Aladdin Mel Cooper 08/12/2015he pantomime season is upon us and I have just attended the Oxford Playhouse contribution to the genre for 2015...
Reviewer's Rating WNO Tour: Bellini, I Puritani; Handel, Orlando; Sondheim, Sweeney Todd Mel Cooper 10/11/2015caught up with the current Welsh National Opera season on tour in Oxford and must begin by reporting that musically...
Reviewer's Rating STOMP Mel Cooper 20/10/2015his unique show featuring non-stop movement and percussion continues to tour and, if anything, in this incarnation, is better and...
Reviewer's Rating Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap Mel Cooper 19/08/2015spent the other night in a Time Warp called Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap. I had a perfectly pleasant time living...
Reviewer's Rating The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mel Cooper 15/07/2015he Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time has been an awards magnet and one can see why in...
Reviewer's Rating Love Me Tender Mel Cooper 07/07/2015t is my growing opinion that the modern compendium musical is the replacement for old time vaudeville or music hall:...
Reviewer's Rating The Producers Mel Cooper 03/07/2015 happen to have seen this show in its original productions in New York and London as well as the film...
Reviewer's Rating Calamity Jane Mel Cooper 10/06/2015 went to see this worried that the stage version would be overshadowed by the classic Doris Day/Howard Keel film and...
Reviewer's Rating Richard Alston Dance Company Mel Cooper 30/05/2015he extensive January-through-May Spring tour of the Richard Alston Dance Company ended at the Oxford Playhouse on 27 May this...
Reviewer's Rating Jersey Boys Mel Cooper 16/05/2015ne of the most successful of the compilation shows is Jersey Boys, telling the story of the Four Seasons, Frankie...
