TheatreDr Strangelove review: ‘Coogan is bang on the button’The actor is priceless in this timely revival of Stanley Kubrick’s classic nuke comedyBy John Nathan1 min read
Theatre Almeida Theatre 1950s double bill: ‘An angry return to the kitchen sink’Arnold Wesker’s Roots has been paired with John Osborne’s Look Back in Anger –eight decades on the East End Jewish playwright emerges as the more potent dramatist by farBy John Nathan2 min read
TheatreWhat We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank review: ‘a play as Jewish as they come’This quintessentially Jewish work tackles the inherited trauma of the Holocaust and is also a really smart and funny comedyBy John Nathan2 min read
Israeli theatre‘My own breakup inspired my sweet and sinister LGBT comedy’Israeli playwright Gur Piepskovitz’s upcoming work explores themes of otherness and self-discoveryBy Eliana Jordan2 min read
theatreWhat Nathan Englander talks about when he talks about his Anne Frank playThe American writer on the Patrick Marber-directed stage adaptation of his 2011 Pulitzer-finalist short story ahead of its UK premiereBy Elisa Bray7 min read
TheatreGiant review: ‘Dahl is called to account’The author’s own words are deployed to chilling effect in this measured and gripping playBy John Nathan3 min read
ArtsThe shows you won’t want to miss – on stage and screenHere are some of the best (Jewish-adjacent) shows that TV, film and theatre have to offer in October and NovemberBy Elisa Bray4 min read
Waiting for Godot review: ‘I defy anyone not to see themselves on this stage’Superb acting carries this re-staging of the mind-bending classic by Samuel BeckettBy John Nathan1 min read||September 26, 2024 15:52
Akram Khan’s Giselle review: An outstanding reimagining of a classicThis reworking of the popular classic features mesmerising new choreography and a powerful reinterpretation of the narrativeBy Joy Sable1 min read||September 26, 2024 09:40
‘Why I tackled Roald Dahl’s antisemitism in my Royal Court play’Mark Rosenblatt’s work about the children’s author and self-confessed antisemite opens this weekBy John Nathan6 min read||September 19, 2024 10:40
Manchester production of Shakespeare play axed after director refused to remove pro-Palestine referencesTheatre bosses and the director disagreed on the adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a report claimsBy Ellie Grant2 min read||September 18, 2024 10:11
The Real Thing review: ‘Stoppard at very top of his game’This slick revival of his 1982 play combines comedy and cleverness in a way that would come across as intellectual show-boating in the hands of a lesser writerBy John Nathan1 min read||September 13, 2024 16:29
Death of England review: ‘love and hate across the racial divide’Seeing this play in the wake of Britain’s far-right riots gives it added poignancyBy John Nathan1 min read||September 5, 2024 16:36
Full cast announced for new play What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne FrankNathan Englander’s play stars West Wing and Scandal star Joshua Malina in his London stage debutBy Elisa Bray2 min read||September 4, 2024 09:06
Shifters review: ‘friends without benefits’It is beautifully performed, but this will they, won’t they romance never quite takes offBy John Nathan1 min read||August 27, 2024 15:48
The non-Jewish playwright teaching Edinburgh Fringe audiences about antisemitismI talk to Jonathan Salt about his one-man play telling the story of the hero orphanage director Janusz Korczak who tried to preserve the dignity and safety of his charges in the Warsaw GhettoBy Nicole Lampert3 min read||August 23, 2024 14:08
