TheatreThe Producers review: Richard Kind dazzles in a show more urgent and less indulgent than ever ★★★★★The smash hit musical by Mel Brooks is revived with a raw and dangerous production starring one of the world’s funniest performers as Max BialystockBy John Nathan2 min read
TheatreSummerfolk review: The feckless middle classes on the brink of a rude awakening ★★★★Maxim Gorky’s 1905 full-frontal attack on the demographic is a searing depiction of helplessness in the face of violent changeBy John Nathan2 min read
Jewish theatreYentl review: ‘Isaac Bashevis Singer would be pleased’ ★★★★The writer was not impressed with the Barbra Streisand adaptation of his short story, but this performance captures its mysticism and humanity so well, he would surely approve itBy John Nathan1 min read
Jewish theatreThe Yentl I play does not identify as male or femaleThe star of a new production of the shtetl tale on why she sees the protagonist as non-binaryBy John Nathan4 min read
TheatreThe Holy Rosenbergs review: ‘Craig tackles head on the anxiety of being Jewish’ ★★★★‘The sight of a Jewish family being ripped apart by conflicting opinions about Israel and Gaza is more of a thing than it ever was’By John Nathan3 min read
TheatreProducers revival and Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia nominated for 2026 Olivier AwardsBoth productions have strong Jewish connectionsBy Daniel Ben-David1 min read
TheatreBroken Glass review: There’s an urgency to Arthur Miller’s most explicitly Jewish play today ★★★★American director Jordan Fein is back on a London stage after a triumphant revival of Into the WoodsBy John Nathan2 min read
Dracula review: Cynthia mesmerises but the show lacks real bite ★★★★The performer’s acting gifts are on full display in this spectacular adaptation of the gothic novel, but the evening never achieves the tension generated by many other West End dabblings in the supernaturalBy John Nathan2 min read||February 20, 2026 13:41
Here There Are Blueberries review: ‘What makes a Nazi a Nazi?’ ★★★★★This forensic Pultizer-finalist docu-play settles the question of what allows a person to perpetrate atrocity while enjoying the normal pleasures of lifeBy John Nathan2 min read||February 17, 2026 17:48
What Hitler’s henchmen and women did in their time offJohn Nathan meets a writer whose Pulitzer-finalist play, inspired by a Nazi photograph album, is making its UK debutBy John Nathan6 min read||February 12, 2026 13:09
Inside the big Jewish theatre fightbackAmid the hurtful cancellations and quiet blockings, a defiant Anglo-Jewry is springing up with shows that celebrate Jewish identity and concernsBy Elisa Bray8 min read||February 11, 2026 12:07
Arcadia review: ‘gardens, maths and heart in Stoppard’s masterpiece’ ★★★★This play is proof that the late playwright can make you feel as much as thinkBy John Nathan1 min read||February 10, 2026 17:54
Guess How Much I Love You?: ‘the acting elevates the writing’ ★★★The performances in this portrait of a pregnancy in crisis are marvellous. But whether the play reveals anything about love is questionableBy John Nathan1 min read||February 3, 2026 15:38
Challah, humour, the Holocaust and meJohn Nathan meets a writer-performer whose latest show is inspired by her encounters with Leonard Bernstein, Leonard Cohen – and being the daughter of a Shoah survivorBy John Nathan4 min read||January 20, 2026 18:07
The Merchant of Venice postponed in Sydney after Bondi Beach attack due to antisemitism concernsWilliam Shakespear’s 500-year-old play is often seen as including antisemitic tropes, especially in the character of Jewish money lender ShylockBy Jamie Shapiro1 min read||January 15, 2026 13:19
Woman in Mind review: Sheridan Smith sparkles in Alan Ayckbourn’s dark comedy ★★★★★The actor will surely be in line for an umpteenth Olivier nomination for her quicksilver performance of Susan and her disintegrating mindBy John Nathan1 min read||January 11, 2026 21:11
