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Stephen Sondheim: an unfathomable talent and a titan of human creativity

The composer and lyricist was matchless in his invention and peerless in his field

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Stephen Sondheim: an unfathomable talent and a titan of human creativity

Theatre review: The Wife of Willesden

Theatre review: The Wife of Willesden

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EXCLUSIVE: Theatre at centre of antisemitism storm showed map erasing Israel

EXCLUSIVE: Theatre at centre of antisemitism storm showed map erasing Israel

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10th December 1956: Australian dancer, choreographer and actor Robert Helpmann as Shylock and British actress Barbara Jefford as Pertia in a production of Shakespeare's 'The Merchant Of Venice' at the Old Vic theatre, London. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Review: A Companion to British-Jewish Theatre Since the 1950s

By David Herman

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Theatre review: Rare Earth Mettle

Theatre review: Rare Earth Mettle

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Theatre review: The Ocean at the End  of the Lane

Theatre review: The Ocean at the End  of the Lane

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Revealed: theatre behind an ‘antisemitic’ play got race training from Israel boycotter

Revealed: theatre behind an ‘antisemitic’ play got race training from Israel boycotter

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John Nathan

How could the Royal Court not spot this trope?

No one at the theatre who read the play Rare Earth Mettle flagged the name ‘Hershel Fink’

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November 11, 2021 10:34

How could the Royal Court not spot this trope?

Royal Court theatre apologises 'unreservedly' for giving billionaire character a Jewish name

Theatre says naming protagonist 'Hershel Fink' was a 'mistake'

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November 7, 2021 13:23

Royal Court theatre apologises 'unreservedly' for giving billionaire character a Jewish name

Theatre review: Love and Other Acts  of Violence

John Nathan has doubts about the staging of a new play

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October 21, 2021 12:44

LOVE AND OTHER ACTS OF VIOLENCE by Cordelia Lynn ; Directed by Elayce Ismail ; Set Design by Basia Bińkowska ; Lighting Design by Joshua Pharo ; Movement, Fight and Intimacy Director: Yarit Dor ; Sound Design by Richard Hammarton ; Casting Director: Anna Cooper CDG for the Donmar Warehouse ; Production Photographer: Helen Murray Donmar Warehouse ; London, UK ; 7th October 2021 ; Credit and copyright: Helen Murray

Theatre review: White Noise

High praise for this examination of slavery's legacy

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October 15, 2021 10:20

White Noise by Parks, , WRITER - Suzan-Lori Parks, Director - Polly Findlay, Set Design - Lizzie Clachan, Costume Design - Natalie Pryce, Movement Director - Jade Hackett, Lighting Design - Jackie Shemesh, The Bridge Theatre, London, 2021, Credit{ Johan Persson/

Theatre review: The Normal Heart

This gripping revival about the 1980s Aids crisis has enormous relevance today says John Nathan

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October 7, 2021 10:06

Theatre review: The Normal Heart

Theatre review: Ida Rubinstein,  The Final Act

There's too little drama in this play about a diva

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October 1, 2021 11:24

Theatre review: Ida Rubinstein,  The Final Act

Theatre review: Camp Siegfried

Patsy Ferran shines in this play about a Nazi youth camp - in America

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September 24, 2021 12:17

Theatre review: Camp Siegfried

Yavneh pupil, 11, performed in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Livi Kent adored her West End debut, her father says

By Mathilde Frot

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September 17, 2021 12:54

Yavneh pupil, 11, performed in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Theatre review: Indecent

This play about a taboo-breaking Yiddish play is outstanding, says John Nathan

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September 17, 2021 10:23

CONSENT by Raine, , Writer - Nina Raine, Director - Roger Michell, The Harold Pinter Theatre, London, UK, 2018, Credit: Johan Persson

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