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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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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!Archive
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 […]Archive
May 17, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Moby: All Visible Objects
Moby All Visible Objects MUTE / Little Idiot under exclusive license to Mute Artists Ltd for the USA, CA & MX Moby has – perhaps almost bizarrely – been making records for over a quarter of a century now – with close to 20 solo records; his breakthrough (Play) became the ubiquitous TV/film/ad-soundtrack music right […]Archive
March 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 212: Sameena Zehra
Welcome to episode 212 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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
January 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
A Traveller’s Guide to Turkish Dogs: Theatre
A Traveller’s Guide to Turkish Dogs Direction: Jonathan Price (written by Barnaby Olson & Company) Circa Theatre; Circa Two (January 17 – February 8) This is a repeat-season, but the play is retitled, reworked and though I didn’t see it 18 months or so ago in its earlier incarnation at BATS it’s clear that this […]Archive
January 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 203: Dave Armstrong
Welcome to episode 203 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 […]Archive
December 18, 2019 by Simon Sweetman