Carl Woodward
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Theatre Is Emotionally Expensive - Am I Right? open.substack.com/pub/carlwood...
Theatre Is Emotionally Expensive - Am I Right?
WORKING in theatre is far more demanding of time and energy than just watching.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Theatre Is Emotionally Expensive - Am I Right? open.substack.com/pub/carlwood...
Ticket touts be gone open.substack.com/pub/carlwood...
TGIF 🎭
Ticket touts be gone
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November 21, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Ticket touts be gone open.substack.com/pub/carlwood...
The Uberisation of Freelancers open.substack.com/pub/carlwood...
Another Week - Another Alarming Report
Talent is classless. Opportunity, however, is class-bound.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The Uberisation of Freelancers open.substack.com/pub/carlwood...
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Late nights, quick bites, party games, deep talks, long walks, telephone calls.
November 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Late nights, quick bites, party games, deep talks, long walks, telephone calls.
Has Theatre Finally Run Out of Ideas? 🎭 open.substack.com/pub/carlwood...
Has Theatre Finally Run Out of Ideas? 🎭
This week, while reading The Economist, I stumbled across a terrific article titled: “Has culture in the 21st century become samey and dull?”
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November 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Has Theatre Finally Run Out of Ideas? 🎭 open.substack.com/pub/carlwood...
What Can Be Done About Theatre’s Classism? open.substack.com/pub/carlwood...
What Can Be Done About Theatre’s Classism?
Go
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November 12, 2025 at 11:19 AM
What Can Be Done About Theatre’s Classism? open.substack.com/pub/carlwood...
The Greatest Show? Not quite. open.substack.com/pub/carlwood...
The Greatest Show? Not quite.
Come Alive: The Greatest Showman Spectacular at Earls Court attempts to tell a story with The Greatest Showman’s songs, but the result is thin and largely incoherent.
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November 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The Greatest Show? Not quite. open.substack.com/pub/carlwood...
BLOG: I Went Along To Paddington The Musical www.mrcarlwoodward.com/frontpage-ar...
I Went Along To Paddington The Musical - Carl Woodward
LET’S get one thing clear: this is a full-on charm offensive of a stage musical. The marmalade-loving bear’s popularity and marketability have elevated
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November 5, 2025 at 11:13 AM
BLOG: I Went Along To Paddington The Musical www.mrcarlwoodward.com/frontpage-ar...
Frantic Assembly is changing lives open.substack.com/pub/carlwood...
Frantic Assembly is transforming lives
Always forward. Never back.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Frantic Assembly is changing lives open.substack.com/pub/carlwood...
Is theatre too elitist? link.thetimes.co.uk/view/61966b2...
Chief Theatre Critic
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October 22, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Is theatre too elitist? link.thetimes.co.uk/view/61966b2...
Hunger Games: on stage and a £26m fiasco open.substack.com/pub/carlwood...
“The Hunger Games” Takes to the Stage — but £26m purpose-built Theatre Launches in Chaos
Have You Tried Turning the Building Off and On Again?
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October 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Hunger Games: on stage and a £26m fiasco open.substack.com/pub/carlwood...
Does Theatre Have A Gender Inequality Problem? substack.com/@carlwoodwar...
Does Theatre Have A Gender Inequality Problem?
83% of women in theatre say their jobs are made harder by women’s health issues: the show can't go on like this
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October 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Does Theatre Have A Gender Inequality Problem? substack.com/@carlwoodwar...
How long should an Artistic Director stay in post? open.substack.com/pub/carlwood...
TGIF 🎭
Are theatres playing it too safe? Broadway strikes, Merrily & more ⭐️
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October 17, 2025 at 7:42 AM
How long should an Artistic Director stay in post? open.substack.com/pub/carlwood...
Black Boys Theatre Club: opening doors for the next generation of black talent open.substack.com/pub/carlwood...
Black Boys Theatre Club: opening doors for the next generation of black talent
The one thing everyone should see in theatre - is themselves
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October 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Black Boys Theatre Club: opening doors for the next generation of black talent open.substack.com/pub/carlwood...
Who Will Plug The Gap? carlwoodward.substack.com/p/dirty-mone...
Dirty Money: A Grown-Up Conversation, Please?
Who Will Pick Up The Bill?
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October 13, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Who Will Plug The Gap? carlwoodward.substack.com/p/dirty-mone...
dynamic pricing has ravaged the West End - let’s cut to the chase: it is a greedy scam
keeping ticket prices low and accessible is something that West End producers must urgently address 🎭
keeping ticket prices low and accessible is something that West End producers must urgently address 🎭
October 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
dynamic pricing has ravaged the West End - let’s cut to the chase: it is a greedy scam
keeping ticket prices low and accessible is something that West End producers must urgently address 🎭
keeping ticket prices low and accessible is something that West End producers must urgently address 🎭
TGIF - my Friday newsletter is here open.substack.com/pub/carlwood...
TGIF 🎭
Audience behaviour continues to spiral out of control, Les Mis turns 40, Scherzinger & more 🥂
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October 10, 2025 at 8:15 AM
TGIF - my Friday newsletter is here open.substack.com/pub/carlwood...
‘ICYMI’ British Theatre Is Failing The Working Class www.mrcarlwoodward.com/frontpage-ar...
British Theatre Is Failing The Working Class - Carl Woodward
The class divide is deepening — & we’re failing to bridge It
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October 10, 2025 at 6:39 AM
‘ICYMI’ British Theatre Is Failing The Working Class www.mrcarlwoodward.com/frontpage-ar...
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TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it
October 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
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October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.