Reviewer's Rating Shakespeare in Love Mel Cooper 03/11/2018At one level I have nothing but good to report about the play Shakespeare in Love, adapted for the stage...
Reviewer's Rating Birdsong Mel Cooper 18/07/2018I have a lot of good to say about the acclaimed touring production of Birdsong, but also a major quibble....
Reviewer's Rating Hairspray Mel Cooper 22/06/2018The 2014 production of Hairspray directed by Paul Kerryson is touring the country again. Extremely polished, remarkable for its emotional...
Reviewer's Rating Sherlock Holmes: The Final Curtain Mel Cooper 13/06/2018Simon Reade’s clever homage to Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes: The Final Curtain, plays like a well made West End...
Reviewer's Rating Rumpelstiltskin Mel Cooper 08/06/2018On one level, the Ballet Lorent has once again created an interesting dance event that tells a fairy tale for...
Reviewer's Rating A Midsummer Night’s Dream Mel Cooper 17/05/2018The almost-legendary Midsummer Night’s Dream production by Lyric Hammersmith and Filter Theatre has been revived again and is totally wonderful...
Reviewer's Rating A Streetcar Named Desire Mel Cooper 11/05/2018A new production by English Touring Theatre, Theatre Clwyd and Nuffield Southampton Theatres simply proves once again that the Tennessee...
Reviewer's Rating Thoroughly Modern Millie Mel Cooper 04/05/2018Thoroughly Modern Millie was a very successful film that got very mixed reviews. It succeeded mainly on the charms of...
Reviewer's Rating The Winslow Boy Mel Cooper 14/03/2018The new production of Terence Rattigan’s 1946 hit play THE WINSLOW BOY that is touring the UK is a vivid...
Reviewer's Rating Cilla, The Musical Mel Cooper 16/02/2018At one level this is just another well-put-together biographical show in the tried and true genre of musicals based on...
