Why is the National Theatre staging a play with antisemitic tropes on October 7?Putting on the Lehman Trilogy while the rest of us are marking Oct 7 shows the National Threatre doesn't care about JewsBy Karen Glaser2 min read
TheatreYour Lie In April, review: Manga on the stage in this tale of high school violinistsBy John Nathan1 min read
Theatre Edinburgh festival: The Jewish back story to its most controversial playMeet the writer behind a work of satire about the trans-culture warsBy John Nathan4 min read
Camden Fringe‘As an Israeli, I felt really unsafe in the creative industry’Neta Gracewell is bringing ‘a dark feminist comedy’ to the Camden FringeBy Elisa Bray3 min read
TheatreTheatre review: Slave Play, ‘An evening primed to cause tension and offence’Viewing this play through a Jewish lens you can see the disconnect that can form between two loving people with different histories, says John NathanBy John Nathan1 min read
theatreThe Israeli puppeteers working with children devastated by October 7Ahead of their London shows, meet the troupe behind an uplifting puppet showBy Elisa Bray6 min read
Kiss Me, Kate review: this kissing lark is all in the line of dutyBy John Nathan2 min read||June 20, 2024 17:28
English review: I think this classroom drama could try a little bit harderBy John Nathan1 min read||June 14, 2024 17:27
A View From the Bridge review: bridge in the shadow of a Miller classicBy John Nathan1 min read||June 5, 2024 17:49
Theatre review: Romeo and Juliet, ‘A muscular and modern take on Shakespeare.’By John Nathan1 min read||May 29, 2024 17:11
Theatre review: Passing Strange ‘The music is excellent’Stew’s autobiographical musical misses its originatorBy John Nathan1 min read||May 23, 2024 11:56
Theatre review: Fawlty Towers The Play. ‘Everything one would have hoped for’Three sitcom episodes do not a play makethBy John Nathan1 min read||May 16, 2024 21:30
Spirited Away review: Japanese imagination lands on a West End stagePuppets and costumes combine with top-drawer stagecraft to conjure the most outlandish sequencesBy John Nathan2 min read||May 8, 2024 21:21
Machinal review: superb depiction of a life trapped by conventionsSexually repulsed by her spouse, the affair is the Young Woman’s only source of hopeBy John Nathan1 min read||May 3, 2024 17:00
The Turkish Jew who’s now that waiter from BarcelonaHemi Yeroham is taking on the role of Manuel in a stage version of Fawlty Towers. He shares how he is priming himself for the punishing part and why following in Andrew Sachs’ footsteps is such an honourBy Francine White4 min read||May 3, 2024 14:24
