TheatreJuniper Blood review: A topical warning of what’s to come ★★★★Mike Bartlett’s latest play grapples with the issue of environmentalism and sustainability through a group of people ideologically dividedBy John Nathan1 min read
TheatreWhat if Hitler had met Freud? You can find out nowIn their new play, legendary writing duo Marks and Gran reveal that Sigmund meeting Adolf is not so far-fetched after allBy Maurice Gran3 min read
TheatreEvery Brilliant Thing review: ‘a funny play about suicide’ ★★★★After 70 uninterrupted minutes, we emerge knowing something of life under the pall of depression and suicide – and it makes for a funny and moving night outBy John Nathan2 min read
TheatreOscar Levant: The Hollywood pianist who self-destructedDoug Wright, writer of a new play about the unfulfilled career of Jewish talent Oscar Levant, shines the spotlight on Hollywood’s most gifted has-beenBy John Nathan5 min read
Edinburgh FringeThe Marriage of Alice B Toklas by Gertrude Stein review: A riveting, rip-roaring comedy with a Jewish heart ★★★★★This French farce about the lesbian Jewish modernist couple is full of absurdity, profundity and make-believe – an unmissable delightBy Eliana Jordan2 min read
TheatreBurlesque: The Musical, Savoy Theatre – ‘Flimsy plot but impressive singing’ ★★★The show is adapted from the 2010 film starring Cher and Christina AguileraBy John Nathan1 min read
OperaRoyal Opera House announces cancellation of Israel shows after pro-Palestine backlashCovent Garden claimed that the decision was made before a public pressure campaign from Artists for PalestineBy Gabrielle Apfel1 min read
Legendary theatre school founder, Sylvia Young, dies aged 85She helped launch the career of Amy Winehouse, and was famed for her kindness and dedicationBy Siam Goorwich3 min read||July 31, 2025 16:01
Cast announced for the London premiere of Jewish play The WanderersTwo Jewish couples confront essential questions in award-winning playwright and screenwriter Anna Ziegler’s playBy Elisa Bray2 min read||July 28, 2025 16:24
The Estate, National Theatre, review – ‘skilfully melds family and party politics’ ★★★★In Shaan Sahota’s play, Indian Sikh patrimony is the writer’s focusBy John Nathan1 min read||July 25, 2025 14:15
Inter Alia, Lyttelton Theatre, review – ‘Rosamund Pike triumphs with a quick-silver performance’ ★★★In her first stage performance in 15 years, the Saltburn star plays a criminal trial judge and mother of a teenage sonBy John Nathan2 min read||July 25, 2025 10:37
‘Chicken Soup Dates’: ‘A raunchy sex seminar from an ‘Orthodox’ couple comes to Soho TheatreComedians Candy Gigi and Tom Joseph of Buttmitzvah fame, play a dysfunctional Jewish couple in this matchmaking comedy, replete with free chicken soup on tapBy Eliana Jordan2 min read||July 23, 2025 08:19
Performer unfurls Palestine flag during Royal Opera House curtain callCast member of Il trovatore unveiled the Palestinian flag during the final bow on Saturday nightBy Eliana Jordan1 min read||July 20, 2025 09:51
‘Giant shows us what it’s like to be British and Jewish’Elliot Levey on playing Roald Dahl’s real-life Jewish agent in the West End playBy John Nathan5 min read||July 18, 2025 10:39
That Bastard, Puccini! review: ‘grips from start to finish’★★★★★James Inverne takes a forgotten piece of operatic history and turns it into an engrossing piece of theatre. You’ll love it even if you know nowt about PucciniBy Stephen Pollard2 min read||July 17, 2025 12:49
Noughts & Crosses review: ‘Star-crossed love story shines through in joyless production’ ★★The extraordinary vision of Marjorie Blackman’s classic race story struggles to take flight in this lacklustre theatre adaptationBy John Nathan1 min read||July 16, 2025 14:33
