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March 12, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Moby: Live Ambient Improvised Recordings, Vol. 1

Moby Live Ambient Improvised Recordings, Vol. 1 mobyambient Maybe Moby is the musician I’ve had the longest love/hate affair with – when Play was released I loved it. It was then ubiquitous, I still loved it for a while then decided it was not for me – but I really loved Play: The B-Sides. And […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Ambient, Brian Eno, Eno, Live Ambient Improvised Recordings, Live Ambient Improvised Recordings Vol. 1, Moby, Moby: Live Ambient Improvised Recordings Vol. 1, Play, Play: The B-Sides, The Shutov Assembly, Vol. 1, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 28, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 281 – Cock, Wellington, 2019

A couple of years ago I went to see this play called Cock. It’s about a man’s bisexuality – specifically about how that places him in the middle of a woman and a man and how they push and pull at his feelings. He has been gay. He has been with a man. That relationship […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2019, Circa, Circa One, COCK, Play, 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: # 281 – Cock, Theatre, Wellington ·

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February 10, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Theatre: The Look of Love

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, 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 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 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

PJ Harvey: All About Eve (Original Music)

PJ Harvey All About Eve (Original Music) Invada Records As PJ Harvey sends out the demo-versions of her earlier albums to the world it’s worth remembering that late last year there was a brand new album by the singer/songwriter. A brand new album – but also a side-hustle of sorts; a newly composed score for […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, All About Eve (Original Music), Gillian Anderson, Invada Records, Lily James, PJ Harvey, PJ Harvey: All About Eve (Original Music), Play, Score, White Chalk, 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 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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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 […]
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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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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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