Theatre‘I love playing a Jewish villain’Israeli actor Neta Roth explains why she can’t wait to bring the biblical figure Salomé to life in the hotly anticipated West End production of Oscar Wilde’s eponymous play this monthBy Natalie Blenford6 min read
Theatre The Producers review: ‘deserves to end up on Broadway’ ★★★★Patrick Marber’s inventive new production, which transferred to the West End this week, avoids the big-Broadway-show thing but The Great White Way is surely where it’s headedBy John Nathan2 min read
Theatre‘The stuff of dreams’ – Mark Rosenblatt’s Olivier Award-winning Giant to hit Broadway next yearThe debut play written by writer-director Rosenblatt, about Roald Dahl’s antisemitism, won three Olivier awardsBy Elisa Bray2 min read
TheatreBorn With Teeth review: ‘hollow as a crown’ ★★It is odd that director Daniel Evans has chosen this work, which isn’t really a history play at all, for his inaugural production as co-artistic director of the RSCBy John Nathan1 min read
TheatreJuniper Blood review: A topical warning of what’s to come ★★★★Mike Bartlett’s latest play grapples with the issue of environmentalism and sustainability through a group of people ideologically dividedBy John Nathan1 min read
TheatreWhat if Hitler had met Freud? You can find out nowIn their new play, legendary writing duo Marks and Gran reveal that Sigmund meeting Adolf is not so far-fetched after allBy Maurice Gran3 min read
TheatreEvery Brilliant Thing review: ‘a funny play about suicide’ ★★★★After 70 uninterrupted minutes, we emerge knowing something of life under the pall of depression and suicide – and it makes for a funny and moving night outBy John Nathan2 min read
Edinburgh FringeMarcus is Alive review: A balm for anyone who’s ever asked ‘Why me?’ ★★★★Jewish actor Marcus Freed tells the true story of the LA hit-and-run accident that nearly killed him in this profound, vivid one-man showBy Eliana Jordan2 min read
Edinburgh FringeHoney Honey Moon Moon review: Jewish newlywed couple make pitch-perfect duo in this charming musical comedy ★★★★Don’t be put off by the G-rated energy of musical duo Marnina and Micah of ‘Couplet’ – their whimsical show about wedding plans gone awry is definitely for adultsBy Eliana Jordan1 min read
Edinburgh FringeArab-Israeli actor Yousef Sweid brings story of life ‘in between’ to debut Fringe show – just don’t let the title scare youIn ‘Between the River and the Sea’, renowned Israeli actor Sweid reflects on a life lived between Jewish and Arab, Israeli and Palestinian worlds – and being a father to Jewish childrenBy Eliana Jordan4 min read
Edinburgh FringeThe Marriage of Alice B Toklas by Gertrude Stein review: A riveting, rip-roaring comedy with a Jewish heart ★★★★★This French farce about the lesbian Jewish modernist couple is full of absurdity, profundity and make-believe – an unmissable delightBy Eliana Jordan2 min read
Edinburgh FringeNiusia review: A granddaughter’s heartfelt exploration of Holocaust legacy ★★★Beth Paterson deals with Jewish identity and the generational impact of trauma in her one-woman show at this year's Edinburgh Fringe FestivalBy Eliana Jordan1 min read
Edinburgh FringeShe dreaded sitting next to a Chasidic woman – until the conversation that changed everythingA play coming to Edinburgh Fringe explores tensions between secular and Orthodox women through a conversation set 30,000 feet above groundBy Eliana Jordan2 min read
Dance Dance review: National Ballet of Japan’s Giselle **** ‘The dancers in the corps are simply outstanding’A production which puts the focus on the dancingBy Joy Sable1 min read
TheatreThe Estate, National Theatre, review – ‘skilfully melds family and party politics’ ★★★★In Shaan Sahota’s play, Indian Sikh patrimony is the writer’s focusBy John Nathan1 min read
Theatre‘Chicken Soup Dates’: ‘A raunchy sex seminar from an ‘Orthodox’ couple comes to Soho TheatreComedians Candy Gigi and Tom Joseph of Buttmitzvah fame, play a dysfunctional Jewish couple in this matchmaking comedy, replete with free chicken soup on tapBy Eliana Jordan2 min read
