Stubs is an occasional feature here at Off The Tracks – looking back through the ticket-stub box and remembering how the show went down.

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May 25, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 252 – James Taylor, Napier, 2017

Though I loathe the term ‘Bucket List’ I’ll use it here for shorthand and due to familiarity…I never quite realised that James Taylor would be a Bucket List Gig for me until it was announced that he was touring. I’ve been a fan forever – at first somewhat forced one me; the greatest hits albums […]

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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 […]

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May 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 250 – Hawks vs. Huskies, Napier, 2019

Over the last few years I’ve got back into basketball – at first casually, and then with a lot more interest – even buying a ball and going back to shooting hoops and obviously I’m currently bereft because there’s not only no live basketball to get to (or watch on TV) but also I’ve finished […]

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October 8, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 235 – Hand To God, Wellington, 2017

Someone asked me the other day how I got into theatre reviewing and I couldn’t really answer it. Then I remembered it was as prosaic as a newspaper editor asking me to do it. They obviously knew I’d done a book review or two and some music and they asked me to do it. Writing […]