Mock the Week and Whose Line is it Anyway? creator Dan Patterson on why he’s telling the horror novel through gags and…acapella
By Nicole Lampert
The great playwright discovered his Jewishness late in life – and the impact was huge
By John Nathan
There is a strong Jewish presence in this taut le Carré Cold War thriller which has more twists than a cheese stick
Ivo van Hove’s direction of the author’s 1955 hit peels back the central family’s secrets with cinematic vigour
This theatrical adaptation of the trailblazing dystopian movie by Jewish director Gary Ross lacks the emotional depth of the film and book franchises
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 wait
David Harewood is in the title role, but it is Toby Jones who steals the show
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Nicola Walker conveys with fevered obsession how a mother’s mind implodes when her teenage son disappears
Playwright Anna Ziegler on her new work about two very different Jewish marriages
By Elisa Bray
The Jewish Playwrights Programme, whose cohort of writers will develop their own full-length plays over six months, aims to empower new Jewish voices
By Eliana Jordan
Susan Sarandon brings steel to Tracy Letts’s play about the unremarkable life of one American woman, but it is Andrea Riseborough who delivers an outstanding performance
Based on interviews with journalist Gitta Sereny, this new play about child victims of war spans 45 years – but still takes too long to answer its main mystery
The playwright believes her new play answers this long-standing question
The 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 thing
Israeli actor Neta Roth explains why she can’t wait to bring the biblical figure Salomé to life in the hotly anticipated West End production of Oscar Wilde’s eponymous play this month
By Natalie Blenford
