactive theatre, and a surprising number of pictures of me as the subject of a crucifixion picture. www.leodoulton.com/post/paintin...

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Painting Renaissance Sales: Reflections On A Three-Show Weekend

Last Sunday to Monday, I did three shows.Painting Pickman’s Model, in which a monster gives an art class, discussing what monstrosity looks like and what would be needed for the monster to be forgivab...

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No Proscenium @noproscenium.com · 20/02/2025

The nominees for this year's NoPro Audience Awards – aka The Immies – are here. Voting is open to NoPro's Patreon Backers, paid tiers only, but all can see the nominees here: noproscenium.com/the-2025-nop...

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The 2025 NoPro Audience Awards Nominees

The Immies are Back!

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Leo Doulton @leodoulton.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

This interview with @immersiverumours.com was a real pleasure, getting to chat beautiful entertainment, low-stakes interactive theatre, and how @virtuallyopera.bsky.social's work uses opera in a way that welcomes you in. Take a look here:

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Virtually Opera @virtuallyopera.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Delightful feature on The Uncanny Things Trilogy in @noproscenium.com. We're especially delighted by describing Come Bargain as "a charming “immersive eldritch opera” that invited guests to dive into a stack of craft supplies & find a way to appease a thing from beyond reason." It's very correct!

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Leo Doulton @leodoulton.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Absolute delight to be in @noproscenium.com talking about @virtuallyopera.bsky.social's Uncanny Things Trilogy - via growing communities, the lonely 21st century, and Granny Weatherwax.

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CN Lester 🏳️‍⚧️ @cnlester.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Do you work freelance in the creative industries in the UK? I'm giving free online trans inclusion training with Freelancers Make Theatre work on February 20th - practical tools to make our industries better and safer: www.eventbrite.com/e/creating-t... Sharing very much appreciated

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Creating Trans Equality in the Arts: A Practical Session for Freelancers

Talk followed by Q&A for cis and trans theatre freelancers.

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Andy Walsh @englishscribe.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

For those looking at immersive work and immersive writing, Side/Step festival is hosting two writing drop-ins next week (alongside a fab festival of stuff to check out!). I'll be there on the 17th if you're about :) Event shares welcome! sidestepfestival.squarespace.com?fbclid=PAZXh...

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SIDE/STEP FESTIVAL

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Max Cairnduff @maxcairnduff.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

To be fair if they’re not you probably shouldn’t appear with them. That’ll be why the Critical Role people never have dragons on stage I imagine.

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Leo Doulton @leodoulton.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

In news that will delight *certain* followers: A performance insurer I got a quote from has a default category for "Dungeons & Dragons Performance" but not "Opera".

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Leo Doulton @leodoulton.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Been spending the last few days (in part) shopping for the costumes for this; it's going to look gorgeous.

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Virtually Opera @virtuallyopera.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

How will you come to the Trilogy? Standard: Full price, one show Bundle: Discount for seeing all three parts (currently an earlybird 20% off!) Preview: Catch the first shows at reduced rates Affordable: £10, if you need it. Book now to get what suits you. www.designmynight.com/london/whats...

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Upper left: A hooded figure grins at the camera. Text reads 'Standard?'
Upper right: A black leather-jacketed figure contentedly sips a mug. Text reads 'Bundle?'
Lower left: A green-hooded figure reaches to the camera. Text reads 'Preview?'
Lower right: A white-shirted person looks anxiously over their shoulder. Text reads 'Affordable?'

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the voidspace @voidspacezine.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

CALL OF THE VOID: ***TTRPG SPECIAL*** The Voidspace wants your homebrews, your one-pagers, your meta monstrosities, your playable art or your artfully unplayables. voidspacezine@gmail.com Deadline 7 April 2025

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Leo Doulton @leodoulton.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

If you follow me and want *more me* next month, do consider: - A monster giving an art class, matinee on the 16th - A Venetian salon of Strozzi and celebration, evening 16th (sold out!) - An auction of an occultist's artefacts, evening 17th. Book for those remaining via Drayton Arms (link below):

Three posters:

Painting Pickman's Model, 14:00, 16/02/2025. Image of a robed green-skinned figure
Queer Renaissance, SOLD OUT
The Estate Sale of Randolph Carter, 19:30, 17/02/2025. Image of various bones.

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Chloe Mashiter @chloemashiter.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I've still got a couple of gaps in my plans for my Big-Europe-Gaming-&-Play research trip Mar-May - end of March/start of April, and end of April/start of May. If there's anything anyone out there would recommend checking out (conferences/events/games/shows/venues/etc!) do feel free to shout!

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Rowan Mysel Zeoli @rowanzeoli.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

This was a harrowing experience, but one I absolutely needed. Games are art. Games show the world as it is, as it could be, back to us. I made this article public because it felt incredibly important to me that people read it.

In the center of a repurposed Brooklyn warehouse loomed a scale model of the U.S. Capitol, as imposing a symbol of empire as the real building a couple hundred miles to the south. Surrounding it stood a line of blue-uniformed miniatures — police, meant to protect the election certification going on inside. Just beyond them, an ocean of red and white, miniatures of men and women holding flags that proclaimed that the time for revolution had come; the time to make America great again was here at last.

