Reviewer's Rating King Lear Mel Cooper 27/04/2016he new production of King Lear directed intelligently by Max Webster and highlighting a powerful performance by Michael Pennington is...
Reviewer's Rating Snow White Mel Cooper 11/04/2016was deeply impressed by the Ballet Lorent’s retelling in dance of Snow White. A seriously impressive show in the idiom...
Reviewer's Rating Thriller, Live Mel Cooper 16/03/2016went to Thriller, Live, a Michael Jackson Tribute Show and pop concert, in a sceptical frame of mind. My wife,...
Reviewer's Rating Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Mel Cooper 11/03/2016remember a rather famous movie star associated with old MGM musicals once saying to me that people should not sneer...
Reviewer's Rating Carmen Mel Cooper 01/03/2016have now attended all three of the operas that Ellen Kent is touring around the country at the moment. Without...
Reviewer's Rating King Charles III Mel Cooper 27/02/2016normally dislike “what if” novels and plays, rewrites of or projections onto history, so I was quite sceptical about the...
Reviewer's Rating The Snow Maiden Mel Cooper 23/02/2016’m slightly reluctant fan of the Russian State Ballet of Siberia. They come through Oxford about once a year on...
Reviewer's Rating Chicago Mel Cooper 18/02/2016saw the latest cast of Kander and Ebb’s Chicago in Oxford where it was starting on a new tour. The...
Reviewer's Rating Flare Path Mel Cooper 08/02/2016was very keen to catch up with this play, which is now touring extensively in a solidly cast and directed...
Reviewer's Rating Annie Mel Cooper 19/12/2015he touring production of Chatrles Strouse, Martin Charnin, and Thomas Meehan’s Annie is the Christmas Show at the New Theatre...