TheatreDr Strangelove review: ‘Coogan is bang on the button’The actor is priceless in this timely revival of Stanley Kubrick’s classic nuke comedyBy John Nathan1 min read
Dance Dance review: Encounters and Legacy: ‘It’s heartening to see modern works’Joy Sable didn’t enjoy all the offerings at the Royal Opera House and Linbury Theatre, but a dance critic can’t exist on classics aloneBy Joy Sable2 min read
Theatre Almeida Theatre 1950s double bill: ‘An angry return to the kitchen sink’Arnold Wesker’s Roots has been paired with John Osborne’s Look Back in Anger –eight decades on the East End Jewish playwright emerges as the more potent dramatist by farBy John Nathan2 min read
TheatreWhat We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank review: ‘a play as Jewish as they come’This quintessentially Jewish work tackles the inherited trauma of the Holocaust and is also a really smart and funny comedyBy John Nathan2 min read
Israeli theatre‘My own breakup inspired my sweet and sinister LGBT comedy’Israeli playwright Gur Piepskovitz’s upcoming work explores themes of otherness and self-discoveryBy Eliana Jordan2 min read
TheatreGiant review: ‘Dahl is called to account’The author’s own words are deployed to chilling effect in this measured and gripping playBy John Nathan3 min read
ArtsThe shows you won’t want to miss – on stage and screenHere are some of the best (Jewish-adjacent) shows that TV, film and theatre have to offer in October and NovemberBy Elisa Bray4 min read
TheatreWaiting for Godot review: ‘I defy anyone not to see themselves on this stage’Superb acting carries this re-staging of the mind-bending classic by Samuel BeckettBy John Nathan1 min read
TheatreAkram Khan’s Giselle review: An outstanding reimagining of a classicThis reworking of the popular classic features mesmerising new choreography and a powerful reinterpretation of the narrativeBy Joy Sable1 min read
Theatre‘Why I tackled Roald Dahl’s antisemitism in my Royal Court play’Mark Rosenblatt’s work about the children’s author and self-confessed antisemite opens this weekBy John Nathan6 min read
TheatreThe Real Thing review: ‘Stoppard at very top of his game’This slick revival of his 1982 play combines comedy and cleverness in a way that would come across as intellectual show-boating in the hands of a lesser writerBy John Nathan1 min read
Jewish theatreWiesenthal review: ‘Inside the mind of a Nazi hunter’This play shows the humanity and humility of a man devoted to bringing Nazis to justice and sets the record straight about what the word ‘genocide’ meansBy John Nathan1 min read
Dance Review: Swan Lake: ‘This reworking left me disappointed’The dancing lacked sparkle and the footwork was sloppy, but a view to the wings was intriguingBy Joy Sable2 min read
KindertransportDance performance outside Liverpool Street Station to mark 85 years since KindertransportForty local young people from Jewish, refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds will be performingBy Elisa Bray2 min read
TheatreDeath of England review: ‘love and hate across the racial divide’Seeing this play in the wake of Britain’s far-right riots gives it added poignancyBy John Nathan1 min read
