TheatreAugust in England review: Fiery lament of a Windrush deporteeLenny Henry excels in monologue featuring a 50-something grocer who arrived in England from Jamaica in 1962 but decades later is forced to leaveBy John Nathan2 min read
TVKay Mellor: The working-class Jewish writer who changed British TV foreverThe Northern writer's portrayal of Yorkshire life revolutionised drama on the small screenBy Francine White7 min read
TheatreTheatre review: Retrograde - A dilemma for Sidney PoitierHot playwright Ryan Calais-Cameron's latest drama focuses on what went down when America’s first African American Oscar winner was on the cusp of fameBy John Nathan2 min read
TheatreThe cycling hero who saved Italian Jews from the HolocaustTour de France champion Gino Bartali's secret missions have now been set to music in London's West EndBy Karen Glaser3 min read
TheatreMe and You: ‘I wrote this part for Maureen; decades later she’s playing it’Maureen Lipman and American playwright Martin Sherman on how the acclaimed actress came to play RoseBy Nicole Lampert5 min read
Theatre Theatre review: Ain't Too Proud - Temptations reign supremeJoyfully told story of Motown band in musical packed with brilliantly performed songs won't disappoint fansBy John Nathan2 min read
TheatreTheatre review: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead - the hunted's revengePoland’s Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk's eco-thriller is brought to brilliant life in Simon McBurney's productionBy John Nathan1 min read
Theatre review: A Little Life - Unbearable pain among NYC’s beautiful peopleCurrent preoccupation with use of terms such as abuse and trauma to describe behaviours that are merely insensitive is ruthlessly exposed in adaptation of Hanya Yanagihara’s novelBy John Nathan2 min read||April 5, 2023 12:34
Pretty Woman Musical removes ‘antisemitic’ gag from show'Even seemingly innocuous comments can be harmful when they rely on stereotypes' one audience member complainedBy Tash Mosheim1 min read||March 30, 2023 14:23
To dip or not to dip? The Shakespeare HaggadahIT worker from New Jersey has written a Bard's version of the text we read every Pesach... with a little technical helpBy Gaby Wine2 min read||March 30, 2023 13:07
Ballet review: Cinderella - Fairy tale brought to glittering lifeChoreography and music of Frederick Ashton's original production is retained but fresh designs and costumes re-invigorate this well-loved classicBy Joy Sable2 min read||March 30, 2023 09:17
Obituary: Chaim TopolIsraeli actor who took so many of us back to our east European roots with his portrayal of shtetl Jew Tevye in Fiddler on the RoofBy Gloria Tessler5 min read||March 23, 2023 14:11
Guys & Dolls theatre review: Thrills and a spill as Hytner takes risks and hits the jackpotThe ambition of the evening astounds with the director’s first big musical in yearsBy John Nathan2 min read||March 17, 2023 10:26
Goodbye Bake Off, Matt Lucas’s going musicalLittle Britain star has quit the GBBO tent and is launching a podcast about his favourite stage showsBy Karen Glaser4 min read||March 16, 2023 14:23
Obituary: Stephen GreifAward-winning actor nominated for role in Death of a SalesmanBy Emma Klein2 min read||March 16, 2023 13:04
The Merchant of Venice theatre review: Oberman’s Shylock takes on the fascistsShakespeare’s problematic play is imbued with a Jewish sensibility - with actress excelling as first woman to play Shylock in a significant production of the workBy John Nathan2 min read||March 9, 2023 15:55
