John Nathan
Goldie Frocks and Bear Mitzvah review: ‘this homage to the shmatte trade needs a slight trim’
This kosher show does to the fairy tale what Yiddish theatre once did to the classics, but it is, what is called in both theatre and and tailoring circles, a bit baggy
The Producers review: ‘an edgy revival with a heimishe soul’
In this terrific show, Andy Nyman plays a sweeter version of Mel Brooks’s greatest creation Max Bialystock
Rumours review: Cate Blanchett and Charles Dance in G7 satire
World leaders take on zombies and a giant brain in this genre-defying film
Ballet Shoes review: ‘everything a family show should be’
The first major stage adaptation of Noel Streatfeild’s children’s classic is superb
‘I’ve entered the Jewish stage of my career’
Until he played a Chasidic Jew in What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank this year, Simon Yadoo, 45, had never had a Jewish role. Now he’s treading the boards in the Jewish panto Goldie Frocks and the Bear Mitzvah too
Nightbitch review: ‘it’s a film for mums’
Bullied by a two-year-old’s tears, a woman’s fire extinguished in a pool of wee-wee and need, there is a kind of catharsis in this tale about the spirit-sapping reality of bringing up children
The Devil Wears Prada review: ‘style over substance’
The outfits might be amazing, but this devil is wearing the emperor’s clothes
The Happiest Man On Earth review: ‘epic yet intimate’
Performed with zest and humility, this one-man play shows the world what the world genocide actually means
Wicked review: ‘it’s a Grande entrance’
Pop star Ariana Grande’s narcissistic Galinda turns spoilt vacuity into art
Barcelona review: ‘Lily Collins has the acting chops to fill a stage’
The Emily in Paris star acquits herself well in her stage debut
Gladiator II review: ‘a swashbuckler that slays expectations’
Ridley Scott’s sequel is not the Hollywood boot-filling exercise you might expect
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button review: ‘nothing else like it in the West End’
This musical adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald’s short story is right on the button
Anora review: ‘Romeo and Juliet with more sex and drugs’
This delve into the underbelly of Manhattan sex clubs and Brooklyn’s Russian émigré community has been compared to ‘Pretty Woman’, but it’s better than that
Reykjavik review: “brimful of humanity and grief”
This beautifully balanced play gives an overlooked part of our martime nation’s culture its due
Midas Man review: ‘Epstein entrances in sympathetic biopic’
Jacob Fortune-Lloyd rehabilitates the young svengali’s reputation with charm in this film, but the Fab Four fall curiously flat
Venom review: ‘it’s not Marvel-lous’
This is the Last Dance of his three-deal franchise and I suspect Tom Hardy is feeling rather relieved
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