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Theatre review: Doubt. A Parable.

This revival seems fresh in view of current events

2 min read

Credit: Johan Persson

Jermyn Street Theatre

Theatre review: Thrill Me - The Leopold & Loeb Story

1 min read

Theatre review: Moulin Rouge! The Musical

Theatre review: Moulin Rouge! The Musical

2 min read

Is antisemitism why so many in the theatre world love The Merchant of Venice?

Is antisemitism why so many in the theatre world love The Merchant of Venice?

3 min read

Theatre review: The Rubber Merchants

This Unconventional play by an Israeli playwright makes uncomfortable viewing

1 min read

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January 14, 2022 13:21

The Rubber Merchants - play by Hanoch Levin. Directed by, ASYA SOSIS. King Alfred Phoenix Theatre, Golders Green. 25th October 2021

Theatre review: Force Majeure

This drama misses the chance to dig deep

1 min read

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January 14, 2022 12:02

Theatre review: Force Majeure

Theatre review: Folk

Folk music is the focus for this absorbing play

2 min read

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January 7, 2022 15:26

Theatre review: Folk

‘It’s a disaster’: theatre giants draw battle lines over ‘Jewface’

A debate over the casting of non-Jews in Jewish roles has hit centre stage

3 min read

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January 3, 2022 11:53

‘It’s a disaster’: theatre giants draw battle lines over ‘Jewface’

The year that theatre came back

It’s been another tough year for theatre, says John Nathan but when doors opened there was much to love

3 min read

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December 30, 2021 16:25

The year that theatre came back

Theatre review: Best of Enemies

Everyone should see this piece of political theatre, says John Nathan

2 min read

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December 22, 2021 11:52

Theatre review: Best of Enemies

Theatre review: Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club

This Kit Cat Cabaret breaks the mould

2 min read

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December 16, 2021 17:55

Theatre review: Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club

Theatre review: The Book of Dust, La Belle Sauvage

Philip Pullman's book is brought to the stage in an astonishing act of story-telling

2 min read

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December 10, 2021 11:31

Theatre review: The Book of Dust, La Belle Sauvage

Sir Antony Sher: Brave, generous and supremely talented

The JC's theatre critic John Nathan pays tribute to 'one of the greatest Shakespearean actors of his or any generation'

4 min read

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December 4, 2021 18:19

Sir Antony Sher: Brave, generous and supremely talented

Theatre review: The Comedy of Errors

Was it worth reviving this comedy? Alas, not

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December 3, 2021 09:55

Theatre review: The Comedy of Errors

Stephen Sondheim: an unfathomable talent and a titan of human creativity

The composer and lyricist was matchless in his invention and peerless in his field

3 min read

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November 27, 2021 13:14

Stephen Sondheim: an unfathomable talent and a titan of human creativity

Theatre review: The Wife of Willesden

John Nathan loves Zadie Smith's up-dated version of a Canterbury Tale

2 min read

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November 25, 2021 12:13

Theatre review: The Wife of Willesden

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