London, United Kingdom
The Cat's Court Case of Ulthar
An absurd interactive comedy court case, starring you (as judge/jury/solicitor), Leo Doulton (as an allegedly magic cat), and a ridiculous amount of milk. Interview, debate, and bribe your way to victory - or even justice.
Honourable members of this court… and the prosecution. Apparently, I stole a dangerous book. The Necronomicon, did you say? My my, you’d have to be clever to steal that. And apparently, I then left it in a student bar for any idiot to find. Oh, someone did? I’m devastated, I’m sure. But this trial is absurd. As the defence will tell you, I am just a normal housecat - though an unusually handsome and cunning one - and all I want is to drink milk and walk free. Miaow.” We are recruiting for the trial of an (allegedly magic) cat. You will serve variously as magistrates, jurors, prosecution, defence, and the press, interviewing, debating, and bribing your way to victory - or even justice. Join this absurd interactive comedy court case, featuring Leo Doulton (as an arrogant cat), you (as the court and its officials), and a truly surprising amount of milk (as milk). Created by & Starring Leo Doulton (London Lovecraft Festival New Writing Prize 2025 winner)
Audience Role
You play judge, jury, prosecutor, witnesses etc with one person playing the cat on trial.
Ages: 13 +
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About London Lovecraft Festival
We celebrate the Weird and Uncanny in all its forms. From Cthulhoid cabarets to plays, interactive immersive horrors and even operas, the London Lovecraft Festival has become the UK’s home for thoughtful, funny, and groundbreaking responses to the originator of cosmic horror. Through reinvention, parody, and supporting artists he would have shunned, we strive to reimagine that legacy for the modern age.