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January 28, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

What A Good Score! – #6: Glengarry Glen Ross by James Newton Howard, Wayne Shorter + Various

The score for the film Glengarry Glen Ross was actually composed by James Newtown Howard, I had thought that featured player Wayne Shorter was the composer. But no matter. JNH is a top-notch safe-pair-of-hands composer and he worked on dozens of top tier Hollywood product – particularly across the 1990s and 00s. A-list material. So […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged [OST], 1992, Al Jarreau, Blog, David Mamet, Dr John, Film, Glengarry Glen Ross by James Newton Howard, James Newton Howard, Movie, Play, Score, Shirley Horn, Soundtrack, The Joe Roccisano Orchestra, V/A, Various, Various Artists, Wayne Shorter, Wayne Shorter + Various, What A Good Score!, What A Good Score! – #6, What A Good Score! – #6: Glengarry Glen Ross by James Newton Howard ·

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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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October 28, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Live Through This: Theatre

Live Through This Direction: Jonny Potts and Jean Sergent (written by Jonny Potts and Jean Sergent) Circa Theatre; Circa Two (October 23 – November 13) Live Through This comprises two solo shows, two separate monologue-based one-person plays. Jonny Potts writes, directs and performs The Best Show In Town Is At Your Place Every Night and […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Change Your Own Life, Circa, Circa Two, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Jean Sergent, Jonny Potts, Jonny Potts and Jean Sergent, Live Through This, Live Through This: Theatre, Monologue, October 23 – November 13, One Person Play, Play, Show, The Best Show In Town Is At Your Place Every Night, Theatre, Theatre Review, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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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) […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Circa, Circa One, Circa Theatre, Circa Theatre; Circa One (October 9 – November 6), Drama, Dryw McArthur, Felix Crossley-Pritchard, Gender, Hir, Hir: Theatre, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Katherine McRae, Perry Piercy, Play, Pronouns, Satire, Taylor Mac, Theatre, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, Ze ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2021, Barry, Circa, Circa One, Circa Theatre, Comedy, Drama, Gen, Ginette McDonald, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, July 31 – August 28, Peter Hayden, Play, Roger Hall, Sir Roger Hall, Susan Wilson, Theatre Review, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, Winding Up, Winding Up: Theatre ·

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July 22, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 285 – Things I Know To Be True, Wellington, 2021

This whole stubs things really started because I kept bunches of old – but not that old – ticket stubs to save for bookmarks. I’m a bit obsessed with bookmarks. I have lots of books on the go, non-fiction, poetry, I might not finish reading these sorts of titles for a year or more, or […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2021, Bookmark, Circa, Circa Theatre, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Play, 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: # 285, Stubs: # 285 – Things I Know To Be True, Theatre, Things, Things I Know To Be True, Ticket, Wellington ·

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July 3, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Elling: Theatre

Elling Direction: Ross Jolly (written by Simon Bent, based on the novel by Ingvar Ambjørnsen) Circa Theatre; Circa One (June 30– July 24) Elling has twice suffered postponement with Covid lockdown restrictions, cancelled altogether last year and then its opening week was delayed for this season given the temporary move to level 2 – meaning […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2021, Bronwyn Turei, Circa, Circa One, Circa Theatre, Elling, Elling: Theatre, Gavin Rutherford, Ingvar Ambjørnsen, Jeff Kingsford-Brown, July, June, Norway, Oslo, Play, Play Review, Ross Jolly, Simon Bent, Steven Ray, Theatre, Theatre Review, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, William Kirche ·

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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. […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Biography, Books, Drama, Film, In Praise Of, In Praise of Tom Stoppard, Movies, Play, Playwright, Script, Tom Stoppard, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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May 8, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: The People Working In Theatre Only Get Mondays To Themselves

Every night on the stage for the duration of the season, with just one day off for the good behaviour; most of the time they’ll never flub a line, or drop a plate or cup or fuck things up and I am probably a bad person for wishing they might. I redeem myself though, by […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Actors, Crew, Play, Poem, Poem: The People Working In Theatre Only Get Mondays To Themselves, The People Working In Theatre Only Get Mondays To Themselves, Theatre ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2021, Andrew Bovell, April 30 - May 29, Australian, Caitlin Rivers, Circa, Circa One, Circa Theatre, Circa Theatre; Circa One (April 30 – May 29), Daniel Watterson, Direction: Shane Bosher (written by Andrew Bovell), Drama, Family, Heather O'Carroll, Jthn Morgan, Lantana, Lara Macgregor, Play, Price Family, Review, Shane Bosher, Speaking In Tongues, Theatre, Theatre Review, Things I Know To Be True, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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April 20, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

TRANSMISSION: Theatre

TRANSMISSION Direction: Stuart McKenzie & Miranda Harcourt BATS Theatre (April 20 – May 1) Last night I attended the world premiere of TRANSMISSION. It’s a new play by Stuart McKenzie and Miranda Harcourt. It stars Sophie Hambleton, Tom Knowles and Tim Spite – between them they give voice to works spoken by Jacinda Ardern, Grant […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged BATS, Bats Theatre, Coronavirus, Covid, Covid-19, Government, Grant Robertson, Jacinda Ardern, Kiwi, Lockdown, Michael Baker, Miranda Harcourt, NZ, Play, Sophie Hambleton, Sounds Good, Stuart McKenzie, Substack, Theatre, Theatre Review, Tim Spite, Tom Knowles, TRANSMISSION, Verbatim, Wellington, World Premiere ·

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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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