TheatreRoyal Ballet review: Untitled 2023, Corybantic Games and Anastasia Act IIIIt's an intriguing triple billBy Joy Sable2 min read
TheatreTom Stoppard’s 'Leopoldstadt' is a big winner at 2023 Tony AwardsThe play follows the experiences of a Jewish Viennese family over 50 yearsBy Tash Mosheim1 min read
By John NathanRose is a play that expresses the opinions of real Jews, even if you don't like itTo prevent Jews from being represented on stage because they might give succour to Israel’s critics is a cop out2 min read
Theatre The Shape of Things to Come review: A play on deceptionNeil LaBute's play morphs from rom-com into a tense and disturbing power struggleBy John Nathan2 min read
TheatreAspects of Love review: A slick and sumptuous meditation on passionTriumphant revival of Lloyd Webber musical sees Michael Ball return... but in a different roleBy John Nathan2 min read
By Jonathan SacerdotiDoes Maureen Lipman's new play use the Holocaust to demonise Israel?Martin Sherman's play Rose is not only full of tired stereotypes - it relies on an unforgivable comparison between the IDF and the Nazis3 min read
TheatreOnce on this Island reivew: Scored fairy tale told in the Caribbean traditionProduction of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's tale of two worlds on one island is beautifully sung if a little truncatedBy John Nathan2 min read
August in England review: Fiery lament of a Windrush deporteeLenny Henry excels in monologue featuring a 50-something grocer who arrived in England from Jamaica in 1962 but decades later is forced to leaveBy John Nathan2 min read||May 12, 2023 12:07
Kay Mellor: The working-class Jewish writer who changed British TV foreverThe Northern writer's portrayal of Yorkshire life revolutionised drama on the small screenBy Francine White7 min read||May 11, 2023 14:02
Theatre review: Retrograde - A dilemma for Sidney PoitierHot playwright Ryan Calais-Cameron's latest drama focuses on what went down when America’s first African American Oscar winner was on the cusp of fameBy John Nathan2 min read||April 28, 2023 11:40
The cycling hero who saved Italian Jews from the HolocaustTour de France champion Gino Bartali's secret missions have now been set to music in London's West EndBy Karen Glaser3 min read||April 27, 2023 11:10
Me and You: ‘I wrote this part for Maureen; decades later she’s playing it’Maureen Lipman and American playwright Martin Sherman on how the acclaimed actress came to play RoseBy Nicole Lampert5 min read||April 21, 2023 15:49
Theatre review: Ain't Too Proud - Temptations reign supremeJoyfully told story of Motown band in musical packed with brilliantly performed songs won't disappoint fansBy John Nathan2 min read||April 20, 2023 09:43
Theatre review: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead - the hunted's revengePoland’s Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk's eco-thriller is brought to brilliant life in Simon McBurney's productionBy John Nathan1 min read||April 14, 2023 10:21
Theatre review: A Little Life - Unbearable pain among NYC’s beautiful peopleCurrent preoccupation with use of terms such as abuse and trauma to describe behaviours that are merely insensitive is ruthlessly exposed in adaptation of Hanya Yanagihara’s novelBy John Nathan2 min read||April 5, 2023 12:34
Pretty Woman Musical removes ‘antisemitic’ gag from show'Even seemingly innocuous comments can be harmful when they rely on stereotypes' one audience member complainedBy Tash Mosheim1 min read||March 30, 2023 14:23
