Award-winning play ‘Bad Jews’ is set to make its West End debut, it was announced today.

The play, which centres on an American Jewish family fighting over an heirloom left by their late grandfather, a Holocaust survivor, will transfer after sell-out runs at the St James Theatre in London and Ustinov Studio in Bath.

It holds the record for being the best-selling play to date at both theatres

Actor Ilan Goodman, who plays Liam, told the Evening Standard that he felt the play’s title was controversial in the wake of rising antisemitism in the UK.

Mr Goodman, 33, the son of actor Henry Goodman, said: “The title certainly makes ears prick up. It makes some people a little bit cross but it does express rather well the edginess of the play.”

He added: “You have to explain that it is a sympathetic and funny attempt by a Jewish author to explore these people wrestling with how to cope with their own Jewish identity and heritage.”

The play, by American writer Joshua Harmon, will run at the London Arts Theatre from March 18 until May 30.