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Theatre

Review: Stereophonic ★★★★★ ‘Everything about this play is miraculous’

This play is a mesmerising dissection of the creative process

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So Seventies: Eli Gelb and Andrew R. Butler in Stereophonic (Photo: Marc Brenner)

Sweet melodies: Tim Key (left) and Tom Basden

The Ballad of Wallis Island review: ‘hits the sweet spot’ ★★★★★

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Happy together: Adam Dannheisser and Lara Pulver in Fiddler on the Roof (Credit: Marc Brenner)

Fiddler on the Roof’s golden couple: ‘Our Tevye and Golda chemistry is real’

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Shtetl life: the cast of Fiddler on the Roof on stage at the Barbican (Photo: Marc Brenner)

Fiddler on the Roof review: ‘As joyous as it is necessary’ ★★★★★

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The Fifth Step review: ‘Booze, sex, religion and class go head to head’

Martin Freeman and Jack Lowden perfectly pit two versions of masculinity in this darkly funny two-hander

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June 5, 2025 14:29

Eyeballing: Martin Freeman (left) and Jack Lowden as James and Luka in The Fifth Step (Credit: Johan Persson)

The Salt Path, review: ‘Jason Isaacs in touching tale of homelessness’

The Jewish star is the tent born in this feel-good film about the sanctuary of a good marriage

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May 29, 2025 17:26

Home is where the heart is: Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs in The Salt Path

Shucked, review: ‘Not quite the cream of the crop’

This is an entertaining musical comedy, and its corny gags are fun, but only fleetingly does it soar

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May 29, 2025 16:06

Cord-fed wordplay: the cast of Shucked ultimately failed to raise the roof at the Open Air Theatre in London's Regent Park

The Phoenician Scheme, review: ‘Wes Anderson’s latest absurd comedy’

It’s an enjoyable romp with a succession of big star cameos, but you leave unsure if your time was well spent

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May 29, 2025 15:08

Symmetrical shot: Benico del Toro and Mia Threapleton in a scene from director Wes Anderson's The Phoenician Scheme

Mission Impossible – the Final Reckoning, review: ‘Tom Cruise takes action to the next level’

The 62-year-old actor takes the physicality of the action movie to previously unattained heights and remains cinema’s biggest box office draw for it

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May 23, 2025 19:38

A Comedy about Spies, review: ‘an irresistible comedy of chaos’

The espionage is a farce – just give into the slapstick silliness, and enjoy

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May 23, 2025 18:53

I spy: Charlie Russell in A Comedy about Spies (Photo: Mark Senior)

The film-maker revered by Hitler...and Quentin Tarantino

The director of a new documentary about the Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl explodes the myth that she was more than a mere witness to Third Reich crimes

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May 15, 2025 11:46

In the frame: stills from Andres Veiel's new film Riefenstahl

Hallow Road, review: ‘Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys in car-crash nail-biter’

Babak Anvari’s psychological thriller is shot almost entirely from within the confines of a car

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May 14, 2025 16:25

Hallow Road, review: ‘Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys in car-crash nail-biter’

Here We Are, review: ‘this Sondheim musical feels like unfinished business’

The composer’s swansong is best described as a play with some music

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May 14, 2025 16:09

Eerily modern: the cast of Here We Are on stage at the National Theatre (Photo: Marc Brenner)

Thunderbolt review: ‘not even Florence Pugh can fire this up’

The action sequences are excellent, but this film is proof that Marvel’s glory days are over

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May 8, 2025 17:30

Up Hamas, down sense: The music industry’s moral failure

The growing support for Kneecap despite their pro-Hamas comments reflects the culture of self-righteous ignorance that dominates the anti-Israel position.

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May 7, 2025 15:33

Mo Chara (left) and Moglai Bap from Northern Irish hip hop trio Kneecap perform onstage during the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (Image: Getty)

Giant review: ‘Dahl – a very poisonous national treasure’

The children’s author’s deep-seated loathing of Jews is slowly and shockingly revealed in this West End transfer of Mark Rosenblatt’s award-winning play

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May 7, 2025 15:12

Tense: John Lithgow as Raold Dahl and Elliot Levey as his agent Tom Mascher (Photo: Johan Persson)

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John Nathan

Latest from John Nathan

Review: Stereophonic ★★★★★ ‘Everything about this play is miraculous’

The Ballad of Wallis Island review: ‘hits the sweet spot’ ★★★★★

Fiddler on the Roof’s golden couple: ‘Our Tevye and Golda chemistry is real’

Fiddler on the Roof review: ‘As joyous as it is necessary’ ★★★★★

More from John Nathan

The Fifth Step review: ‘Booze, sex, religion and class go head to head’

The Salt Path, review: ‘Jason Isaacs in touching tale of homelessness’

Shucked, review: ‘Not quite the cream of the crop’

The Phoenician Scheme, review: ‘Wes Anderson’s latest absurd comedy’

Mission Impossible – the Final Reckoning, review: ‘Tom Cruise takes action to the next level’

A Comedy about Spies, review: ‘an irresistible comedy of chaos’

The film-maker revered by Hitler...and Quentin Tarantino

Hallow Road, review: ‘Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys in car-crash nail-biter’

Here We Are, review: ‘this Sondheim musical feels like unfinished business’

Thunderbolt review: ‘not even Florence Pugh can fire this up’

Up Hamas, down sense: The music industry’s moral failure

Giant review: ‘Dahl – a very poisonous national treasure’