Carl Woodward
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Why Black Boys Theatre Club Fills Me With Hope
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Why Black Boys Theatre Club Fills Me With Hope
I join the lads on a trip to Dracula
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Olivier Awards 2026 – Who Should Win, Who Will Win🏆
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Olivier Awards 2026 - Who Should Win, Who Will Win🏆 - Carl Woodward
TWO very different musicals — one about a marmalade-loving Peruvian bear, the other a darkly Sondheim fairy tale — have emerged as the dominant forces at
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Olivier Awards 2026 – Who Should Win, Who Will Win🏆
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Olivier Awards 2026 - Who Should Win, Who Will Win🏆 - Carl Woodward
TWO very different musicals — one about a marmalade-loving Peruvian bear, the other a darkly Sondheim fairy tale — have emerged as the dominant forces at
https://www.mrcarlwoodward.com/frontpage-article/olivier-awards-2026-who-should-win-who-will-win%F0%9F%8F%86/
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TGIF: Olivier Awards 2026 - Who Should Win, Who Will Win🏆
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TGIF: Olivier Awards 2026 - Who Should Win, Who Will Win🏆
Read on for my thoughts on how seriously you should take Olivier…
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BLOG: Michael Morpurgo Interview: "It is the right of every child in this country to be able to go to a theatre and not spend a fortune.”
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Michael Morpurgo Interview: "It is the right of every child in this country to be able to go to a theatre and not spend a fortune.” - Carl Woodward
Beloved author on storytelling, war in Europe and Private Peaceful returning to the stage
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11 days ago
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TGIF
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TGIF 🤷🏻
What do you want from your programme?
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Michael Morpurgo: "It is the right of every child in this country to be able to go to a theatre and not spend a fortune.”
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Michael Morpurgo: "It is the right of every child in this country to be able to go to a theatre and not spend a fortune.”
Beloved author on storytelling, war in Europe and Private Peaceful returning to the stage
https://open.substack.com/pub/carlwoodward/p/michael-morpurgo-its-the-right-of?r=1v5ub7&utm_medium=ios
13 days ago
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Hell hath no fury
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What’s the point of critics?
hell hath no fury
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16 days ago
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TGIF
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TGIF 🌟
What a world
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19 days ago
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we must recognise and uphold the right of every child in this country to have meaningful access to theatre: physically, intellectually, and emotionally x
20 days ago
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26 days ago
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TGIF
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TGIF 🙀
How can we ensure real change in gender equality in new writing?
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26 days ago
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National Theatre
26 days ago
Tickets are now on sale for
#WarHorse🐎
The global sensation returns home to
#NationalTheatre
, nearly two decades after its debut. Don't miss Joey in his grand return, galloping back into the
#OlivierTheatre
this May. Book now and find out more:
warhorseonstage.com
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Kristin Scott Thomas says male theatre critics fail to grasp plays about women
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https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/feb/11/kristin-scott-thomas-says-male-theatre-critics-fail-to-grasp-plays-about-women
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26 days ago
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Drama has exited stage left from our schools
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Drama has exited stage left from our schools
For many the introduction to theatre is only ever going to get made via school
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27 days ago
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Does Theatre Have A Bullying Problem?
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Does Theatre Have A Bullying Problem?
Come and sit down next to me, and we’ll have a slightly deranged laugh about it together.
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Emma Thompson: “The theatre is the opposite of highbrow. Everyone in London went the theatre in the old days. It was down and dirty… it does require a huge investment to go to the West End because those shows are very expensive to run and because producers of that kind of show like to make money.”
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an unexpected look at Cynthia Erivo as Dracula 🩸
about 1 month ago
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I did not like American Psycho
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American Psycho 🩸
Psychopaths are universal.
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about 1 month ago
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TGIF
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TGIF 🎟️
Fee fi fo fun
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about 1 month ago
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Kieran Healy
about 1 month ago
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
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about 1 month ago
It’s called burn your bridges, start again. You should burn them every now and then or you’ll never grow!
