TheatreA diplomat and a TV producer plot a comic end to conflictDaniel Taub and Dan Patterson discuss their new play, Winner's CurseBy John Nathan4 min read
TheatreShylock as you've never seen herGet ready for the Shakespeare character based on outspoken East End boobas, says Tracy-Ann ObermanBy John Nathan6 min read
TheatreThe young playwright who wants to show people what it’s like to be a Jewish teenAs her play Life Before the Line comes to London, Amy Lever explains why she is putting the lives of Manchester Jewish teenagers in the spotlightBy Ben Bloch2 min read
TheatreThe Unfriend Theatre review: Killer on a cruiseSteven Moffat's farce is the perfect antidote to our winter of discontentBy John Nathan1 min read
TheatreIn the Net Theatre review: Eruv in a criss-cross crisisMisha Levkov’s debut has an interesting conceit but it needs believable characters who live in a convincing period and place to turn it into an evening of dramaBy John Nathan1 min read
By John NathanJewish conspiracy theories are well-represented on London stagesTwo new productions have raised Jewish eyebrows3 min read
TheatreWatch On The Rhine theatre review: A drawing room warDistance between relatively comfortable America and a Europe in turmoil emerges in revival of Lillian Hellman’s call-to-arms play of 1941By John Nathan2 min read
Mother Goose Theatre review: Gandalf ’s golden eggFabulous production is the ideal morale booster for those caught in our winter of discontentBy John Nathan1 min read||January 5, 2023 13:25
Book review: Arthur Miller: American Witness - A decidedly Jewish view from the bridgeA more psychological than biographical profile that reveals the state of the great playwright's mindBy John Nathan2 min read||January 5, 2023 13:25
The JC Awards 2022: Theatre - No warnings needed in an evening to kvell overThis year saw an array of stand-out performances despite several antisemitism controversiesBy John Nathan3 min read||December 29, 2022 14:33
Newsies Theatre review: Workers strike a thrilling noteExhilarating dance routines light up topical tale of how street urchin newspaper vendors took on a press baronBy John Nathan1 min read||December 22, 2022 12:10
An elf who adds magic and a Jewish flavourGants Hill boy Simon Lipkin is conjuring up laughs in the West End as one of Santa’s little helpersBy John Nathan1 min read||December 16, 2022 15:20
New exhibit shows lithographs of artist Chagall cast in Shakespeare's The TempestThe rarely seen artworks are on show at gallery in WinchesterBy Anthea Gerrie4 min read||December 16, 2022 12:09
Hex Theatre review: The royal family’s trollDelayed production of Sleeping Beauty reboot is hampered by its a slightly desperate attempt to be originalBy John Nathan2 min read||December 15, 2022 14:53
Fury as pupils at elite public school perform Hitler salutes during playParent complains after pupils prompted to enact sieg heils as part of ‘educational’ play at Millfield schoolBy Nic North3 min read||December 15, 2022 12:15
12.37 Theatre review: Huge events on a tiny stageJulia Pascal's gripping play asks why Jewish nationalism should not be seen as morally equivalent to other nationalismsBy John Nathan2 min read||December 8, 2022 16:00
