James Inverne takes a forgotten piece of operatic history and turns it into an engrossing piece of theatre. You’ll love it even if you know nowt about Puccini
By Stephen Pollard
This year’s festival boasts an abundant lineup of Jewish talent – here are the JC’s top picks
By Eliana Jordan
The extraordinary vision of Marjorie Blackman’s classic race story struggles to take flight in this lacklustre theatre adaptation
By John Nathan
Actor Natan Paul-Collis started the Jewish Dramatic Association of London as a safe space for Jewish writers, directors and performers – and he’s just getting started
Phoenix Arts Club cancels Israeli actor’s satirical show after online criticism
By Jane Prinsley
Every Evita is defined by its Eva and the clarity, accuracy and power of this one’s voice is astonishing
The suppressed passion between black seamstress Esther and immigrant Jew Mr Marks makes this plot feel freshly hatched
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In this horror movie, the British Isles is infected and full of zombies – and the sea that surrounds us no longer protects us from those on the continent, it protects them from us
The achievements of this French Jewish lesbian living a non-conformist life under Nazi occupation is filtered through our 21st century obsession with gender politics – at the expense of conveying her bravery
This play is a mesmerising dissection of the creative process
Lara Pulver and Adam Dannheisser reveal what it’s like to play husband and wife in the latest garlanded production of the world’s most loved musical
This Fiddler is both lyrical gold and the best antidote to the myths driving today’s tsunami of Jew-hate
Martin Freeman and Jack Lowden perfectly pit two versions of masculinity in this darkly funny two-hander
This is an entertaining musical comedy, and its corny gags are fun, but only fleetingly does it soar
Actor-writer Lisa Rose’s play revisits the disgraced mogul’s crimes with revenge cloaked in dark humour, including an impression of his gangrenous male member
By Ben Marshall
The composer’s swansong is best described as a play with some music
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
Actor Emma Kingston on why she is relishing playing Elphaba in West End smash Wicked
By Nicole Lampert
A formerly frum writer on how he hopes his ex-community will watch his new work
Set around a poker table, this play anchors on a painful father-son relationship and shows that the stake are always higher than the amount of cash on the table
The action is updated to 21st century Britain
New works from the Royal Ballet and English National Ballet
By Joy Sable
Why turn John Schlesinger’s famous 1968 film starring Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight into a musical? Does the story really need more music?
