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February 28, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
Joshua Moshier: The Shrink Next Door (Apple TV+ Original Series Soundtrack)
Joshua Moshier The Shrink Next Door (Apple TV+ Original Series Soundtrack) Lakeshore Records I’m really enjoying the TV series The Shrink Next Door which tells the stranger-than-fiction true tale of a psychiatrist who manipulates his patient into friendship and hoodwinks him out of dollars and pads his own status. Everything about it is enjoyable – […]Archive
January 5, 2022 by Simon Sweetman
House of Gucci: Film
House of Gucci Director: Ridley Scott Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Bon Creative/Scott Free Productions / Universal Pictures I really loved House of Gucci. I was interested enough in it anyway, but the thing that totally amped me for it was this advance nonsense about Lady Gaga being the only good thing in it; about it being a load of […]Archive
October 13, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Hir: Theatre
Hir Direction: Katherine McRae (written by Taylor Mac) Circa Theatre; Circa One (October 9 – November 6) “Hir” (pronounced here) is how you address Max now that they’re transitioning. Hir or “ze”, no longer he or she or her or him. This is a lot for brother Isaac (returning from the war, discharged for drug-use) […]Archive
September 22, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
In Praise of The White Lotus
The White Lotus. Currently the greatest show on all of television, across any of the formats and platforms. The White Lotus is an American TV comedy-drama, a satire, a dark night of the soul that just happens to have a bottomless mojito and very comforting neck massage attached to it. It’s an HBO show that […]Archive
August 8, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Winding Up: Theatre
Winding Up Direction: Susan Wilson (written by Sir Roger Hall) Circa Theatre; Circa One (July 31 – August 28) Barry (Peter Hayden) and Gen (Ginette McDonald) are characters we’ve met before in the world of Roger Hall. But here – Winding Up – they’re in their 70s. They’ve been married for 50 years. And if […]Archive
July 14, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 266: Jeff Kingsford-Brown
Hi and welcome to episode 266 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys and thanks to you readers and listeners. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it […]Archive
July 1, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 264: Jo Marsh – aka JoJo Bellini
Hi and welcome to episode 264 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys and thanks to you readers and listeners. Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it […]Archive
June 29, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
In Praise of Tom Stoppard
A brand new biography of Tom Stoppard has just hit the shelves in America (it was released late last year in the UK). So I read this piece in the New Yorker and wondered if that is actually as close as I might get to reading the book. It’s most likely I will buy it. […]Archive
May 26, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Wrath of Man: Film
Wrath of Man Director: Guy Ritchie Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Miramax/United Artists It’s a Guy Ritchie film – and it’s being billed as his reunion with Jason Statham, their first film together in 15 years after making three movies in quick succession together and essentially make their names together. But Wrath of Man (based loosely on the 2004 French […]Archive
May 2, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Things I Know To Be True: Theatre
Things I Know To Be True Direction: Shane Bosher (written by Andrew Bovell) Circa Theatre; Circa One (April 30 – May 29) Andrew Bovell has here created the sprawling epic family drama that is a distinctly Australian version of the big theatrical experiences we so often associate with American playwrights – from Tennessee Williams on […]Archive
February 1, 2021 by Simon Sweetman