Carl Woodward
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You Are Here at @southbankcentre was a superficial mishmash. No signage. No map. No programme. No schedule. Hellish. A surreal disaster. Who else was there?
27 days ago
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You Are Here
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You Are Here
All of this felt like a massive waste of energy.
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27 days ago
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TGIF
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TGIF
Agile. Right.
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about 1 month ago
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Let Us Not Die Of Niceness
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Let Us Not Die Of Niceness
Hard stare
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about 1 month ago
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TGIF
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TGIF ❗️
Good intentions...
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about 1 month ago
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I will be on Times Radio today at 3.15pm discussing theatre things: tune in, or don’t x
about 1 month ago
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TGIF
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TGIF 🚨
touring fiasco: performances of plays drop 70%
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about 1 month ago
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BLOG: John Proctor is the villain - Law Report
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John Proctor is the Villain
Law Report
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about 2 months ago
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full running order: 2026 Olivier Awards x
about 2 months ago
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BLOG: Sold Out. Paid Peanuts.
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Sold Out. Paid Peanuts.
The London Living Wage is absent in the West End🎟️
https://open.substack.com/pub/carlwoodward/p/sold-out-paid-peanuts?r=1v5ub7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
about 2 months ago
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TGIF
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TGIF 🌟
HI ya, The latest Audience Agency report ‘Valuing Creative and Cultural R&D and Innovation’ lands at a moment of unusual candour.
https://open.substack.com/pub/carlwoodward/p/tgif-1ec?r=1v5ub7&utm_medium=ios
about 2 months ago
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The Gruffalo at 25: Why This Humble Little Mouse Matters More Than Ever
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The Gruffalo at 25: Why This Humble Little Mouse Matters More Than Ever
Hello reader,
https://open.substack.com/pub/carlwoodward/p/the-gruffalo-at-25-why-this-humble?r=1v5ub7&utm_medium=ios
about 2 months ago
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TGIF
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TGIF 🐥
Sound off
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about 2 months ago
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What Can We Learn From Diamonds and Dust Fiasco?
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What Can We Learn From The Diamonds and Dust Insolvency Fiasco?
The show must go on. The debts do not have to. 💎🪦
https://open.substack.com/pub/carlwoodward/p/what-can-we-learn-from-diamonds-and?r=1v5ub7&utm_medium=ios
2 months ago
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TGIF
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TGIF - (No) Standard Awards
Let me explain…
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2 months ago
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Summerfolk
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Summerfolk
A summer of pleasure. A storm on the horizon.
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2 months ago
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I appear to be at the National Theatre
2 months ago
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TGIF
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TGIF
Capitalism never sleeps
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2 months ago
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reposted by
Carl Woodward
Caridad Svich
3 months ago
dear theatre, read this. necessary to keep theatre criticism alive. not just in London
add a skeleton here at some point
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Critics are invited to the party but aren’t allowed to dance
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Critics Under Siege
National critics challenge the Lyceum over its decision to bar them from reviewing new musical One Day in Edinburgh
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3 months ago
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I look down on people who don’t like musicals
3 months ago
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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Walking on sunshine & sorrow
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3 months ago
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TGIF
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TGIF 🇺🇸
Is the West End becoming the 51st state?
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3 months ago
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reposted by
Carl Woodward
Merriam-Webster
3 months ago
‘Hey’ came before ‘hi,’ and ‘hi' came before ‘hello.’ ‘Hi’ is most likely a variant of ‘hey.’ ‘Hello’ is not related to either. Goodbye.
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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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3 months ago
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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/
3 months ago
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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/
3 months ago
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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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3 months ago
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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
https://www.mrcarlwoodward.com/frontpage-article/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/
3 months ago
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TGIF
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TGIF 🤷🏻
What do you want from your programme?
https://open.substack.com/pub/carlwoodward/p/tgif-297?r=1v5ub7&utm_medium=ios
3 months ago
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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
3 months 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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3 months ago
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TGIF
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TGIF 🌟
What a world
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3 months 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
3 months ago
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4 months 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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4 months ago
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reposted by
Carl Woodward
National Theatre
4 months 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
https://t.co/3eWlkaURZZ
4 months 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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4 months 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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4 months ago
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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.”
4 months ago
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an unexpected look at Cynthia Erivo as Dracula 🩸
4 months ago
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I did not like American Psycho
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American Psycho 🩸
Psychopaths are universal.
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4 months ago
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TGIF
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TGIF 🎟️
Fee fi fo fun
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4 months ago
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reposted by
Carl Woodward
Sondheim Lyrics
4 months 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
4 months 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...
https://open.substack.com/pub/carlwoodward/p/we-live-in-hell-but-ai-is-here-to?r=1v5ub7&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
4 months 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
4 months ago
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