Jus' Like That!

Synopsis

Tommy Cooper died on stage at Her Majesty's Theatre in 1984 of a heart attack. Set on the night of his death, Cooper! Not Like That, Like This provides a behind-the-scenes insight into the private man and the working life of Britain's famously manic magician.

Our Review:

9 April 2003

There seem to be a lot of live shows about dead people nowadays. Following the parade of pieces featuring the likenesses of Philip Larkin, Alfred Hitchcock and the Rat Pack, the trend continues unabated with John Fisher's raggedly constructed tribute to the late, great variety comic Tommy Cooper.

Jus' Like That brings the spirit of variety alive, if not exactly well. After a long overture, the curtain rises on a steep bank of lit stairs, upon which are arranged six dancing girls. Over them, picked out in lightbulbs, is the name 'Tommy'. If I hadn't known I was about to see a show about Cooper, I would have half expected Tommy Steele to rush on glinting his teeth.

I might have preferred that option, I think, about 20 minutes into this evening of bad magic, worse jokes and feeble reminiscence. Of course, the first two of those ingredients are Cooper trademarks, and you probably have to accept that, to appreciate them, you had to be there - but being...

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USER: Whatsonstage.com (82.37.91.16) - 16 September 2004:

This is the best show I have ever seen, it was EXCELLENT!!...

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