JOE WOODWARD
Why Not Cancel ALL ART: Cressida's Absurdist Refusal to Bowdlerise Her Own Life
I've had students decide Harry Potter was more relevant than anything Shakespeare did and other students deciding they could do better anywa
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JOE WOODWARD
Sep 5, 20214 min read
Theatre vs Cultural Entrapment
To discuss theatre and drama without any referencing of the epistemological dimensions that garner and shape artistic production is to...
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JOE WOODWARD
Mar 8, 202111 min read
Three Phases of Creativity and the Problem with a proposed Drama Curriculum
Gavin Bolton, an English educator, Drama practitioner and theorist, taught me something that became the most essential element in...
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JOE WOODWARD
Aug 1, 20201 min read
Theatre and Slightly Death
Wolfgang Grasse (1930-2008) created art works that featured a very slightly Death drawn from his experience of having been in Dresdon
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JOE WOODWARD
Jun 28, 20205 min read
The Power of a Liminal Theatre
Filling the gap in theatre training and practice Understanding and applying principles of liminality in theatre practice can...
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JOE WOODWARD
Jun 9, 20204 min read
Cockroach Theatre
in a world where some would suggest art should follow market research, the cockroach might just provide an alternative positive model
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JOE WOODWARD
May 13, 20206 min read
Three Skeletons of Theatre
... how many young prospective actors are encouraged in their narcissism?
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JOE WOODWARD
Apr 29, 20208 min read
Removing Emotional Toxicity from the Actor and Creator
Toxicity is not about techniques. It's not about actor training. It IS about the emotional straitjacket that impairs the creative process an
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JOE WOODWARD
Apr 26, 20208 min read
Ah the Animal
Turning to "Negative Capability with fifty years of major challenges to the notions of The Enlightenment
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JOE WOODWARD
Apr 20, 20206 min read
Surreal Architecture of Play Writing
The idea of distortion to highlight particular aspects of otherwise hidden realities can be a key component of theatre making.
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