I had a very specific remit for Joyfully Jewish, a trilogy of plays written by Jewish playwrights, directed by Jewish directors and performed by Jewish actors: to remind people what they love about Jews and about being Jewish.
The idea came to me on the train journey up to Inverness from this year’s London Fringe as I was musing on how I could, in some small way, try and combat the growing antisemitism that Jewish creatives feel has plagued the arts this past year.
The brief for the plays, an hour-long production performed this month on three Sunday nights in November, was rather specific: no war, no antisemitism, no trauma.
Our three brilliant playwrights Estee Stimler, Gary Ogin and Elijah Lifton certainly delivered. From a first date to a daughter revealing a secret, to the reading of a will, the three warm and hilarious plays celebrate Jewish family and culture.
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