The Music of
BB COOPER

Available for LIVE STREAMING

Music by BB Cooper

Book and Lyrics by Nigel Osner

Illustrated by Roger Holgate

Large and small mixed cast, long, short and concert versions.

Contact licensing@artfieldmusic.com for Perusal Script or Narrative for Concert Version

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"This beguiling tale of bewitchment set in the distant kingdom of Ravenswood is certainly welcome in the midst of Cinderellas, Aladdins and Dick Whittingtons. It is refreshing to find a show inhabiting a more unfamiliar world. …captivatingly conjured.” Mark Shenton, The Stage

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“...with music by BB Cooper, has been delighting children” Hampstead and Highgate Express

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MAGIC is the story of young Prince Tristan, whose parents have gone off on a quest and left him, an eleven year old boy, in charge of the kingdom. And then one day an alarming new tutor, Dr Bolgin, arrives, saying that he has been sent by Tristan's parents. He is only about a metre high and has large ears, large feet and a pointed nose. And what do you know, he is accompanied by a whole band of soldiers who look the same! In fact, Prince Tristan is subject to a goblin takeover. Dr Bolgin is aided in his endeavours by the Black Talon, the punning leader of a band of verminous ravens. But Tristan has friends too. One is his beautiful, if difficult, French cat, Madame Minette, who has never been fooled by Dr Bolgin for a moment. She seeks the advice of Theodosius, tawny (owl) at law, on whether she may reveal to Tristran that animals can speak to humans in certain circumstances and so reveal what is going on. Madame Minette and Theodosius help Tristan in his double struggle, both with the goblins and the bad side of his own nature. Tristan is further assisted, after a fashion, by an absent minded witch and Percival, a nervous and clumsy pigeon, who in many ways turns out to be the real hero of this story.

 

MAGIC was first written by Nigel Osner as a children's book called "Magic in Ravenswood", published by Heinemann

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'--good marks for "Magic in Ravenswood", the story of young Prince Tristan rescued from a goblin takeover by Theodosius, the not totally wise owl, an inefficient but friendly witch and a feather-brained - yes! - pigeon. The aristocratic cat is also on his side, but prefers a certain aloofness from anything disagreeable. All the characters are well-defined, the ravens of the wood being a nasty, tough crowd. There is enough irony to give it strength to deal with a traditional situation without going soft or silly.’   Naomi Mitchison, Times Educational Supplement.

 

'I liked "Magic in Ravenswood" by Nigel Osner,  the witty story of a young prince's battle against his evil goblin tutor has a lawyer owl, a bumbling pigeon and a gang of outrageously punning , thuggish ravens.'  David Twiston Davies, Daily Telegraph

 

Produced and presented by New End and Greenwich Theatres 

Co-produced by Artfield and Nigel Osner.