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Adam Lenson

@adamlenson.bsky.social

Director, Theatremaker and Creative Technologist. I live in London and make musicals and music driven work. Artistic Director of Timelapse. https://linktr.ee/adamlenson

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Adam Lenson@adamlenson.bsky.social · last mo.

It’s weird being at edfringe without twitter. I sort of miss twitter. The discourse, the debates. Not the toxicity. Anyway here are some nice reviews from my Edinburgh fringe show. Sorry.

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Adam Lenson@adamlenson.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Absolutely loving this book. Although I had a small existential crisis when I realised that the original NES Mario Bros and Mario 64 were released only 11 years apart. Truly what a time to be growing up around video games.

Keza MacDonald@mackeza.bsky.social · last yr.

My book, Super Nintendo: How One Japanese Company Helped the World Have Fun, is out next February! It is a lively cultural history of the world's most beloved video game company, drawing from 20 years' worth of reporting and interviews. Pre-order here: linktr.ee/super_nintendo

The UK cover of Keza's forthcoming book, Super Nintendo, out 12 February 2026
Adam Lenson@adamlenson.bsky.social · last yr.

A huge thank you to those who have donated to my new company's crowdfunder. We are still quite a way from reaching our hoped target so if you are able or willing to support our endeavours I would be so grateful. We are making some really cool and unique stuff and every contribution helps.

Adam Lenson@adamlenson.bsky.social · last yr.

Does anyone need an EdFringe Sound Designer? I have time in June/July and will be up in Edinburgh for week zero. Amongst other things I designed the sound for last year’s Fringe First winning ‘Revenge: After the Levoyah’

Adam Lenson@adamlenson.bsky.social · last yr.

I don’t think there’s a recent musical theatre lyric that gets me more than “Those sunny afternoons you spent with me. They’ll still be happening, just somewhere in the past” Hoping that Maybe Happy Ending gets to London so I can watch it once a week.

Adam Lenson@adamlenson.bsky.social · last yr.

This is very cool. Thanks so much Dr Broadribb. I look back at the pandemic and remember that feeling of being forced into a new frontier. And that has informed everything I’ve done since.

Dr. Benjamin Broadribb@benbroadribb.bsky.social · last yr.

Delighted that my article on Francesca Forristal and Jordan Paul Clarke's verbatim musical Public Domain has been published this week in Journal of Contemporary Drama in English by @degruyterbrill.bsky.social 🥳 You can find it online here: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... #AcademicSky

Author: Benjamin Broadribb '“The Future Is Gonna Be Better Than Today”: The Metamodern Theatre of Verbatim Musical Public Domain' Abstract: Metamodernism has increasingly been put forward as the predominant cultural logic of the opening decades of the twenty-first century, shifting away from or beyond the postmodern sensibility of the late twentieth century. This article puts forward the verbatim musical Public Domain, written and performed by Francesca Forristal and Jordan Paul Clarke, as a key example of metamodern theatre. Through close analysis of Public Domain’s livestreamed run from Southwark Playhouse in January 2021, performed under lockdown restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, this article demonstrates how Forristal and Clarke, together with director Adam Lenson, achieve metamodernism’s oscillating aesthetic and emphasis on felt experience. I explore how Public Domain utilises the verbatim musical form, their chosen subject matter of social media and online culture, and pandemic performance modes and aesthetics to evince a metamodern sensibility. Specifically, I consider the “depthiness” of Forristal and Clarke’s music, lyrics, and performances, and how this was brought out further through Lenson’s directorial decisions for Public Domain’s livestreamed run. In doing so, I propose that Public Domain is exemplary in demonstrating the metamodern shift in theatrical aesthetics and online culture as well as providing an important cultural artefact of pandemic performance. Keywords: metamodernism; depthiness; verbatim theatre; musical theatre; digital theatre; COVID-19; pandemic performance; Francesca Forristal; Jordan Paul Clarke; Adam Lenson; Public Domain