Become a Member

Sign in

Become a Member

theatre

101 Dalmatians theatre review: Spotty success as Cruella turns TikTok influencer

In this version of the much-loved musical, the nightmarish character is less high society fashionista than social media psychopath on a mission to go viral

1 min read

101 Dalmatians theatre review: Spotty success as Cruella turns TikTok influencer

BAD JEWS PRODUCTION PHOTOS TAKEN AT THE ARTS THEATRE, ON 14TH JULY 2022 - LONDON

Bad Jews theatre review: A slow return for an excellent comedy

2 min read

Patriots theatre review: The career of an oligarch… and his powerful friend

Patriots theatre review: The career of an oligarch… and his powerful friend

1 min read

Jewish drama students stage their own plays to combat hate

Jewish drama students stage their own plays to combat hate

2 min read

British theatre and film director, playwright and actor Peter Brook poses during a photo session at the Bouffes du Nord theatre in Paris on February 27, 2018. "The Prisoner" written and directed by Brook and French playwright Marie-Helen Estienne will be presented at the Bouffes du Nord theatre from March 6 to March 24. / AFP PHOTO / Lionel BONAVENTURE (Photo credit should read LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP via Getty Images)

Obituary: Peter Brook

4 min read

Barefoot in the Park theatre review: Reworking Neil Simon’s classic is a step too far

Barefoot in the Park theatre review: Reworking Neil Simon’s classic is a step too far

2 min read

British theatre and film director, playwright and actor Peter Brook poses during a photo session at the Bouffes du Nord theatre in Paris on February 27, 2018. "The Prisoner" written and directed by Brook and French playwright Marie-Helen Estienne will be presented at the Bouffes du Nord theatre from March 6 to March 24. / AFP PHOTO / Lionel BONAVENTURE (Photo credit should read LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP via Getty Images)

John Nathan

Peter Brook was a teddy bear filled with dynamite

3 min read

Insights Delivered Daily

Unlock access to our community and get the latest news straight to your inbox!

All Newsletters

Theatre review - The End of The Night: Himmler, the chillingly reasonable dinner guest

Ben Brown’s fly-on-the wall play imagines what passed between the top Nazi and the Swedish representative of the World Jewish Congress when they met in April 1945

2 min read

||

July 8, 2022 09:25

Park Theatre and Original Theatre present the World Premiere of The End of the Night By Ben Brown Directed by Alan Strachan OLIVIA BERNSTONE I JEANNE BOMMEZJIN BEN CAPLAN I NORBERT MASUR RICHARD CLOTHIER I HEINRICH HIMMLER MICHAEL LUMSDEN I FELIX KERSTEN AUDREY PALMER I ELISABETH LUBE WRITER I BEN BROWN DIRECTOR I ALAN STRACHAN SET AND COSTUME DESIGNER I MICHAEL PAVELKA LIGHTING DESIGNER I JASON TAYLOR SOUND DESIGNER I GREGORY CLARKE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR I TOM BRAIN PRODUCTION MANAGER I TAMMY ROSE PRODUCERS I DANIEL COOPER & TOM HACKNEY PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR I CHARLOTTE HOLDER COMPANY STAGE MANAGER I LAUREN BARCLAY ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER I JEFFREY HARMER STAGE MANAGEMENT INTERN I ALEX JAOUEN

Obituary: Singer, comedienne and actress Tracy Kashi

Courageous, witty and passionate performer who fought to demystify breast cancer

By Gloria Tessler

4 min read

||

July 7, 2022 13:32

Obituary: Singer, comedienne and actress Tracy Kashi

Kate Maltby

The late Peter Brook was a perfect impish (Jewish) Puck

Jews should be proud of Brook, even if his rebellious nature sometimes made him hard to love

3 min read

||

July 7, 2022 10:21

English-born director Peter Brook gestures as he participates in the European Union talks at the Comedie FranÃ§aise theater during the "Meetings for Europe and culture" which started 02 May 2005 in Paris. The two-day meetings aim at forging and supporting Europe's cultural identity in face of US dominance. AFP PHOTO STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP) (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/AFP via Getty Images)

Tickets for Merchant of Venice starring Tracy-Ann Oberman as Shylock now on sale

After a run at the Watford Palace Theatre the production will go on a national tour

1 min read

||

June 30, 2022 14:20

Tickets for Merchant of Venice starring Tracy-Ann Oberman as Shylock now on sale

Mad House theatre review: An anti-climax leaving a nagging feeling that time has been spent with little to show for it

Family squabbles which are ultimately pointless

1 min read

||

June 30, 2022 12:07

Mad House theatre review: An anti-climax leaving a nagging feeling that time has been spent with little to show for it

That Is Not Who I Am theatre review: Read this at your peril

A play that, in the fake news era, uses deceit to force questions about truth and who tells it

2 min read

||

June 23, 2022 14:21

That Is Not Who I Am theatre review: Read this at your peril

Opera review: Samson et Delila

You don’t often see a performance that is flawless, but this is just that

By Stephen Pollard

1 min read

||

June 20, 2022 08:36

Samson et Dalila by Saint-Saëns; Royal Opera House; Covent Garden; London, UK; 24 May 2022; Samson - SeokJong Baek; Dalila - Elina Garanca; High Priest - Lukasz Golinski; First Philistine -Alan Pingarrón; Second Philistine - Chuma Sijeqa; Messenger -Thando Mjandana Abimélech -Blaise Malaba; Samson's Rabbi -Goderdzi Janelidze; Director - Richard Jones; Set Designer - Hyemi Shin; Costume Designer - Nicky Gillibrand; Lighting Designer - Andreas Fuchs; Movement Director - Lucy Burge; © 2022 ROH Photographed by CLIVE BARDA

Sponsored

Curtain up on shows for all the family

What to see this weekend

4 min read

||

June 17, 2022 10:31

Curtain up on shows for all the family

The Gunpowder Plot theatre review: A step forward in the evolution of VR theatre

The genius of this high-tech show is that it compels its audiences to consider the moral conundrum of every conflict: how many innocents should die in the service of a good cause?

2 min read

||

June 16, 2022 12:49

The Gunpowder Plot theatre review: A step forward in the evolution of VR theatre

1...17 18 19...24