JOE WOODWARDSep 5, 20214 minTheatre vs Cultural EntrapmentTo discuss theatre and drama without any referencing of the epistemological dimensions that garner and shape artistic production is to...
JOE WOODWARDMar 7, 202111 minThree 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 WOODWARDAug 1, 20201 minTheatre and Slightly DeathWolfgang Grasse (1930-2008) created art works that featured a very slightly Death drawn from his experience of having been in Dresdon
JOE WOODWARDJun 28, 20205 minThe Power of a Liminal TheatreFilling the gap in theatre training and practice Understanding and applying principles of liminality in theatre practice can...
JOE WOODWARDJun 9, 20204 minCockroach Theatre in a world where some would suggest art should follow market research, the cockroach might just provide an alternative positive model
JOE WOODWARDMay 12, 20206 minThree Skeletons of Theatre... how many young prospective actors are encouraged in their narcissism?
JOE WOODWARDApr 28, 20208 minRemoving Emotional Toxicity from the Actor and CreatorToxicity is not about techniques. It's not about actor training. It IS about the emotional straitjacket that impairs the creative process an
JOE WOODWARDApr 26, 20208 minAh the AnimalTurning to "Negative Capability with fifty years of major challenges to the notions of The Enlightenment
JOE WOODWARDApr 20, 20206 minSurreal Architecture of Play WritingThe idea of distortion to highlight particular aspects of otherwise hidden realities can be a key component of theatre making.