Posts Tagged 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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June 20, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 283 – Mansfield: In Her Own Words – Wellington, 2021
Every now and then I go to a show and I don’t review it. It doesn’t happen often – even shows I pay for and go to in purely a fan-capacity tend to get some sort of write-up. I’m just wired that way now, so used to it. On the flipside, sometimes, I forget to […]Archive
April 30, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 282 – Laurie Anderson: Here Comes The Ocean, Wellington, 2020
It was only last year – and already it seems so long ago. It was that rare occasion of the Festival planning some culture-clash thing and getting it absolutely right. Laurie Anderson was a guest curator – she did a bunch of shows and talks and it all culminated in this performance (click there to […]Archive
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 […]Archive
January 9, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 279 – Queen Elizabeth Park: Miniature Train, Masterton, 2021
I’ve long thought of Masterton as something of a shithole. Based almost entirely on the evidence gathered from walking around that dump. But that was then. Now, it’s okay. Visit the place – as I’ve done this year and last – with a kid or two in tow and you have the excellent Queen Elizabeth […]Archive
September 17, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 278 – Teju Cole: Blind Spot, Wellington, 2018
Most days I think about Teju Cole’s book Blind Spot (and how wonderful it is). And sometimes I remember how lucky I was to see him not just once but twice in the same weekend. Just recently I found the stub for that first show – and remembered that it was slightly derailed by tech […]Archive
September 15, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 277 – The Staves, Wellington, 2018
The really great thing about music reviewing (esp gigs) is you get to see some acts you never would have thought to get to – like The Staves. The really dumb thing about music reviewing (esp gigs) is you go along, you review the show, rave about it, place it as one of the best […]Archive
September 8, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 276 – NZSO: Summer Pops – Music From The Movies, Wellington, 2018
It seemed a good idea to get some culture, the whole family. Music From The Movies was the name of the NZSO’s Summer Pops program for 2018 and, alas, it was a fucking snore-fest. It didn’t fire. Ever. Just some dated, monotonous, lifeless movie scores. No punch. No fire. No fun. All very boring. And […]Archive
September 2, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 275 – Queen + Adam Lambert, Wellington, 2020
What a strange year 2020 has turned out to be. It started off weirdly enough. There I am at a fucking Queen concert! (And mostly enjoying it). Next thing there are no concerts at all ever again. No visitors. No tours. And every musician is having a massive spit about loss of income this and […]Archive
August 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Stubs: # 273 – The Bootleg Beatles, Wellington, 2019
The Bootleg Beatles have been paying tribute to The Beatles for 40 years. And I usually think tribute acts are pretty silly and there’s something almost sublimely absurd about being a tribute band for 40 years when the real act lasted less than a decade – but hey, also The Beatles are the greatest. And […]Archive
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 […]Archive
July 30, 2020 by Simon Sweetman