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Theatre review: A Night of New Jewish Writing

'This was the evening that Jewish theatregoers never knew they were waiting for until it happened'

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Theatre review: A Night of New Jewish Writing

What a drama: three playwrights discuss Jewish theatre in the UK today

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101 Dalmatians theatre review: Spotty success as Cruella turns TikTok influencer

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BAD JEWS PRODUCTION PHOTOS TAKEN AT THE ARTS THEATRE, ON 14TH JULY 2022 - LONDON

Bad Jews theatre review: A slow return for an excellent comedy

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Lesley Joseph's new habit

Can the actress ever escape Dorien Green, her glam and gabby character from 1990s sitcom Birds of a Feather?

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July 21, 2022 11:05

Patriots theatre review: The career of an oligarch… and his powerful friend

Playwright Peter Morgan applies his fly-on-the-wall attention to Boris Berezovsky’s dramatic trajectory in a tale set against the fall and rise of Russia

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July 21, 2022 10:27

Patriots theatre review: The career of an oligarch… and his powerful friend

Jewish drama students stage their own plays to combat hate

Based on their own experiences at drama school, the series of six short plays will be performed at London’s Kiln Theatre next month

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July 21, 2022 09:52

Jewish drama students stage their own plays to combat hate

Barefoot in the Park theatre review: Reworking Neil Simon’s classic is a step too far

Much of the evening fizzes along in its dated, delightful way but this production would do well to follow the lead of the film version

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July 14, 2022 13:29

Barefoot in the Park theatre review: Reworking Neil Simon’s classic is a step too far

Peter Brook was a teddy bear filled with dynamite

The director transformed theatre forever

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July 8, 2022 12:14

British theatre and film director, playwright and actor Peter Brook poses during a photo session at the Bouffes du Nord theatre in Paris on February 27, 2018. "The Prisoner" written and directed by Brook and French playwright Marie-Helen Estienne will be presented at the Bouffes du Nord theatre from March 6 to March 24. / AFP PHOTO / Lionel BONAVENTURE (Photo credit should read LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP via Getty Images)

Theatre review - The End of The Night: Himmler, the chillingly reasonable dinner guest

Ben Brown’s fly-on-the wall play imagines what passed between the top Nazi and the Swedish representative of the World Jewish Congress when they met in April 1945

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July 8, 2022 09:25

Park Theatre and Original Theatre present the World Premiere of The End of the Night By Ben Brown Directed by Alan Strachan OLIVIA BERNSTONE I JEANNE BOMMEZJIN BEN CAPLAN I NORBERT MASUR RICHARD CLOTHIER I HEINRICH HIMMLER MICHAEL LUMSDEN I FELIX KERSTEN AUDREY PALMER I ELISABETH LUBE WRITER I BEN BROWN DIRECTOR I ALAN STRACHAN SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER I MICHAEL PAVELKA LIGHTING DESIGNER I JASON TAYLOR SOUND DESIGNER I GREGORY CLARKE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR I TOM BRAIN PRODUCTION MANAGER I TAMMY ROSE PRODUCERS I DANIEL COOPER & TOM HACKNEY PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR I CHARLOTTE HOLDER COMPANY STAGE MANAGER I LAUREN BARCLAY ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER I JEFFREY HARMER STAGE MANAGEMENT INTERN I ALEX JAOUEN

Mad House theatre review: An anti-climax leaving a nagging feeling that time has been spent with little to show for it

Family squabbles which are ultimately pointless

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June 30, 2022 12:07

Mad House theatre review: An anti-climax leaving a nagging feeling that time has been spent with little to show for it

That Is Not Who I Am theatre review: Read this at your peril

A play that, in the fake news era, uses deceit to force questions about truth and who tells it

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June 23, 2022 14:21

That Is Not Who I Am theatre review: Read this at your peril

The Gunpowder Plot theatre review: A step forward in the evolution of VR theatre

The genius of this high-tech show is that it compels its audiences to consider the moral conundrum of every conflict: how many innocents should die in the service of a good cause?

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June 16, 2022 12:49

The Gunpowder Plot theatre review: A step forward in the evolution of VR theatre

At last! Jews get a voice at Royal Court thanks to new play by Jonathan Freedland

The verbatim piece, which addresses the 'ancient prejudice' against Jews, is to be staged at a theatre recently embroiled in a controversy over alleged antisemitism

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June 16, 2022 09:31

At last! Jews get a voice at Royal Court thanks to new play by Jonathan Freedland

Legally Blonde Theatre review: Entirely predictable and utterly enjoyable

Director Lucy Moss has given her energetic and hugely entertaining revival a modern-day feel with a smattering of mobile usage

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June 7, 2022 12:44

Legally Blonde Theatre review: Entirely predictable and utterly enjoyable

Grease, the musical theatre review: 'A dereliction of artistic duty'

Nikolai Foster’s Leicester Curve production of Grease is awful mostly because it conforms to every expectation

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May 26, 2022 14:19

Grease, the musical theatre review: 'A dereliction of artistic duty'

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John Nathan

Latest from John Nathan

Theatre review: A Night of New Jewish Writing

What a drama: three playwrights discuss Jewish theatre in the UK today

101 Dalmatians theatre review: Spotty success as Cruella turns TikTok influencer

Bad Jews theatre review: A slow return for an excellent comedy

More from John Nathan

Lesley Joseph's new habit

Patriots theatre review: The career of an oligarch… and his powerful friend

Jewish drama students stage their own plays to combat hate

Barefoot in the Park theatre review: Reworking Neil Simon’s classic is a step too far

Peter Brook was a teddy bear filled with dynamite

Theatre review - The End of The Night: Himmler, the chillingly reasonable dinner guest

Mad House theatre review: An anti-climax leaving a nagging feeling that time has been spent with little to show for it

That Is Not Who I Am theatre review: Read this at your peril

The Gunpowder Plot theatre review: A step forward in the evolution of VR theatre

At last! Jews get a voice at Royal Court thanks to new play by Jonathan Freedland

Legally Blonde Theatre review: Entirely predictable and utterly enjoyable

Grease, the musical theatre review: 'A dereliction of artistic duty'