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April 20, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

TRANSMISSION: Theatre

TRANSMISSION Direction: Stuart McKenzie & Miranda Harcourt BATS Theatre (April 20 – May 1) Last night I attended the world premiere of TRANSMISSION. It’s a new play by Stuart McKenzie and Miranda Harcourt. It stars Sophie Hambleton, Tom Knowles and Tim Spite – between them they give voice to works spoken by Jacinda Ardern, Grant […]

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April 26, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

MoodPorn: Theatre

MoodPorn Direction: James Cain (written by Matthew Loveranes) BATS Theatre, The Heyday Dome (April 23 – May 4)   Ali Foa’i (Atlas) and Heather O’Carroll (Jane) are the stars of this two-hander – and though James Cain’s direction is assured and Matthew Loveranes’ script is a delight it is because of the two actors and the chemistry between them that MoodPorn succeeds at […]

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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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April 13, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 3 Gimme Shelter

In my first two years in Wellington I worked at the Arts Centre in Willis St. It was a kind of PEP work scheme for artists set up by Grahame Nesbit and Colin Knox and all kinds of great people came through there. I was there as a musician/songwriter but wound up doing lots of […]