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Alasdair Stuart @alasdairstuart.com · 05/02/2025

Hey folks -- Signal Boost time for this week's #TheFullLid. If you have a creative project to promote, leave the details in a reply. Include the title and a link please, so folks can find it. For pre-launch crowdfunders let us know about 2 weeks in advance.

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No Proscenium @noproscenium.com · 04/02/2025

What do Dungeons & Dragons, Opera, and Apple TV’s ‘Severance’ have in common? They’re all in the week’s #Immersive Review Rundown: Worlds Beyond, Worlds Within. FIVE REVIEWS

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Immersive Review Rundown: Worlds Beyond, Worlds Within

What do Dungeons & Dragons, Opera, and Apple TV’s ‘Severance’ have in common? They’re all in the week’s Rundown. (FIVE REVIEWS)

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Not now, catastrophic change to the basic axioms of the universe.

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Ed Fortune @edfortune.com · 03/02/2025

The London Lovecraft Festival returns for it's 5th year at the Drayton Arms, during the 16th and 17th of February. Full story via @starburst.bsky.social www.starburstmagazine.com/london-lovec...

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Event Details.
With the horrors of a cold, damp, dark and stormy January fading, we march into February prepared to face fresh monstrous horrors, in the form of the returning London Lovecraft Festival.

Taking over the Drayton Arms Theatre in South Kensington on the 16th and 17th of February, this is the fifth outing for what has become a favourite event amongst fans of all things Lovecraft and theatre. Starburst has attended previous iterations of the festival and had a fantastic, mind-scrambling time, immersing ourselves in the entertainment on offer.

For 2025, the Festival launches at 2pm on the afternoon of Sunday, February 16th, with the interactive ‘Painting Pickman’s Model’. Director Leo Doulton, who was an Associate Director of immersive horror piece, The Key of Dreams, will lead attendees through a process of creating art, whilst discussing what makes a monster, and, we are promised, other topics that will be of interest to the audience. Described as ‘A Life Drawing Class with a difference’, we’d expect participants to be captivated by the tale Doulton will undoubtedly weave.

See website for more

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Emily Carding @emilycarding.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

I so love playing Dee in www.thekeyofdreams.co.uk ... The best thing is finding out which guests will help them towards their goals, or will someone try to save them from themselves? Booking now for April and beyond, limited dates and availability #immersive #weirdfiction

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Leo Doulton @leodoulton.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

I'm a contributor to this, and have had the chance to see a couple of other really exciting contributions to the volume, so do take a look if interactive work excites you:

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the voidspace @voidspacezine.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

In even better news, I've fixed the preorder link so that it's ACTUALLY POSSIBLE to preorder now Worth another go, if you gave up before. Thanks @neilwillcox.bsky.social for the sharp eyes as ever. You should consider becoming an editor...

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Chloe Mashiter @chloemashiter.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

I'm doing a new show (Support Group for the Newly Human) in two weeks' time as part of @voidspacezine.bsky.social's evening at Side/Step Festival in Angel (London) on 17th February! Come pretend to be an ex-supernatural being grappling w humanity... sidestepfestival.squarespace.com/whats-on/sid...

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Side/Step x Voidspace presents: An evening in the Void — SIDE/STEP FESTIVAL

Side/Step partners with the Voidspace to bring you a selection of interactive performances, in the space where games and theatre, the playful and the profound, meet. Join us for an evening in the Vo...

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the voidspace @voidspacezine.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

PUBLICATION ALERT EEEEEK!! Voidspace in Conversation: Talking about interactive art is now available for pre-order! Over 50 interviews, articles and essays about interactive writing, performance, art and games voidspacezine.com/voidspace-pr...

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Leo Doulton @leodoulton.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Listen to Paul, and go listen to Paul. (He's the one playing WarDad/BattleDad/WinsDad).

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Virtually Opera @virtuallyopera.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

In... surprising news, the current most popular show in The Uncanny Things Trilogy is newcomer Come Murder An Uncanny Thing! So thank you, to you nerdy, vengeful early bookers. Get your ticket today from just £10.

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Text reads: The Uncanny Things Trilogy. Come Murder An Uncanny Thing. Currently The Most Popular Uncanny Things Trilogy Show.

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CN Lester 🏳️‍⚧️ @cnlester.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Because even during the Horrors, there is work to be done: I'm currently taking on new music students - voice, piano, songwriting/composition-Bluesky, I was wondering if you could help me spread the word? Deeply experienced trans teacher w/a specialism in trans voices... www.cnlester.com/teaching-1

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Teaching — CN Lester

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Leo Doulton @leodoulton.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Any of the people on #TheatreSky willing to recommend a UK PLI/ELI provider? Have been gathering various quotes and wondered if anyone had had particular advice to share.

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No Proscenium @noproscenium.com · 28/01/2025

Do you have an #immersive event, #XR experience, escape game, immersive tabletop game, themed nightlife venue, magic performance, #larp, installation art, or experimental experiential work you want to get in front of a bigger audience? LIST IT at www.everythingimmersive.com our public service!

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EverythingImmersive

Your resource for immersive and interactive theatre, art, virtual reality, escape rooms, dance and more.

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