NEW YEAR / NEW SHOW As I write, the first month of 2021 has already passed in a flash – whew! Anyway this is my first blog for the year, and the exciting thing is an announcement of a new show. If you’ve been following the Stetson website -...

AMAZING WHAT ‘MAKING A MOVE’ THROWS A SPOTLIGHT ON! You are hopefully aware that Stetson is moving office – not far as the crow flies – from 206 Ngarara Road to Number 18 at the aptly named Stetson Rise. Hence the title of this blog. Back in 1993, one of our many...

ONE HALF PASSES   Sad to report that one half of Bill & Boyd recently passed away in Sydney after a long illness. Boyd is living back in New Zealand and was very upset on hearing this even though it was inevitable. Our paths crossed in the early 60’s when...

KEEPING THEATRE-GOING SAFE   One of Stetson Group’s producer colleagues in the UK has engaged a British company CW Smart Tech to assist in making theatre-goers comfortable about attending shows. They have come up with some temperature-checking technology to be...

All at sea?Back in the very early days of Stetson Productions we had great assistance from a number of enthusiastic youngsters whose eyes lit up at the prospect of having a taste of rock ‘n roll!  One of these enthusiasts was Peter McArthur from Lower Hutt, who Tricia...

ANOTHER TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE! When I wrote of a nostalgic trip in last week’s blog, the response was such that it seemed like one more (for now) trip down memory lane might be in order.This trip relates to a very special concert that Tricia and I presented in...

A NOSTALGIA TRIP As many of you know the Stetson Group are moving – albeit just a couple of hundred metres from our current location – but that does mean downsizing. As a result a lot of our history has been photographically archived, and occasionally I’ll put a few...

Curtains! Oh dear, our friends in show business in the UK are having the curtains lowered on them yet again. Not that we are much better given the fear that people still have about being together in confined spaces, but at least we can have performances.  ...

THE SHOW MUST GO ON! West End's Palace Theatre to reopen with charity concerts BY GIVERNY MASSOThe Palace Theatre, where Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was running.A concert celebrating West End musicals held in aid of theatrical charities has been announced to...

The Times They Are A-Changin’   This is what Bob Dylan sang in 1963, which Stewart was playing on radio. Just 10 years later Stetson Productions was formed, and “the times they are a-changin” as we move to a new home and new (smaller) office just a stone’ s throw...