Jewish theatreThe Yentl I play does not identify as male or femaleThe star of a new production of the shtetl tale on why she sees the protagonist as non-binaryBy John Nathan4 min read
Theatre Here There Are Blueberries review: ‘What makes a Nazi a Nazi?’ ★★★★★This forensic Pultizer-finalist docu-play settles the question of what allows a person to perpetrate atrocity while enjoying the normal pleasures of lifeBy John Nathan2 min read
TheatreWhat Hitler’s henchmen and women did in their time offJohn Nathan meets a writer whose Pulitzer-finalist play, inspired by a Nazi photograph album, is making its UK debutBy John Nathan6 min read
theatreInside the big Jewish theatre fightbackAmid the hurtful cancellations and quiet blockings, a defiant Anglo-Jewry is springing up with shows that celebrate Jewish identity and concernsBy Elisa Bray8 min read
Theatre2025 in review: TheatreJohn Nathan chooses the best plays of the year, from a new stage adaptation of Mel Brooks’s musical The Producers to a comic revenge fantasy about the kidnap of Jeremy CorbynBy John Nathan4 min read
TheatreIt is called Christmas Day but it is about being JewishNigel Lindsay on why he’s pleased to play a Jew on the London stage amid soaring antisemitismBy John Nathan5 min read
JW3Meet the Jewish Cinderella at the heart of JW3’s Chanukah pantoCinderella is a baker in the Kosher Kingdom in this Jewish version of the classic fairy taleBy Eliana Jordan1 min read
The Wanderers – review: Marriage? Be careful what you wish for ★★★★The first act of this clever play about two Brooklyn marriages is a little ponderous, but stick with it – the second act is more than worth the waitBy John Nathan2 min read||November 12, 2025 16:36
The Wanderers: ‘The grass is really not always greener on the other side’Playwright Anna Ziegler on her new work about two very different Jewish marriagesBy Elisa Bray4 min read||October 22, 2025 12:06
Jewish Literary Foundation launches initiative to promote emerging playwrightsThe Jewish Playwrights Programme, whose cohort of writers will develop their own full-length plays over six months, aims to empower new Jewish voicesBy Eliana Jordan1 min read||October 16, 2025 15:00
Patrick Marber: I’m seen as the ‘Jew director’ of our timesThe director on why he saturated The Producers with a Jewish sensibility, about his late-onset Jewishness and why he thinks hatred from strangers is not the worst thingBy John Nathan5 min read||September 22, 2025 12:04
The Producers review: ‘deserves to end up on Broadway’ ★★★★Patrick Marber’s inventive new production, which transferred to the West End this week, avoids the big-Broadway-show thing but The Great White Way is surely where it’s headedBy John Nathan2 min read||September 17, 2025 11:18
She dreaded sitting next to a Chasidic woman – until the conversation that changed everythingA play coming to Edinburgh Fringe explores tensions between secular and Orthodox women through a conversation set 30,000 feet above groundBy Eliana Jordan2 min read||August 1, 2025 08:49
25 must-see Jewish shows at Edinburgh Fringe 2025This year’s festival boasts an abundant lineup of Jewish talent – here are the JC’s top picksBy Eliana Jordan8 min read||July 16, 2025 15:46
The drama society creating a non-political space for Jewish artists to thriveActor Natan Paul-Collis started the Jewish Dramatic Association of London as a safe space for Jewish writers, directors and performers – and he’s just getting startedBy Eliana Jordan2 min read||July 14, 2025 14:16
West End venue drops queer Jewish musical after anti-Israel backlashPhoenix Arts Club cancels Israeli actor’s satirical show after online criticismBy Jane Prinsley5 min read||July 10, 2025 12:23
