TheatreHigh Society review: Fizzing stage reboot starring Felicity Kendal ★★★★The individual performances are all excellent in this iteration of Cole Porter masterpieceBy John Nathan2 min read
Theatre Black Comedy review: Peter Shaffer’s big idea lacks the light to really shine★★★Characters are plunged into the dark for most of this escalating slapstick showBy John Nathan2 min read
TheatreEquus review: Gripping revival of Shaffer’s foray into a troubled teenager’s mind ★★★★★Noah Valentine should win awards for a performance of the stable boy who blinds the six horses he adoresBy John Nathan1 min read
Jewish theatreNIUSIA review: ‘it increasingly feels as if we’re listening to the wrong story’ ★★★Beth Paterson’s journey to her Jewishness is a worthy story, but her Holocaust survivor grandmother steals the showBy John Nathan2 min read
Jewish theatre‘Here, I’m a star’: Richard Kind on the victory lap that is his West End runPlaying Max Bialystock in The Producers is a full-circle moment for the oh-so Jewish actor, who can’t help but be a leading manBy John Nathan4 min read
TheatreThe Price review: ‘If this is Henry Goodman’s swansong, he’s going out on a high’ ★★★★The actor’s performance is a career highlight in this sure-footed production of the Arthur Miller playBy John Nathan2 min read
theatreMy play about families being ripped apart by Israel and GazaRyan Craig on The Holy Rosenbergs, his work that dares to explore the moral turmoil of diaspora Jews when the Jewish state is at war4 min read
Exclusive interview: Henry Goodman on Arthur Miller, mental health and his own ‘Swansong’The star opens up about his father’s schizophrenia and his personal link to playing Gregory Solomon in The PriceBy John Nathan5 min read||April 23, 2026 15:27
Les Liaisons Dangereuse review: ‘why revive it?’★★Lesley Manville’s predictably superb performance is not enough to redeem a new stage production of the sexually exploitative 18th century novelBy John Nathan1 min read||April 15, 2026 16:23
The Jewish theatre group building bridges by treading the boardsMAD was set up by Manchester’s Menorah SynagogueBy Alma Green3 min read||April 6, 2026 11:14
The 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||March 27, 2026 16:09
Summerfolk 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||March 27, 2026 14:04
Yentl 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||March 13, 2026 16:53
The 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||March 11, 2026 18:33
The 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||March 10, 2026 16:37
Producers revival and Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia nominated for 2026 Olivier AwardsBoth productions have strong Jewish connectionsBy Daniel Ben-David1 min read||March 6, 2026 11:58
