TheatreAkram Khan’s Giselle review: An outstanding reimagining of a classicThis reworking of the popular classic features mesmerising new choreography and a powerful reinterpretation of the narrativeBy Joy Sable1 min read
Theatre‘Why I tackled Roald Dahl’s antisemitism in my Royal Court play’Mark Rosenblatt’s work about the children’s author and self-confessed antisemite opens this weekBy John Nathan6 min read
ManchesterManchester production of Shakespeare play axed after director refused to remove pro-Palestine referencesTheatre bosses and the director disagreed on the adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a report claimsBy Ellie Grant2 min read
TheatreThe Real Thing review: ‘Stoppard at very top of his game’This slick revival of his 1982 play combines comedy and cleverness in a way that would come across as intellectual show-boating in the hands of a lesser writerBy John Nathan1 min read
TheatreDeath of England review: ‘love and hate across the racial divide’Seeing this play in the wake of Britain’s far-right riots gives it added poignancyBy John Nathan1 min read
TheatreFull cast announced for new play What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne FrankNathan Englander’s play stars West Wing and Scandal star Joshua Malina in his London stage debutBy Elisa Bray2 min read
TheatreShifters review: ‘friends without benefits’It is beautifully performed, but this will they, won’t they romance never quite takes offBy John Nathan1 min read
The non-Jewish playwright teaching Edinburgh Fringe audiences about antisemitismI talk to Jonathan Salt about his one-man play telling the story of the hero orphanage director Janusz Korczak who tried to preserve the dignity and safety of his charges in the Warsaw GhettoBy Nicole Lampert3 min read||August 23, 2024 14:08
Farm Hall review: ‘an absorbing thriller’This is a rare example of a West End play driven by intelligent writing and excellent writing, not star powerBy John Nathan1 min read||August 21, 2024 15:06
Israeli theatre company The Train Theatre nominated for two Offie awardsOnce Upon a World is the most popular production from the puppet troupe and came to JW3 in JulyBy Elisa Bray1 min read||August 20, 2024 14:30
‘Joining the cast of Cable Street is a dream!’We ask actor Brady Isaacs Pearce the essential Jewish questionsBy JC Reporter1 min read||August 15, 2024 16:03
South Asian-Jewish actor brings representation to football in ENG-ER-LANDNikhita Lesler plays a young mixed race football fan in the latest rendition of Hannah Kumari’s one-woman playBy Eliana Jordan2 min read||August 5, 2024 09:19
By Karen GlaserWhy is the National Theatre staging a play with antisemitic tropes on October 7?Putting on the Lehman Trilogy while the rest of us are marking Oct 7 shows the National Threatre doesn't care about Jews2 min read||August 1, 2024 06:31
Your Lie In April, review: Manga on the stage in this tale of high school violinistsBy John Nathan1 min read||July 31, 2024 15:45
Edinburgh festival: The Jewish back story to its most controversial playMeet the writer behind a work of satire about the trans-culture warsBy John Nathan4 min read||July 31, 2024 15:24
‘As an Israeli, I felt really unsafe in the creative industry’Neta Gracewell is bringing ‘a dark feminist comedy’ to the Camden FringeBy Elisa Bray3 min read||July 24, 2024 12:22