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back at Into The Woods
about 1 month ago
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We Live in Hell, But AI Is Here to Help (Sort Of)
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We Live in Hell, But AI Is Here to Help (Sort Of)
This week, I have been reading the eerie International AI safety report: an annual survey of technological progress and the risks it is creating across multiple areas, from chatbots to the jobs market...
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about 1 month ago
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RIP Catherine O Hara - legend who has died suddenly at the age of 71 x a twinkle and sparkle that has left the world
about 1 month ago
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Sondheim Lyrics
about 1 month ago
No more feelings. Time to shut the door. Just—no more.
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TGIF
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TGIF
Personal updates, a Broadway skirmish & more
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about 1 month ago
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Sondheim Lyrics
about 1 month ago
You think, “What do you want?” You think, “Make a decision!”
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What Can Theatre Learn From The Class Ceiling Report?
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What Can Theatre Learn From The Class Ceiling Report?
More than half of the British public consider themselves working class, according to YouGov.
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about 1 month ago
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Carl Woodward
Sondheim Lyrics
about 1 month ago
There is a flower which offers nectar at the top, delicious nectar at the top and bitter poison underneath. The butterfly that stays too long and drinks too deep is doomed to die.
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TGIF
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TGIF
more matter, with less art
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about 2 months ago
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An Open Letter to Lisa Nandy MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
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An Open Letter to Lisa Nandy MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
O woe, is me to have seen what I have seen
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about 2 months ago
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Sondheim Lyrics
about 2 months ago
Wanting a ball is not wanting a prince.
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about 2 months ago
The sun comes up, I think about you.
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Liking Nothing, Liking Everything
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Liking Nothing, Liking Everything
On watching watching, remembering and judging theatre
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about 2 months ago
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Carl Woodward
Sondheim Lyrics
about 2 months ago
Love is just sand, you can feel it shifting: soon as you stand, you begin to sink. Everything's planned, then it gets to drifting, never to where you think. Love ain't solid land, it's just sand.
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TGIF (on a Sunday)
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TGIF [on a Sunday]
Putting it together
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about 2 months ago
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When Subsidy Meets West End Pricing
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When Subsidy Meets West End Pricing
There is a rising trend of subsidised theatres reflecting West End rates in their ticketing prices
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about 2 months ago
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Sondheim Lyrics
2 months ago
Could it be? Yes, it could. Something's coming, something good, if I can wait.
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TGIF
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TGIF
Paranormal Activity, Squid Games V Equity and more
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2 months ago
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“It is very funny” says Kara Tointon ahead of The Constant Wife's arrival in Blackpool
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KARA TOINTON: “IT’S BEEN A FUNNY OLD YEAR, BUT THE CONSTANT WIFE IS THE BREATH OF FRESH AIR WE ALL NEED.”
A chat with The Constant Wife star
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2 months ago
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Sondheim Lyrics
2 months ago
Dreams you didn't dare are dead.
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BLOG: The Best Theatre To See In 2026
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The Best Theatre To See In 2026 - Carl Woodward
Includes Yentl(!)
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2 months ago
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Sondheim Lyrics
2 months ago
Arrange tomorrow to be like today.
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Michael Billington on Jamie Lloyd’s Evita
2 months ago
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2025: The year the cracks widened
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2025: The year the cracks widened
A heartfelt thank you to my subscribers
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2 months ago
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it is IN the West End, not ON the West End
2 months ago
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Marty Supreme is terrific—a thrilling, helter-skelter ping-pong movie that’s a total blast
2 months ago
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National Theatre: diversity targets met - audiences uncertain
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National Theatre: diversity targets met - audiences uncertain
Income from productions by the NT has fallen by 17% from £54.6 million in 2023/24 to £45 million in 2024/25
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3 months ago
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