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August 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

PSA – Election 2020: Theatre

PSA: Election 2020 Direction: Gavin Rutherford (written by Thom Adams, Jamie McCaskill and Anya Tate-Manning) Circa Theatre; Circa One (August 21 – September 12) Public Service Announcements has been Wellington’s celebrated political satire series for the stage across the last decade. This was my first time attending. And of course Election 2020 has not only […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Anya Tate-Manning, August 21 – September 12, Circa, Circa One, Circa Theatre, Comedy, Drama, Election, Gavin Rutherford, Govt, Hannah Kelly, hom Adams, Jacinda Ardern, Jamie McCaskill, Johanna Cosgrove, Judith Collins, Kiwi, Matu Ngaropo, Neenah Dekkers-Reihana, NZ, NZ Govt, Play, PSA, PSA - Election 2020: Theatre, PSA: Election 2020, Public Service Announcements, Satire, Sepelini Mua’au, Simon Leary, Theatre, Theatre Review, Wellington, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 271 – Switzerland, Wellington, 2018

Funny, I was just reminiscing about the play Songs For Nobodies and how great the writing of Joanna Murray-Smith was but actually the first things I saw by Smith was this play, Switzerland. I didn’t like it. And it was the writing that really let it down for me. The acting was superb – two […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2018), Circa Theatre, Joanna Murray-Smith, Play, Review, Songs For Nobodies, Stubs, Stubs: # 271, Stubs: # 271 – Switzerland, Switzerland, Theatre, Wellington ·

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August 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 268 – Puss In Boots, Wellington, 2018

We’ve always enjoyed the pantomime at Circa – right back to when we went as adults without a kid (admittedly because a friend had a starring role, but we loved it). In recent years it’s been a great night of family entertainment and maybe we reached the peak with this performance – 2018’s season of […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2018), Circa Theatre, Family, Oscar, Pantomime, Puss in Boots, Puss In Boots - The Pantomime, Puss in Boots – The Pantomime: Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 7), Stub, Stubs, Stubs: # 268 – Puss In Boots, Theatre, Wellington ·

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June 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 257 – The Gaps Between, Wellington, 2016

It’s funny with reviewing – how a new gig starts. Just suddenly out of nowhere. And stops in much the same way. I was a theatre reviewer for about a year or so for The Sunday Star Times. Happened on a whim. They needed someone. I was keen. I had reviewed some theatre for the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2016), Circa, Circa Theatre, Gig, Play, Sebastian Morgan-Lynch, Show, Stub, Stubs, 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: # 257, Stubs: # 257 – The Gaps Between, The Gaps Between, Theatre, Theatre Review, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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June 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

IT’S BEHIND YOU: Theatre

IT’S BEHIND YOU! (Livestream Recording) Direction: Hannah Smith (written by Ralph McCubbin Howell and Anya Tate-Manning) Livestream via Circa Theatre, TACT and Trick of the Light Theatre  (May 28 – July 30) In its first post-Covid production for a post-Lockdown world Circa Theatre commissioned a new work (with support from TACT) called IT’S BEHIND YOU!
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 20/20, Andrew Patterson, Anya Tate-Manning, Carrie Green, Chris Parker, Circa Theatre, Comedy-Horror, Hannah Smith, It's Behind You, IT'S BEHIND YOU: Theatre, July 30, Livestream Recording, May 28, Play, Ralph McCubbin Howell, Simon O'Leary, TACT, Theatre, Theatre Review, Trick of the Light Theatre, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, Zoom ·

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May 22, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 251 – Rants In The Dark, 2018

Emily Writes wrote the book and then it was turned into the amazing play/show – and head of that 2019 run (and it went around the country to various spots – no luck this years, thanks Covid) it was trialed with a workshop-styled short season; they sought feedback and made a few changes. I got […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2018), Book, Circa, Circa Theatre, Emily Writes, Play, Rants In The Dark, Show, Stub, Stubs, 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: # 251, Stubs: # 251 – Rants In The Dark, Theatre ·

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February 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Wonderful: Theatre

Wonderful Direction: Conrad Newport (written by Dean Parker) Circa Theatre; Circa Two (February 12 – March 7) Wonderful is exactly that – a thrill to sit through, 80 minutes of focussed, virtuoso-level performance from actor Andrew Laing; utterly in service to the words of playwright Dean Parker. The direction from Conrad Newport is subtle and […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Andrew Laing, Brother Vianney, Catholic, Catholicism, Church, Circa, Circa Theatre, Circa Two, Conrad Newport, Dean Parker, February 12 – March 7, Film, Marist, Movies, Musical, Musical Theatre, One Man Show, Play, Play Review, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Songs, Theatre, Theatre Review, Wellington, Wgtn, Wonderful, Wonderful: Theatre, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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January 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Surprise Party: Theatre

The Surprise Party Direction: Conrad Newport (written by Dave Armstrong) Circa Theatre; Circa One (January 18 – February 15) In The Surprise Party – Dave Armstrong’s biting new satire – a minority party is elevated far beyond their station due to a series of scandals rocking the bigger players. We first join the action on […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Alex Greig, Bronwyn Turei, Circa, Circa One, Circa Theatre, Conrad Newport, Danielle Meldrum, Dave Armstrong, Hannah Kelly, January 18 – February 15, NZ, Play, Politics, Sepelini Mua’au, The Surprise Party, The Surprise Party: Theatre, Theatre Review, Vincent Andrew-Scammell, 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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November 19, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Alice In Wonderland – The Pantomime: Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 8)

Alice In Wonderland – The Pantomime Direction: Susan Wilson (written by Simon Leary and Gavin Rutherford) Circa Theatre; Circa One (Nov 16 – Dec 22) Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 8)
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 8, Alice In Wonderland, Alice In Wonderland – The Pantomime: Reviewed by Oscar Sweetman (age 8), Circa, Circa One, Circa Theatre, Eight, Gavin Rutherford, Oscar, Oscar Sweetman, Panto, Pantomime, Susan Wilson, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 14, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 236 – Demolition of the Century, Wellington, 2015

This was a good show – it was a spoken-word/theatre show by the writer Duncan Sarkies. And it featured live music (covers, originals and score) by Joe Blossom. I went along to review it – not sure quite how that happened, must have been asked along by Joe Blossom perhaps, or by Circa. But I […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2015, Book, Circa, Circa Theatre, Circa Two, Demolition of the Century, Duncan Sarkies, Joe Blossom, Spoken Word, Stub, Stubs, Stubs # 236, Stubs: # 236 – Demolition of the Century, Theatre, Wellington, Wgtn, Writer, Writing, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 8, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 235 – Hand To God, Wellington, 2017

Someone asked me the other day how I got into theatre reviewing and I couldn’t really answer it. Then I remembered it was as prosaic as a newspaper editor asking me to do it. They obviously knew I’d done a book review or two and some music and they asked me to do it. Writing […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2017), Circa Theatre, Drama, Hand To God, Play, Review, Stub, Stubs, Stubs # 235, 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: # 235 – Hand To God, Theatre Reviewing, Wellington ·
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