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January 25, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

A Natural Woman: Theatre

A Natural Woman: Celebrating The Music of Carole King Producer: Ali Harper & Iain Cave (Ali-Cat Productions) Circa Theatre; Circa One (January 19 – February 22) Ali Harper has form with these shows. She takes a musician – be it singer (Doris Day) or writer (Burt Bacharach) and explores their best known material in a […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged A Natural Woman, A Natural Woman: Celebrating The Music of Carole King, Ali Harper, Biography, Carole King, Celebrating The Music of Carole King, Circa, Circa One, Circa Theatre, Circa Theatre; Circa One (January 19 – February 22), Francis Leota, Francis Meria, Gig, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Musical, Nick Granville, Play, Play Review, Producer: Ali Harper & Iain Cave (Ali-Cat Productions), Scott Maynard, Show, Theatre, Theatre Review, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Acast, Acting, Actor, Apple, Chat, Circa, Comedy, Converastion, Drama, Elling, ep.266, Film, Interview, Musical, New Plymouth, Otaki, Palmerston North, Pantomime, Podcast, Podcasting, Show, Simon Sweetman, Soundcloud, Spotify, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 266:, Sweetman Podcast # 266: Jeff Kingsford-Brown, T Leaf T, Taranaki, Theatre, Wellington, Yeastie Boys ·

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February 10, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

The Look of Love: Theatre

The Look Of Love Direction: Musical Arranger – Tom Rainey, Musical Director – Tom McLeod, Performer – Ali Harper Circa Theatre; Circa One (January 23 – February 20) [Ali-Cat Productions Ltd] I last saw the wonderful, multi-talented Ali Harper as the lead and only person on stage in Songs For Nobodies – she played a […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2021, Ali Cat Productions Ltd, Ali Harper, Bacharach, Burt, Burt Bacharach, Circa, Circa One, Circa Theatre, January 23 – February 20, Music, Musical, Play, The Look of Love, The Look of Love: Theatre, Theatre, Theatre Review, Theatre: The Look of Love, Tom McLeod, Tom Rainey, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 7, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 270 – Songs For Nobodies, Wellington, 2018

I felt like I was suitably prepared to enjoy this show – having met and interviewed the show’s star Ali Harper and being a fan of the singers she was inhabiting. But no. It was far better than my already pretty-high expectations. Don’t you just love that. The script was brilliant – but it’s Ali’s […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2018), Ali Harper, Joanna Murray-Smith, Monologues, Music, Musical, Musical Theatre, Play, Podcast, Songs For Nobodies, 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: # 270, Stubs: # 270 – Songs For Nobodies, Theatre, Wellington ·

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June 10, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 112

V/A, Evita [Cast Recording] (1976) It’s not a blanket rule – but fuck I hate musicals. That said, I give it a chance every few years. I try. I wonder what I have maybe missed. There are some great musicals I love, there’s some musical theatre I can dig – at least in the moment, […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged [OST], 1976, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Cast Recording, Eva Peron, Evita, Hank Marvin, Henry McCullough, LP, Mo Foster, Musical, Musical Theatre, Record, Simon Phillips, Soundtrack, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 112, Tim Rice, Vinyl ·

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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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February 8, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 177

Jeanette MacDonald,Jeanette MacDonald Sings San Francisco And Other Silver Screen Favorites (1970) Jeanette MacDonald was a screen and stage star of the 1930s and 1940s. She starred in some 29 films, mostly musicals. From there to concert tours, to stage-musicals and theatre roles…amazing really…or, as my wife put it: “This is fucking awful!” Sample Track: […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Jeanette MacDonald, Jeanette MacDonald Sings San Francisco And Other Silver Screen Favorites, LP, Musical, Musicals, Record, San Francisco, Sings San Francisco And Other Silver Screen Favorites, Stage, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 177, Theatre, Vinyl, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 25, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 190: Cassandra Tse

Welcome to episode 190 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, Apple, BATS, Cass Tse, Cassandra Tse, Chat, Circa, Comedy, ep.190, Four Nights In The Green Barrow Pub, Improv, Interview, iTunes, JJ Murphy & Co., La Petite Chocola, Mixed Bag Podcast, MOODPORN, Musical, Musical Theatre, New York, Red Scare, Red Scare Theatre Company, Simon Sweetman, Soundcloud, Spotify, Sweetman, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 190: Cassandra Tse, T Leaf T, The Aliens, Theatre, Wellington, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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August 14, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Cringeworthy: Theatre

Cringeworthy  Direction: Andrea Sanders (devised by Andrea Sanders)  Circa Theatre; Circa Two (August 10 – September 7)  Cringeworthy comes to us from Andrea Sanders – creator/leader of The Beat Girls. She’s created musical shows before (usually for The Beat Girls to act and sing in) here she stars alongside Tom Knowles, Carrie McLaughlin and Jeff Kingsford-Brown in a knowingly kitsch (but utterly clever and classy) tribute to the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1970s, Andrea Sanders, August 10, Carrie McLaughlin, Circa, Circa Two, Cringeworthy, Cringeworthy: Theatre, Jeff Kingsford-Brown, Kiwiana, Musical, NZ, Play, Play Review, Review, September 7, Songs, Theatre, Theatre Review, Tom Knowles, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Act, Acting, Actor, Anchor, Anchor/FM, Apple, Bronwyn Turei, Chat, Circa, Circa Theatre, Cody, Comedy, Conversation, Drama, Emily Writes, Episode 142, Go Girls, Interview, iTunes, La Petite Chocolat, Music, Musical, Off The Tracks, Podbeam, Podcast, Rants In The Dark, Singing, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 142, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 142 – Bronwyn Turei, T Leaf T, Theatre, Training, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 12, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Songs For Nobodies: Theatre

Songs For Nobodies Direction: Ross Gumbley (written by Joanna Murray-Smith) Circa Theatre; Circa One (July 7 – August 4) [Ali-Cat Productions Ltd] Ali Harper here performs ten roles, a dozen voices, as – variously – the famous singers Judy Garland, Patsy Cline, Edith Piaf, Billie Holiday and Maria Callas. But she is also the “nobodies”, […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Ali Cat Productions Ltd, Ali Harper, Billie Holiday, Circa, Circa One, Circa Theatre, Country, Daniel Hayles, Edith Piaf, Jazz, Joanna Murray-Smith, Johnny Lawrence, Judy Garland, Lance Philip, Marias Callas, Music, Musical, NZ Tour, Opera, Patsy Cline, Play, Review, Ross Gumbley, Songs For Nobodies, Songs For Nobodies: Theatre, Theatre, Theatre Review, Wellington, Wgtn, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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January 12, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Coco: Film

Coco Directors: Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molna Pixar Animation Studios/Walt Disney Pictures “This is Pixar at its best – somehow both visually stunning and straightforward. There’s something deceptively dazzling about Pixar at its best. It’s a return too to the brand’s very best version of the storytelling about feelings (rather than just storying with feelings)…” I […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Animation, Cartoon, Coco, Coco: Film, Day of the Dead, Film, Film Review, Inside Out, Mexican, Mexico, Movie, Movie Review, Music, Musical, Pixar, Spanish ·
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