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Mr T Hammer

Reviews

Here are some reviews of our previous productions.

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Review - Not Now Darling - The Mayor of Shrewsbury

We were delighted to welcome The Mayor of Shrewsbury and Atcham, Cllr Tony Durnell and his lovely wife Trish to the opening night of Not Now Darling.

Mad Cow regulars with or without "The chain" Tony was kind enough to write about us on his Mayoral blog.

To see what he said go to:

http://mayorofshrewsbury.wordpress.com/2011/10/20/19th-october-2011-not-now-darling/

REVIEW - BRILLIANT AMATEUR MUSICAL A LANDMARK

The Producers, the new Mel Brookes Musical, Mad Cow Productions, Theatre Severn.

Theatre Severn took on the true air of Broadway for three nights when Mad Cow Production’s latest venture triumphed on all levels.

Reviews - Move Over Mrs Markham - Hannah Constigan

Shropshire Star Review: Move Over Mrs Markham

Shrewsbury’s Mad Cow Productions has established a reputation for putting on top notch comedy productions and its latest offering, “Move Over Mrs Markham”, is no exception.

Reviews - Forum - Hannah Constigan

Reviews - A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum

All at MCP were delighted that the Shropshire Star attended our fist night of Forum. We were even more delighted when we saw the review printed in full below! Unfortuately for those who haven't discovered MCP yet it was too late to get a ticket as we were completely Sold Out before opening night. Yipee!!!

Reviews - Forum - Hannah Costigan

Shropshire Star Review: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to The Forum

Fans of musicals and comedy should get themselves to Theatre Severn in the next few days for the fantastic A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.

Shrewsbury-based Mad Cow Productions’ version of the Sondheim show is a treat from start to finish.

Reviews - Allo Allo - Gordon Riley

TV Show Farce By Group Is A Tonic

An Extract from the Shropshire Star Review:

"Mad Cow Productions, a newish addition to the local drama scene, chose a good vehicle for a four night run in Shrewsbury School’s packed Ashton Theatre on the opening night on Wednesday.

Reviews - Allo Allo - Audience

‘Allo, ‘Allo: What the Audience said:

Thank you so much to all those folk who have been kind enough to email us, here is a representative selection of their comments:

“Congratulations on last week, a great laugh, thoroughly authentic and so well cast. I thought at times I was watching 3D TV, though the real Rene never had such a piano player as you had!”

Reviews - Noises Off - Peter Hankin

Last week chaos reigned supreme at Shrewsbury School courtesy of Mad Cow Productions and Michael Frayn's hilariously cynical take on the world of Provincial Rep.

It apparently occurred to Mr. Frayn, some fifteen years before he wrote the play in question, that no matter how absurd and unlikely the farce was on the front of the stage, the real humour was to be found in the glorious conceits and tragic ineptitudes of the real-life dramas back-stage. The result was one of the greatest celebrations of chaos theory ever penned- 'Noises Off' which Alex Hinton so successfully produced and directed in aid of Children's Leukaemia Research and The Ashton Theatre.

Reviews - Pirates of Penzance - Dave Morris

"Society delivers faultless musical.

An evening of sheer delight – comedy, romance, colour and wonderful music. That about sums up the latest production from Shrewsbury Amateur Operatic Society.

Reviews - Pirates of Penzance - Emily Bell

"I am writing to congratulate the cast and crew of The Pirates Of Penzance on their fantastic performance at the Shrewsbury Music Hall on Monday.

With beautiful costumes and sets, glorious singing from the cast and even a real-life dancing parrot-this show was a fantastic advert for all the talent that our local amateur operatic society has to offer.

Reviews - Pirates of Penzance - Richard Nicol

"Another superb show at Music Hall.

Shrewsbury Amateur Operatic Society’s production of The Pirates of Penzance at the Music Hall was superb.

Reviews - Pirates of Penzance - Margaret Barnes

"Can’t stop thinking about that musical!

Since I attended the performance of the Pirates of Penzance by the SAOS last Saturday afternoon, I cannot stop thinking about how good it was.

Reviews - Forum - Anne Nicol

In April 2004, Alex and Lisa decided to present this musical, donating the proceeds to Crossroads and Hope House Children’s Hospice. How lucky we were that they did! We were in for a treat!

Forum, set in about 200 B.C., is a wonderful bawdy romp inspired by the farces of the Roman playwright Plautus, with great plot twists and an array of cleverly drawn characters. It won several Tony Awards on Broadway.