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

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.

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.

On what is a really difficult day, here are some resources for our trans friends and allies. Solidarity 💜 goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...

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.

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

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.

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 🥰

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!

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!

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-...

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-

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

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.

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.

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!

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...

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...

OPPORTUNITY - Creative Director Not affiliated. Shares welcome career.paradoxplaza.com/jobs/5562404...

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:

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!

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.

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

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...

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.

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".

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

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...

CALL OF THE VOID: ***TTRPG SPECIAL*** The Voidspace wants your homebrews, your one-pagers, your meta monstrosities, your playable art or your artfully unplayables. [email protected] Deadline 7 April 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):

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!

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.

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.

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

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

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...

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

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:

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...

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...

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...

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

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.

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

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.

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!

What a fantastic week of #KeyofDreams shows! Some very dedicated cultists, unprecedented levels of fun all round including Jonathan Ross&Jane Goldman (the loveliest person ever) at the 1st and a 2nd group that exemplified teamwork and cross-society collaboration- joy💚 #actorslife #immersive

The concept of what makes a monster (and if monsters are deserving of love) is something I circle a lot in my books. Personally, I've identified with the monster of a lot of properties more than their "normal" counterparts. ANYWAY. (The Monster Theory Ready, edited by Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock)

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):

Very excited to present an evening of playful performance w Side/Step festival- from IF to a support group for the recently human, by way of environmental poetry+Godzilla Monday 17 February 2017, Upper Street Very demure, very Voidspace Tix here: sidestepfestival.squarespace.com/whats-on/sid...