Fiddler on the RoofFiddler on the Roof’s golden couple: ‘Our Tevye and Golda chemistry is real’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 musicalBy John Nathan7 min read
Musical TheatreFiddler on the Roof review: ‘As joyous as it is necessary’ ★★★★★This Fiddler is both lyrical gold and the best antidote to the myths driving today’s tsunami of Jew-hateBy John Nathan2 min read
Theatre 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-handerBy John Nathan1 min read
TheatreShucked, 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 soarBy John Nathan2 min read
TheatreToo Small to Tell, review: ‘candid one-woman show that kicks Harvey Weinstein where it hurts’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 memberBy Ben Marshall4 min read
TheatreHere We Are, review: ‘this Sondheim musical feels like unfinished business’The composer’s swansong is best described as a play with some musicBy John Nathan1 min read
Theatre 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 playBy John Nathan1 min read
Theatre‘How being Jewish helps me play the Wicked Witch of the West’Actor Emma Kingston on why she is relishing playing Elphaba in West End smash WickedBy Nicole Lampert4 min read
TheatreMy play about being young, gay and strictly OrthodoxA formerly frum writer on how he hopes his ex-community will watch his new workBy John Nathan5 min read
TheatreDealer’s Choice review: ‘male inadequacies laid bare’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 tableBy John Nathan1 min read
TheatreTheatre review: Ghosts ‘Today’s moral landscape imposes itself on Ibsen’s play’The action is updated to 21st century BritainBy John Nathan1 min read
Dance Dance review: International Draft Works and The Forsythe ProgrammeNew works from the Royal Ballet and English National BalletBy Joy Sable1 min read
TheatreMidnight Cowboy review: ‘not cut out for the stage’Why turn John Schlesinger’s famous 1968 film starring Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight into a musical? Does the story really need more music?By John Nathan1 min read
TheatreRhinoceros review: ‘don’t follow the herd’The message of this 1959 absurdist play survives. But instead of looking back at the horrors of conformism in 20th-century Europe, it now warns of the stampede aheadBy John Nathan1 min read
TheatreApex Predator review: ‘this supernatural psychodrama just about works’John Donnelly’s hybrid play combines the occult with urban social realismBy John Nathan1 min read
DanceBalanchine: Three Signature Works ‘This was Balanchine at his best’A chance to get a bit of American pizzazzBy Joy Sable2 min read
