Reviewer's Rating Miss Littlewood Mel Cooper 16/07/2018One of the many exciting and interesting things about this new musical, commissioned by the RSC, is how cleverly it...
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 Der Fliegende Holländer Mel Cooper 13/06/2018The team at the Longborough Festival have managed to produce a Flying Dutchman that will itself live in legend, I...
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 Romeo and Juliet Mel Cooper 09/05/2018I was ultimately quite pleased to have seen the new production of Romeo and Juliet at the RSC. However, I...
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 Fantastic Follies of Mrs Rich Mel Cooper 24/04/2018The Fantastic Follies of Mrs Rich, which was originally called The Beau Defeated, is a neglected play by a neglected...
