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August 9, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Tea With Terrorists: Theatre

Tea With Terrorists Direction: Sabrina Martin (written and performed by Sameena Zehra) Circa Theatre; Circa Two (August 6 – 27) Sameena Zehra (actor, writer, singer, storyteller and comedian) has lived with the stories that comprise Tea With Terrorists well, most of her life. The show is a riveting hurtle through parts of her world – […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged August 6 - 27, Circa, Circa Theatre, Circa Two, Comedian, Comedy, Live Theatre, Monologue, Monologuist, One Person Show, Play, Play Review, Sabrina Martin, Sameena Zehra, Show, Stories, Story, Storyteller, Tea With Terrorists: Theatre, Theatre Review, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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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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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 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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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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February 10, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

The Look of Love: Theatre

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, The Look of Love: Theatre, 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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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 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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