John Nathan

Theatre review: Slave Play, ‘An evening primed to cause tension and offence’

Viewing this play through a Jewish lens you can see the disconnect that can form between two loving people with different histories, says John Nathan

Stephen Schwartz: ‘My shows either flopped or were hits like Wicked’

The composer of Wicked, Stephen Schwartz has a new production opening in London – can The Baker’s Wife finally put its troubled past behind it, 50 years on? John Nathan meets the greatest living composer in contemporary musical theatre

Moon trek where one (better) film has gone before...

Kinds of Kindness, review: a kind of invitation to defy conventional thinking

The Marilyn Conspiracy review: An evening of ... conspiracies

The Bikeriders review: Jodie revs it up in this tale about bikers on a dead end

Kiss Me, Kate review: this kissing lark is all in the line of duty

Bimah me up! Meet the circus rabbi who prays as she flies

Rabbi Miri Lawrence will be performing this Sunday with The Blumenfeld Circus

Freud’s Last Session review: This is a movie with play envy

English review: I think this classroom drama could try a little bit harder

Modesty rules in a house with a pre-teen girl

The street-fighters who taught British fascists: don’t f*** with the Jews

Documentary film-maker David Herman’s latest work charts the history of Jewish self-defence in the UK. John Nathan meets him