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The Witches review: Child killers hidden among us in Dahl’s dark family show

Bertie Caplan is superb in a production that pleasingly provides a platform for young Jewish talent in a musical based on famous children's book writer's story

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The Witches review: Child killers hidden among us in Dahl’s dark family show

York, England reputed to be the most haunted city in the world. , Cliffords Tower is part of York Castle. It is a keep atop the motte of the medieval fortification.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 30: Anna Scher MBE poses with her Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) medal after an Investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace on October 30, 2013 London, England. (Photo by Sean Dempsey - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

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Sunset Boulevard review: Doesn't matter if you've seen this show before, you have not seen it like this

Nicole Scherzinger's Norma Desmond transmits a tragic ego the size of the cinema screen in Jamie Lloyd’s slick musical

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Sunset Boulevard review: Doesn't matter if you've seen this show before, you have not seen it like this

Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends review: All hail Broadway royalty

Seventy-five-year-old Bernadette Peters rolls back the years in Cameron Macintosh’s tribute to the late musical theatre genius

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Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends review: All hail Broadway royalty

Frank and Percy review: Encounters of a limited nature

Directed by Sean Mathias and first seen at the Theatre Royal Windsor, this play would work well on the radio

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How the theatre is embracing my proud Jewish identity

When I landed a contract with the Royal Shakespeare Company in the early 1990s, I was told to keep my heritage a secret

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2H8WDAT l-r: Angela Vale (Meg O'Malley), Emily Raymond (Meriel), Tracy-Ann Oberman (Joan Cope) in A JOVIAL CREW by Richard Brome at the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England 21/04/1992 in a new version by Stephen Jeffreys design: Fotini Dimou lighting: Wayne Dowdeswell director: Max Stafford-Clark

The Jewish dramatist exploring the world of demons

Rachel Bellman's latest work delves into the very Jewish mythology of dybbuks, mazzikin and personalised good and bad angels

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The Russian playwright speaking out against Putin in the shadow of the Shoah

Dmitry Glukhovsky new drama examines the moral compromises some people make with evil regimes

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The White Factory review: An important addition to the Shoah canon

Dmitry Ghlukhovsky’s new play investigates how good people can be corrupted under relatively little pressure

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Playwright who wrote his personal trauma into his two most successful plays

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God of Carnage review: Middle-class parents go to war

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The Witches review: Child killers hidden among us in Dahl’s dark family show

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