Theatre

Three cheers for Marvel's first Israeli superhero

Marvel has launched the first thoroughly and unmissably Jewish Sabra

By Nicole Lampert

3 min read

Three cheers for Marvel's first Israeli superhero

Theatre

Royal Court theatre bombarded with abuse over play about Jews

By Nicole Lampert

3 min read

Theatre

Jews. In their own words Theatre review: 'Packs a hugely powerful punch'

By John Nathan

3 min read

By John Nathan

An old play and old attitudes

2 min read

Judaism

We’ve come a long way since Fiddler! A history of UK Jews on stage and screen

By John Nathan

4 min read

Theatre

Rose Theatre Review: A Holocaust survivor in her own words

By John Nathan

1 min read

Theatre

Handbagged Theatre review: When the Queen met Mrs T

By John Nathan

1 min read

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Confessions of a musical writer

Meet the team telling a Modern Orthodox woman’s tale

By Georgia L Gilholy

3 min read

September 16, 2022 10:42

Royal Court Exclusive: Jonathan Freedland and Vicky Featherstone on their new play about antisemitism

‘If there had been anxiety it would have been on the part of the Royal Court': John Nathan meets two of the creative team attempting to atone for the theatre's sins of the past

By John Nathan

7 min read

September 15, 2022 13:24

Royal Court Exclusive: Jonathan Freedland and Vicky Featherstone on their new play about antisemitism

Who Killed My Father theatre review: The personal is political for this father and son

Edouard Louis’s autobiographical book about visiting his estranged father in northern France is converted into an absolutely gripping tale of reconciliation and loss

By John Nathan

1 min read

September 15, 2022 09:13

Who Killed My Father theatre review: The personal is political for this father and son

The musical genius behind Les Mis explains how his own dream came true

Claude-Michel Schönberg talks about his French upbringing, his brush with pop stardom and how Jesus Christ Superstar inspired him to create hit musicals

By Francine White

7 min read

September 13, 2022 09:40

The musical genius behind Les Mis explains how his own dream came true

Silence Theatre review: Witnesses silenced by the telling of their tales

Format of stage adaptation of Kavita Puri's Partition Voices, about the casual carving up of land on religious grounds on the subcontinent, sadly imposes a repetitive and predictable pall over the material

By John Nathan

2 min read

September 8, 2022 10:00

Silence Theatre review: Witnesses silenced by the telling of their tales

Tikkun Olam Theatre review: Who gets to remember the Shoah?

In this online production, the fight to build a Holocaust memorial next to Parliament is the subject of Dutch stage director Teunkie van der Sluijs's debut play

By John Nathan

2 min read

September 1, 2022 14:39