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The Big Fear
Writing or producing anything in the arts and theatre comes with a big fear as to what may eventuate ... even kill you The big dread! Night tremors and vague associations with all that could be wrong and all that might be left unresolved in one's life! The big fear that haunts one's every move and yet has no form and no particular shape. We howl at the ceiling above our beds; shadowed by the glow from the lamps on the streets and pathways of the surrounding units ... and yet
JOE WOODWARD
May 242 min read


Pandering to Narcissus, the God of Youth and Pseudo Arts Education Infected by Managerialism
Education and Western culture has certainly transformed from being an anti-youth authoritarian regime to being a subservient pandering culture of acknowledging and the extolling of Narcissus as a god of Youth. Child centred education is not simply about finding the best way of motivating learning. It is becoming an abdication of competency and academic mastery in favour of sycophantic adherence to a doctrine of bowing to ignorance and a god of Narcissus! In science, will we h
JOE WOODWARD
May 176 min read


Exploring the Compelling Monstrosity of Rhinoceros
Eugene Ionesco created works from outside the boundaries of considered art and culture. The works were not didactic nor cool for their age. Yet go to Paris and you might still see productions of his work at Théâtre de la Huchette from the same original company that first presented the plays sixty-five or so years ago. Rhinoceros is possibly the most famous Ionesco work; while almost defining the notion of Theatre of the Absurd. However, it would be misguided to suggest Ionesc
JOE WOODWARD
Feb 284 min read
