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Yentl review: ‘Isaac Bashevis Singer would be pleased’ ★★★★

The writer was not impressed with the Barbra Streisand adaptation of his short story, but this performance captures its mysticism and humanity so well, he would surely approve it

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Amy Hack (centre) in Yentl at Marylebone Theatre

The Yentl I play does not identify as male or female

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Dorothea Myer-Bennett as Ruth Rosenberg and Adrian Lukis as Stephen Crossley (Photo: Manual Harlan)

The Holy Rosenbergs review: ‘Craig tackles head on the anxiety of being Jewish’ ★★★★

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Suffering and stoicism: Amanda Seyfried (centre) as the late 18th century Shaker evangelist Ann Lee in Mona Fastvold's film

The Testament of Ann Lee review: ‘an unexpected use of movement and music’ ★★★★

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Our film October 8 was rejected by every major festival

Jewish American filmmaker Wendy Sachs discusses her new documentary about tackling campus antisemitism

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March 5, 2026 15:44

Documenting hate: Ethiopian-Israeli activist Ashager Araro

Broken Glass review: There’s an urgency to Arthur Miller’s most explicitly Jewish play today ★★★★

American director Jordan Fein is back on a London stage after a triumphant revival of Into the Woods

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March 4, 2026 17:43

Pearl Chanda as Sylvia Gellburg 'ignites the simmering potential' of Broken Glass at the Young Vic

Wuthering Heights review: ‘This sex-heavy new interpretation never feels as daring as the old’

Emerald Fennell’s take on the classic literary love story is sure to leave film audiences as unsatisfied as diehard Brontë fans

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February 25, 2026 15:04

Wuthering Heights review: ‘This sex-heavy new interpretation never feels as daring as the old’

Dracula review: Cynthia mesmerises but the show lacks real bite ★★★★

The performer’s acting gifts are on full display in this spectacular adaptation of the gothic novel, but the evening never achieves the tension generated by many other West End dabblings in the supernatural

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February 20, 2026 13:41

Count on me: Cynthia Erivo in Dracula at the Noel Coward Theatre

Here There Are Blueberries review: ‘What makes a Nazi a Nazi?’ ★★★★★

This forensic Pultizer-finalist docu-play settles the question of what allows a person to perpetrate atrocity while enjoying the normal pleasures of life

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February 17, 2026 17:48