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How could the Royal Court not spot this trope?

No one at the theatre who read the play Rare Earth Mettle flagged the name ‘Hershel Fink’

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How could the Royal Court not spot this trope?

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 13: Terry Gilliam attends "The Irishman" International Premiere and Closing Gala during the 63rd BFI London Film Festival at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on October 13, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Lia Toby/Getty Images for BFI)

Cancellation is not correct

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Death of a Peacemaker

Death of a Peacemaker

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Theatre review: The Shark is Broken

Theatre review: The Shark is Broken

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Theatre review: Love and Other Acts  of Violence

John Nathan has doubts about the staging of a new play

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October 21, 2021 13:44

LOVE AND OTHER ACTS OF VIOLENCE by Cordelia Lynn ; Directed by Elayce Ismail ; Set Design by Basia Bińkowska ; Lighting Design by Joshua Pharo ; Movement, Fight and Intimacy Director: Yarit Dor ; Sound Design by Richard Hammarton ; Casting Director: Anna Cooper CDG for the Donmar Warehouse ; Production Photographer: Helen Murray Donmar Warehouse ; London, UK ; 7th October 2021 ; Credit and copyright: Helen Murray

The legacy of trauma

A new play opening this week asks hard questions about the power of the past. John Nathan met its writer, Cordelia Lynn

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October 15, 2021 17:54

Love and Other Acts of Violence by Cordelia Lynn ; Rehearsals ; Directed by Elayce Ismail ; Donmar Warehouse ; London, UK ; 13th September 2021 ; Credit and copyright: Helen Murray

Theatre review: White Noise

High praise for this examination of slavery's legacy

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October 15, 2021 11:20

White Noise by Parks, , WRITER - Suzan-Lori Parks, Director - Polly Findlay, Set Design - Lizzie Clachan, Costume Design - Natalie Pryce, Movement Director - Jade Hackett, Lighting Design - Jackie Shemesh, The Bridge Theatre, London, 2021, Credit{ Johan Persson/

Theatre review: The Normal Heart

This gripping revival about the 1980s Aids crisis has enormous relevance today says John Nathan

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October 7, 2021 11:06

Theatre review: The Normal Heart

Theatre review: Ida Rubinstein,  The Final Act

There's too little drama in this play about a diva

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October 1, 2021 12:24

Theatre review: Ida Rubinstein,  The Final Act

Theatre review: Camp Siegfried

Patsy Ferran shines in this play about a Nazi youth camp - in America

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September 24, 2021 13:17

Theatre review: Camp Siegfried

“People say ‘Oh my goodness! Are you Jewish?  We had no idea!'”

Felicity Kendal on her Jewish identity, her long career on screen and stage and her new role in Anything Goes… but there’s one subject she won’t touch

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September 17, 2021 15:36

A scene from Anything Goes by Cole Porter @ Barbican Theatre. Directed and Choreographed by Kathleen Marshall. (Opening 23-07-2021) ©Tristram Kenton 07-21 (3 Raveley Street, LONDON NW5 2HX TEL 0207 267 5550 Mob 07973 617 355)email: tristram@tristramkenton.com

Theatre review: Indecent

This play about a taboo-breaking Yiddish play is outstanding, says John Nathan

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September 17, 2021 11:23

CONSENT by Raine, , Writer - Nina Raine, Director - Roger Michell, The Harold Pinter Theatre, London, UK, 2018, Credit: Johan Persson

When Joan Rivers met Barbra Streisand … reimagined

A new play recreates an early encounter between two Jewish legends

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September 17, 2021 11:01

When Joan Rivers met Barbra Streisand … reimagined

Theatre review: Frozen

This Disney adaptation is a wonder

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September 9, 2021 08:55

Theatre review: Frozen

Theatre Review: Once upon a time in Nazi occupied Tunisia

John Nathan admires a Middle-Eastern take on Jewish history

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September 2, 2021 10:51

Theatre Review: Once upon a time in Nazi occupied Tunisia

Theatre review: Cinderella

Hurray for a new version of an old favourite

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August 31, 2021 15:02

A scene from Cinderella @ Gillian Lynne Theatre. Composer, Andrew Lloyd Webber. Book, Emerald Fennell. Lyrics, David Zippel. Directed by Laurence Connor. Lighting by Bruno Poet. Designer, Gabriela Tylesova. Choreography by Joann M. Hunter. (Opening 14-07-2021) ©Tristram Kenton 06-21 (3 Raveley Street, LONDON NW5 2HX TEL 0207 267 5550 Mob 07973 617 355)email: tristram@tristramkenton.com

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