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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

JOE WOODWARD
Mar 5, 20236 min read
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Why Teachers Fear the Trojan Women
Why do some teachers fear the "Trojan Women" and embrace "Grease"? If you type into the Google search engine "The Trojan Women in...

JOE WOODWARD
Aug 13, 20227 min read
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Abhorrence of Religion, Culture and Arts
Art and theatre have for over a century generally been anti-authoritarian and anti-establishment. Religion has been, for the most part,...

JOE WOODWARD
May 5, 20226 min read
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Theatre vs Cultural Entrapment
To discuss theatre and drama without any referencing of the epistemological dimensions that garner and shape artistic production is to...

JOE WOODWARD
Sep 5, 20214 min read
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A Mechanism of Possibilities And Beyond the Violence
Originally scheduled for a presentation at Smiths Alternative on 11 August 2014, "And Beyond the Violence" has had a long gestation...

JOE WOODWARD
Mar 14, 20212 min read
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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...

JOE WOODWARD
Mar 8, 202111 min read
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The Incredible Art of a Life
THIS ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN AND PUBLISHED IN SCREAM FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF DAVID BRANSON IN DECEMBER 2001. David Branson's legacy of...

JOE WOODWARD
Dec 14, 20205 min read
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