JOE WOODWARDMar 5, 20236 min readWhy Not Cancel ALL ART: Cressida's Absurdist Refusal to Bowdlerise Her Own LifeI've had students decide Harry Potter was more relevant than anything Shakespeare did and other students deciding they could do better anywa
JOE WOODWARDAug 13, 20227 min readWhy Teachers Fear the Trojan WomenWhy do some teachers fear the "Trojan Women" and embrace "Grease"? If you type into the Google search engine "The Trojan Women in...
JOE WOODWARDMay 5, 20226 min readAbhorrence of Religion, Culture and ArtsArt and theatre have for over a century generally been anti-authoritarian and anti-establishment. Religion has been, for the most part,...
JOE WOODWARDSep 5, 20214 min readTheatre vs Cultural EntrapmentTo discuss theatre and drama without any referencing of the epistemological dimensions that garner and shape artistic production is to...
JOE WOODWARDMar 14, 20212 min readA Mechanism of Possibilities And Beyond the ViolenceOriginally scheduled for a presentation at Smiths Alternative on 11 August 2014, "And Beyond the Violence" has had a long gestation...
JOE WOODWARDMar 8, 202111 min readThree Phases of Creativity and the Problem with a proposed Drama CurriculumGavin Bolton, an English educator, Drama practitioner and theorist, taught me something that became the most essential element in...
JOE WOODWARDDec 14, 20205 min readThe Incredible Art of a LifeTHIS ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN AND PUBLISHED IN SCREAM FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF DAVID BRANSON IN DECEMBER 2001. David Branson's legacy of...