Barcelona review: ‘Lily Collins has the acting chops to fill a stage’
The Emily in Paris star acquits herself well in her stage debut
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
Reykjavik review: “brimful of humanity and grief”
This beautifully balanced play gives an overlooked part of our martime nation’s culture its due
Support venues that aren't boycotting Jewish creatives, says Tsitsit director
This year’s Jewish fringe is more reflective than previous programmes, says festival leader
Dr Strangelove review: ‘Coogan is bang on the button’
The actor is priceless in this timely revival of Stanley Kubrick’s classic nuke comedy
Almeida Theatre 1950s double bill: ‘An angry return to the kitchen sink’
Arnold Wesker’s Roots has been paired with John Osborne’s Look Back in Anger –eight decades on the East End Jewish playwright emerges as the more potent dramatist by far
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank review: ‘a play as Jewish as they come’
This quintessentially Jewish work tackles the inherited trauma of the Holocaust and is also a really smart and funny comedy
‘My own breakup inspired my sweet and sinister LGBT comedy’
Israeli playwright Gur Piepskovitz’s upcoming work explores themes of otherness and self-discovery
What Nathan Englander talks about when he talks about his Anne Frank play
The American writer on the Patrick Marber-directed stage adaptation of his 2011 Pulitzer-finalist short story ahead of its UK premiere
Giant review: ‘Dahl is called to account’
The author’s own words are deployed to chilling effect in this measured and gripping play
The shows you won’t want to miss – on stage and screen
Here are some of the best (Jewish-adjacent) shows that TV, film and theatre have to offer in October and November
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
Akram Khan’s Giselle review: An outstanding reimagining of a classic
This reworking of the popular classic features mesmerising new choreography and a powerful reinterpretation of the narrative
‘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
Manchester production of Shakespeare play axed after director refused to remove pro-Palestine references
Theatre bosses and the director disagreed on the adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a report claims
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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