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July 15, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 221: Dryw McArthur

Welcome to episode 221 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Acast, Act, Acting, Actor, Ad, Anchor, Anchor FM, Anchor/FM, Ap Copy, Apocalypse Songs, Audiobook, Cassandra Tse, Chat, Conversation, Drama, Dryw McArthur, Interview, Invercargill, Narrator, Play, Podcast, Podcaster, Radio, Radio Drama, Red Scare, Red Scare Theatre Company, Soundcloud, Speak, Spotify, Stitcher, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 221, Sweetman Podcast # 221: Dryw McArthur, Sweetman Podcast: Dryw McArthur, T Leaf T, Talk, Theatre, voice, Voice Artist, Voiceover, Wellington, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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June 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 260 – At The Wake, Wellington, 2018

This play really knocked me for six. The acting was brilliant. The writing was superb. The real hook of it though I think – as a performance – was the role played by Lisa Harrow; both the writing of it and her capturing. I was lucky to get to meet her and chat with her […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2018), Acting, At The Wake, Circa, Lisa Harrow, Play, Podcast, Stub, Stubs, Stubs # 260, Stubs is an occasional feature here at Off The Tracks – looking back through the ticket-stub box and remembering how the show went down., Stubs: # 260 – At The Wake, Theatre, Theatre Review, Victor Rodger, Wellington, Writing ·

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June 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 217: Freya Daly Sadgrove

Welcome to episode 217 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys . Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Acast, Acting, Actor, Anchor FM, Apple, Ashleigh Young, Chat, Conversation, Freya Daly Sadgrove, Head Girl, Hera Lindsay Bird, IIML, Interview, iTunes, Laura Ranger, Laura's Poems, Lockdown, Performer, Play, Podcast, Podcatcher, Poet, Poetry, Simon Sweetman, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 217:, Sweetman Podcast # 217: Freya Daly Sadgrove, T Leaf T, Tayi Tibble, Theatre, VUP, VUW, Writer, Writing, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 212: Sameena Zehra

Welcome to episode 212 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys . Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged #MeToo, Acast, Acting, Activist, Actor, Apple, BATS, Blues, Books, Cancel Culture, Cassandra Tse, Chat, Comedian, Comedy, Conversation, Director, England, ep.212, India, iTunes, Music, Philosophy, Play, Podcast, Postponed, Red Scare, Religion, Sameena Zehra, Simon Sweetman, Singer/Songwriter, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stand Up, Stitcher, Storyteller, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 212, Sweetman Podcast # 212: Sameena Zehra, T Leaf T, Theatre, Wellington, White Men, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 7, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 206: Kev Fitzsimons (Anxiety Club)

Welcome to episode 206 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Acast, Acting, Anchor, Anchor FM, Anxiety Club, Apple, Black Heart, Chat, Conversation, Covers Band, EP, Francine, Interview, iTunes, Kev Fitzsimons, La Petite Chocolat, London, Music, Podcast, Podcaster, Scotland, Simon Sweetman, Sofa, Songwriter, Songwriting, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 206, Sweetman Podcast # 206: Kev Fitzsimons, Sweetman Podcast # 206: Kev Fitzsimons (Anxiety Club), Sweetman Podcast: Kev Fitzsimons, T Leaf T, Thom Cross, U2, University, Wellington, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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November 29, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 196: Victor Rodger

Welcome to episode 196 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged '68 Comeback Special, Acast, Acting, Anchor/FM, Apple, At The Wake, Black Faggot, Chat, Circa Theatre, Column, Comedy, Conversation, Critic, Drama, ep. 196, Film, Interview, IV, Journalist, La Petite Chocolat, Lisa Harrow, Off The Tracks, Play, Playwright, Podcast, Podcatcher, Reviewer, Rodger, Shortland Street, Simon Sweetman, Sons, Soundcloud, Spotify, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 196, Sweetman Podcast # 196: Victor Rodger, Sweetman Podcast: Victor Rodger, T Leaf T, Television, Theatre, TV, Uma Lava, Victor, Victor Rodger, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 9, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 188: Simon Leary

Welcome to episode 188 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Academic, Acast, Act, Acting, Actor, Anchor/FM, Chat, Circa, COCK, Comedy, Conversation, Drama, Drama School, ep.188, https://soundcloud.com/off-the-tracks/sweetman-podcast-episode-188-simon-leary, Hudson & Halls, Improv, La Petite Chocolat, Panto, Pantomine, Play, Podcast, Simon Leary, Social Media, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Sweetman, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 188, Sweetman Podcast # 188: Simon Leary, Sweetman Podcast: Simon Leary, T Leaf T, Theatre, Timaru, Training, Wellington, Wgtn, Writing, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 26, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Ray Henwood

Ray Henwood has died. One of Circa Theatre’s stalwarts, one of Wellington’s acting legends. I met Ray Henwood only once. But it was huge for me. By then I’d grown up seeing him as part of the cast of Gliding On and he was there in several TV shows and movies. I’d seen him in […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Acting, Actor, Circa, Circa Theatre, Eulogy, R.I.P., R.I.P. Ray Henwood, Ray Henwood, screen, Stage, Wellington, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 4, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 175: Sophie Hambleton

Welcome to episode 175 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat.  Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library.  Many of you will know Sophie Hambleton from her role […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged "Carol", A Doll's House, Acast, Acting, Actor, Anchor, Anchor/FM, Antonia Prebble, Apple Podcasts, Burn Her, Chat, Circa, Circa Theatre, Conversation, Criticism, Emily Perkins, ep.175, Ibsen, Interview, iTunes, La Petite Chocolat, Off The Tracks, Outrageous Fortune, Peter Hambleton, Play, Podcast, Podcatcher, Reviews, Sam Brooks, Simon Sweetman, Sophie Hambleton, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Sweetman, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 175, Sweetman Podcast # 175: Sophie Hambleton, T Leaf T, Television, Theatre, TV, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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April 18, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 164 – Heather O’Carroll

Welcome to episode 164 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat.  Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify– follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library. This was recorded just last week. We rushed […]
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December 20, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Parker Posey: You’re On An Airplane

You’re On An Airplane: A Self-Mythologizing Memoir Parker Posey Blue Rider Press In the 1990s Parker Posey started appearing in movies; quirky films, funny films. She was savage or sexy or cheeky or some combination of those things – she was weird and wonderful, a little odd and a lot of wonderful. She was a […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 90s, A Self-Mythologizing Memoir, Acting, Actor, Autobiography, Biography, Blue Rider Press, Book, Book Review, Christopher Guest, Film, Memoir, Movies, Nostalgia, Parker Posey, Parker Posey: You’re On An Airplane, TV, Writer, Writing, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, You’re On An Airplane, You’re On An Airplane: A Self-Mythologizing Memoir ·

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November 16, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 142 – Bronwyn Turei

Welcome to episode 142 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat. Now – as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library to access each new episode; or via Anchor/FMyou can get the […]
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