John Nathan
Jack Absolute Flies Again Theatre review: Fruity fun as rivals take to the skies
Writing duo behind One Man, Two Guvnors have created another rollickingly good farce
The Trials Theatre review: Beware the angry teens judging selfish adults
Dawn King’s play imagines how the very young may one day become judge and jury of the 'dinosaurs' who chose to pollute the planet
Theatre review: A Night of New Jewish Writing
'This was the evening that Jewish theatregoers never knew they were waiting for until it happened'
What a drama: three playwrights discuss Jewish theatre in the UK today
Ryan Craig, Amy Rosenthal and Alexis Zegerman talk to John Nathan ahead of a special event showcasing new Jewish work
101 Dalmatians theatre review: Spotty success as Cruella turns TikTok influencer
In this version of the much-loved musical, the nightmarish character is less high society fashionista than social media psychopath on a mission to go viral
Bad Jews theatre review: A slow return for an excellent comedy
There are pauses long enough to pitch a tent in this production of Josh Harmon’s excellent play
Lesley Joseph's new habit
Can the actress ever escape Dorien Green, her glam and gabby character from 1990s sitcom Birds of a Feather?
Patriots theatre review: The career of an oligarch… and his powerful friend
Playwright Peter Morgan applies his fly-on-the-wall attention to Boris Berezovsky’s dramatic trajectory in a tale set against the fall and rise of Russia
Jewish drama students stage their own plays to combat hate
Based on their own experiences at drama school, the series of six short plays will be performed at London’s Kiln Theatre next month
Barefoot in the Park theatre review: Reworking Neil Simon’s classic is a step too far
Much of the evening fizzes along in its dated, delightful way but this production would do well to follow the lead of the film version
Peter Brook was a teddy bear filled with dynamite
The director transformed theatre forever
Theatre review - The End of The Night: Himmler, the chillingly reasonable dinner guest
Ben Brown’s fly-on-the wall play imagines what passed between the top Nazi and the Swedish representative of the World Jewish Congress when they met in April 1945
Mad House theatre review: An anti-climax leaving a nagging feeling that time has been spent with little to show for it
Family squabbles which are ultimately pointless
That Is Not Who I Am theatre review: Read this at your peril
A play that, in the fake news era, uses deceit to force questions about truth and who tells it
The Gunpowder Plot theatre review: A step forward in the evolution of VR theatre
The genius of this high-tech show is that it compels its audiences to consider the moral conundrum of every conflict: how many innocents should die in the service of a good cause?
At last! Jews get a voice at Royal Court thanks to new play by Jonathan Freedland
The verbatim piece, which addresses the 'ancient prejudice' against Jews, is to be staged at a theatre recently embroiled in a controversy over alleged antisemitism
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