How can you build future audiences with prices like these? The post West End ticket prices are alienating an entire generation of audiences ? appeared first on Carl Woodward ..read more

Poetic coming-of-age play is a heartbreakingly uplifting, minor-key masterpiece The post For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy appeared first on Carl Woodward ..read more

Faith Healer at Lyric Hammersmith is a poignant exploration of faith, deception, and the blurred lines between reality and illusion. Rachel O’Riordan’s immaculate production transcends the stage to deliver an emotionally stirring evening, both competently staged and beautifully spoken. Thematically, Faith Healer grapples with weighty existential questions, exploring the knotty nature of faith, the limits of human empathy, […] The post Faith Healer appeared first on Carl Woodward ..read more

A musical adaptation of Opening Night has come to the West End. The post Opening Night appeared first on Carl Woodward ..read more

Is Sunset Boulevard a lock across the board? Does Little Big Things have a chance? The post Olivier Awards predictions 2024: who will win, who should win appeared first on Carl Woodward ..read more

Every week, in some form or another, theatre is increasingly being rendered elitist. The post Theatre: are we f***ed? appeared first on Carl Woodward ..read more

Every so often, you’re watching a play about ordinary, deprived, unlucky people and something divine happens and they are are no longer ordinary. The transformative power of live theatre is very strong in Jez Butterworth’s new play. We open in a Victorian Guesthouse in Blackpool in 1976, during the driest summer in 200 years. The […] The post The Hills of California appeared first on Carl Woodward ..read more

Longtime/Alltime Kneehigh and current director of the Barns on Ben Stokes, creativity and inspiring the next generation The post Guest post – Mike Shepherd’s witterings appeared first on Carl Woodward ..read more

It’s been one hell of a year… The post Top 5 shows of 2023 (according to me) ? appeared first on Carl Woodward ..read more

Bleibe, reste, stay ? The post Cabaret: The Kit Kat Club *in Selfridges, London* appeared first on Carl Woodward ..read more