When Subsidy Meets West End Pricing open.substack.com/pub/carlwood...

Could it be? Yes, it could. Something's coming, something good, if I can wait.

TGIF open.substack.com/pub/carlwood...

“It is very funny” says Kara Tointon ahead of The Constant Wife's arrival in Blackpool open.substack.com/pub/carlwood...

Dreams you didn't dare are dead.

BLOG: The Best Theatre To See In 2026 www.mrcarlwoodward.com/frontpage-ar...

Arrange tomorrow to be like today.

Michael Billington on Jamie Lloyd’s Evita

2025: The year the cracks widened open.substack.com/pub/carlwood...

it is IN the West End, not ON the West End

Marty Supreme is terrific—a thrilling, helter-skelter ping-pong movie that’s a total blast

National Theatre: diversity targets met - audiences uncertain open.substack.com/pub/carlwood...

BLOG: Top 5 shows of 2025 www.mrcarlwoodward.com/frontpage-ar...

As we wave goodbye to one year and say hello to another, it is customary to present a top 5 shows of the year and here is mine: 1. Kenrex 2. Stereophonic 3. All My Sons 4. Into The Woods 5. Jesus Christ Superstar

Behold: Margaret Hodge’s long-awaited review of Arts Council England is here open.substack.com/pub/carlwood...

The long-awaited Dame Margaret Hodge report on Arts Council England is out, calling for a radical overhaul—from a new commercial arm to replacing the Let’s Create strategy and rethinking bureaucratic funding applications www.gov.uk/government/p...

best shows in London currently: Kenrex All My Sons Ride The Cyclone Oh, Mary! Ballet Shoes The Producers Into The Woods

Today

Mood

Kenrex is a masterpiece

let’s see what this is all about

great blog: When the Artist Becomes the Contingency Fund by Ben Weatherill www.benweatherill.com/blog

Tamara Harvey: “Sharing stories in a shared space helps people connect, reflect, and step into someone else’s shoes.” open.substack.com/pub/carlwood...

let’s see what this is all about

I dim the lights, and think about you. Spend sleepless nights, and think about you. You said you loved me, or were you just being kind? Or am I losing my mind?

All My Sons open.substack.com/pub/carlwood...

TGIF open.substack.com/pub/carlwood...

let’s see what this is all about

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

a National Outcry carlwoodward.substack.com/p/a-national...

the lights of the West End will dim this evening in memory of legend Tom Stoppard x

No strings, good times. Just chums, company!

Ticket touts be gone open.substack.com/pub/carlwood...

Theatre Is Emotionally Expensive - Am I Right? open.substack.com/pub/carlwood...

Drama in a crisis open.substack.com/pub/carlwood...

BLOG: Impartiality Is Dead: We Live In Hell 🎭 www.mrcarlwoodward.com/blog1/impart...

You think, what do you want? You think, make a decision.

Sonia Friedman’s tribute to Tom Stoppard: “In a noisy world, Tom listened. And in that listening was its own form of genius.”

This is really good!

RIP great genius and legend playwright Sir Tom Stoppard has passed away, aged 88 - will never be forgotten: a huge loss x

Impartiality Is Dead: All Hail The Rise of The Influencer 🫖 open.substack.com/pub/carlwood...

typical that ATG ask front-of-house workers to volunteer to help decorate the West End’s Apollo Victoria for Christmas - join a union kids 💚

You're still somehow part of my life, and you won't go away.

George Devine died setting up the Court. Literally it killed him. The Court isn’t going anywhere but Devine’s values are. It’s being left to them alone. The National, RSC & Bush (in particular) are a direct response to Devine’s work. Who will keep responding & fighting for if?

Yep this. Exactly this.

Drama in a crisis open.substack.com/pub/carlwood...

Theatre Is Emotionally Expensive - Am I Right? open.substack.com/pub/carlwood...