Theatre Giant review: ‘Dahl – a very poisonous national treasure’The children’s author’s deep-seated loathing of Jews is slowly and shockingly revealed in this West End transfer of Mark Rosenblatt’s award-winning playBy John Nathan1 min read
Theatre‘How being Jewish helps me play the Wicked Witch of the West’Actor Emma Kingston on why she is relishing playing Elphaba in West End smash WickedBy Nicole Lampert4 min read
TheatreMy play about being young, gay and strictly OrthodoxA formerly frum writer on how he hopes his ex-community will watch his new workBy John Nathan5 min read
TheatreDealer’s Choice review: ‘male inadequacies laid bare’Set around a poker table, this play anchors on a painful father-son relationship and shows that the stake are always higher than the amount of cash on the tableBy John Nathan1 min read
TheatreTheatre review: Ghosts ‘Today’s moral landscape imposes itself on Ibsen’s play’The action is updated to 21st century BritainBy John Nathan1 min read
TheatreMidnight Cowboy review: ‘not cut out for the stage’Why turn John Schlesinger’s famous 1968 film starring Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight into a musical? Does the story really need more music?By John Nathan1 min read
ShowbizShowbiz: yesterday’s antisemitism warrior queensNew rock musical Rise tells a story of Jewish defiance and rebellionBy Nicole Lampert1 min read
Rhinoceros review: ‘don’t follow the herd’The message of this 1959 absurdist play survives. But instead of looking back at the horrors of conformism in 20th-century Europe, it now warns of the stampede aheadBy John Nathan1 min read||April 9, 2025 09:55
Jewish talent triumphs at the Olivier AwardsFiddler on the Roof and Giant lead the winsBy Ellie Grant1 min read||April 7, 2025 10:29
Apex Predator review: ‘this supernatural psychodrama just about works’John Donnelly’s hybrid play combines the occult with urban social realismBy John Nathan1 min read||April 1, 2025 15:48
The film of Seven Jewish Children is as foul as the stage versionThe original play allowed no space for the reality of Israel or Gaza today – and the film follows suitBy Jane Prinsley4 min read||April 1, 2025 14:21
Dear England review: ‘permission to be patriotic’How good to able to sit in a theatre and with some justification, rather than deluded hope, feel the unashamed urge to cry ‘Come on England’By John Nathan2 min read||March 26, 2025 13:32
A Comedy of Terrors review: ‘a hoot’This athletic Dracula send-up certainly puts the vamp into vampireBy John Nathan1 min read||March 21, 2025 13:30
The Seagull review: ‘Cate Blanchett gives it pitch–perfect pizzazz’The star is ceaselessly flamboyant in Thomas Ostermeier’s staging of the Chekhov comedyBy John Nathan2 min read||March 15, 2025 20:27
Farewell Mister Haffman review: ‘an unlikely ménage à trois’There is much to enjoy in the London premiere of this darkly comic play set in Nazi-occupied Paris, but its premise means it is ultimately unconvincingBy Imogen Garfinkel2 min read||March 14, 2025 16:14
The Last Laugh review: ‘a love letter to British comedy and three of its funny men’This is a wonderful resurrection of gilded comedians Tommy Copper, Eric Morecambe and Bob MonkhouseBy John Nathan2 min read||March 5, 2025 13:36
