TheatreWe Had a World review: Joshua Harmon’s mother and grandmother are at war in this gripping drama ★★★★The Bad Jews writer is played Ryan Kopel in his most personal commission to dateBy John Nathan1 min read
TheatreHigh Society review: Fizzing stage reboot starring Felicity Kendal ★★★★The individual performances are all excellent in this iteration of Cole Porter masterpieceBy John Nathan2 min read
Theatre Black Comedy review: Peter Shaffer’s big idea lacks the light to really shine★★★Characters are plunged into the dark for most of this escalating slapstick showBy John Nathan2 min read
TheatreEquus review: Gripping revival of Shaffer’s foray into a troubled teenager’s mind ★★★★★Noah Valentine should win awards for a performance of the stable boy who blinds the six horses he adoresBy John Nathan1 min read
Jewish theatreNIUSIA review: ‘it increasingly feels as if we’re listening to the wrong story’ ★★★Beth Paterson’s journey to her Jewishness is a worthy story, but her Holocaust survivor grandmother steals the showBy John Nathan2 min read
DanceTulsa ballet review: Effervescent, energetic and American-made ★★★★The UK debut of this American dance company brought impressive technique and production to the Linbury Theatre stageBy Joy Sable1 min read
Jewish theatre‘Here, I’m a star’: Richard Kind on the victory lap that is his West End runPlaying Max Bialystock in The Producers is a full-circle moment for the oh-so Jewish actor, who can’t help but be a leading manBy John Nathan4 min read
Israeli theatreBetween the River and the Sea review: An Israel far too complex for the keffiyeh-wearing hordes ★★★★Yousef Sweid’s one-man autobiographical play dares to convey the nuance of an Israeli Arab’s experience of our timesBy John Nathan4 min read
TheatreThe Price review: ‘If this is Henry Goodman’s swansong, he’s going out on a high’ ★★★★The actor’s performance is a career highlight in this sure-footed production of the Arthur Miller playBy John Nathan2 min read
theatreMy play about families being ripped apart by Israel and GazaRyan Craig on The Holy Rosenbergs, his work that dares to explore the moral turmoil of diaspora Jews when the Jewish state is at war4 min read
Dance Alchemies review: High calibre dancers impress in triple ballet bill that lacks variety ★★★Wayne McGregor's ballet triptych at the Royal Opera House is full of beautiful shapes but not enough nuanceBy Joy Sable1 min read
DanceA nice Jewish boy in the circusSouth African-born Yaron Lifschitz brings Australia’s leading troupe of acrobats to the UKBy Joy Sable4 min read
reviewLes Liaisons Dangereuse review: ‘why revive it?’★★Lesley Manville’s predictably superb performance is not enough to redeem a new stage production of the sexually exploitative 18th century novelBy John Nathan1 min read
DanceMayerling review: This doomed love affair produces some of the most erotically-charged dances seen on stage ★★★★★Kenneth MacMillan’s 1978 ballet about a prince and his young baroness mistress is back in London with exquisite performances that build to a tragic endBy Joy Sable1 min read
TheatreThe Producers review: Richard Kind dazzles in a show more urgent and less indulgent than ever ★★★★★The smash hit musical by Mel Brooks is revived with a raw and dangerous production starring one of the world’s funniest performers as Max BialystockBy John Nathan2 min read
TheatreSummerfolk review: The feckless middle classes on the brink of a rude awakening ★★★★Maxim Gorky’s 1905 full-frontal attack on the demographic is a searing depiction of helplessness in the face of violent changeBy John Nathan2 min read
Israeli theatreWhat is it like to be a queer Palestinian?Yael Breuer speaks to the Israeli playwright of a new drama about the precarious lives of LGBTQ+ PalestiniansBy Yael Breuer3 min read
OperaSiegfried review: Spellbinding Schager is the greatest Siegfried of our age ★★★★★The opera’s flawless cast, set design and music are led by Andreas Shager, who delivers one of the finest theatrical performances London has seen in many yearsBy Stephen Pollard2 min read
Jewish theatreYentl 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 itBy John Nathan1 min read
TheatreThe Holy Rosenbergs review: ‘Craig tackles head on the anxiety of being Jewish’ ★★★★‘The sight of a Jewish family being ripped apart by conflicting opinions about Israel and Gaza is more of a thing than it ever was’By John Nathan3 min read
balletGiselle review: Marianela wins hearts with her meltingly beautiful movement ★★★★This traditional production of the great romantic ballet offers a pleasing, if unsurprising, performance, with several standout debutsBy Joy Sable2 min read
TheatreDracula 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 supernaturalBy John Nathan2 min read
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 lifeBy John Nathan2 min read
