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The Apprentice review: ‘What would Melania Trump say?’

The Trump portrayed here is no monster but it is a portrait of a hustler who is still hustling

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Rise of a hustler: Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump and Maria Bakalova as Ivana Trump

Mansplaining: Billy Howle and Ellora Torchia in Look Back in Anger Photo: Marc Brenner

Almeida Theatre 1950s double bill: ‘An angry return to the kitchen sink’

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Frenemies: (left to right) Caroline Catz, Joshua Malina, Simon Yadoo and Dorothea Myer-Bennett Photo: Mark Senior

What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank review: ‘a play as Jewish as they come’

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Sisters in arms: Liraz Charhi as Sara and (right) Netta Garti as Nicole

Small town life and casual racism in 1960s Israel

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Giant review: ‘Dahl is called to account’

The author’s own words are deployed to chilling effect in this measured and gripping play

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October 8, 2024 15:05

Giant review: ‘Dahl is called to account’

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 Beckett

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September 26, 2024 15:52

The cast of Waiting for Godot, now showing at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, star in this re-staging of the classic Samuel Beckett play. (Photo: Marc Brenner)

A Good Jewish Boy review: ‘elegiac paean to a fading community’

This first feature by director and co-writer Noé Debré could so easily have ended up as a kosher kitchen sink drama. Instead, it’s a gem

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September 20, 2024 12:12

He's kosher: Michael Zindel as Ruben Bellisha in A Good Jewish Boy Credit: Simon Birman, Moonshaker Films

Why Am I So Single review: ‘a work in progress’

Love lives that turn out to be little less interesting for a show of two and a half hours

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September 19, 2024 17:06

The cast of Why Am I So Single in rehearsal Credit: Danny Kaan

‘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 week

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September 19, 2024 10:40

Giant playwright: Mark Rosenblatt Photo: Manuel Harlan

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 writer

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September 13, 2024 16:29

James McArdle in The Real Thing

The Critic review: ‘acidic revenge plot in 1930s London’

Ian McKellen’s stone-faced critic is a delicious embodiment of cruelty and wit

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September 11, 2024 17:37

Bribes and blackmail: Ian McKellen as Jimmy Erskine and Gemma Arterton as Nina Lan Credit: Bk Studios

Wiesenthal review: ‘Inside the mind of a Nazi hunter’

This play shows the humanity and humility of a man devoted to bringing Nazis to justice and sets the record straight about what the word ‘genocide’ means

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September 11, 2024 16:29

Avenger: Christopher Gibbs as Simon Wiesenthal

Firebrand review: ‘Jude Law’s Henry VIII’

The actor is on terrifying form in this film which uses poetic licence to excellent effect

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September 5, 2024 16:58

Battle royale: Jude Law as Henry VIII and Alicia Vikander as Katherine Parr

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 poignancy

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September 5, 2024 16:36

More than acquaintances: Sharon Duncan-Brewster as Denise and Erin Doherty as Carly Photo: Helen Murray

Meet commercial theatre’s ‘socialist’ producer

The man behind Why Am I So Single? which opens this week explains why he treats actors like family and never wants to overcharge for tickets

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September 5, 2024 15:50

A show of arms: a scene from Why Am I So Single Photo: Danny Kaan

Blink Twice review: ‘men are the enemy of women’

Revenge is best served on a toxic male tycoon’s private island in this film which starts as a rom-com but which becomes a thriller

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August 27, 2024 15:59

Guest appearance: Naomi Ackie as Frida in Zoe Kravitz's directorial debut

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