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21 Sep 2026 2 minute read 0 comments Patrick Larsen $0.13
When director Siobhan Ginty and JONES Theatrical Group approached Studio Bound to design Metaverse of Magic, the brief was about building worlds that could travel. The production toured Sydney Coliseum Theatre, Canberra Theatre Centre, and QPAC Conc...
4 Sep 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Patrick Larsen $0.02
The two words are supposed to clash. That's the whole point. The book is called The Mystical Science of Creativity, and yes, those two words are supposed to clash. That's the whole point — the title is the argument, compressed. Creativity has been b...
8 Aug 2026 1 minute read 1 comment Patrick Larsen $0.09
If your creative output depends on inspiration showing up, you don't have a process. You have a gamble. Let me push back on one of the most beloved ideas about creativity: the muse. The story that you wait, inspiration arrives from somewhere beyond...
21 Jul 2026 2 minute read 0 comments Patrick Larsen $0.10
Twenty-five years in, I've never once seen a lightning bolt. Here's what I've seen instead. In October 2025 I gave a keynote at World Stage Design in Sharjah — the quadrennial performance-design event, this time in the UAE. I started with work I had...
7 Jul 2026 1 minute read 0 comments Patrick Larsen $0.09
What Lila at Enchanting Valley taught me about continuity. Here's a principle Lila drove home for me: if you want a place to feel whole, don't design the show and the venue as separate jobs. Design them as one. Lila is the resident show at Enchantin...
6 Jul 2026 2 minute read 0 comments Patrick Larsen $0.27
When the same person writes it, directs the vision, builds the set and designs the costumes, a show stops feeling assembled Here's a small idea about creative work that Varuna proved to me better than any project I've done: coherence is easier to bu...
