Acclaimed American actor Kenneth Tigar on why he was attracted to the challenge of playing a Holocaust survivor who spent the rest of his life preaching peace
By Imogen Garfinkel
Performed with zest and humility, this one-man play shows the world what the world genocide actually means
By John Nathan
The Emily in Paris star acquits herself well in her stage debut
This musical adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald’s short story is right on the button
This beautifully balanced play gives an overlooked part of our martime nation’s culture its due
This year’s Jewish fringe is more reflective than previous programmes, says festival leader
By Jane Prinsley
The actor is priceless in this timely revival of Stanley Kubrick’s classic nuke comedy
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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
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This quintessentially Jewish work tackles the inherited trauma of the Holocaust and is also a really smart and funny comedy
Israeli playwright Gur Piepskovitz’s upcoming work explores themes of otherness and self-discovery
By Eliana Jordan
The American writer on the Patrick Marber-directed stage adaptation of his 2011 Pulitzer-finalist short story ahead of its UK premiere
By Elisa Bray
The author’s own words are deployed to chilling effect in this measured and gripping play
Here are some of the best (Jewish-adjacent) shows that TV, film and theatre have to offer in October and November
Superb acting carries this re-staging of the mind-bending classic by Samuel Beckett
This reworking of the popular classic features mesmerising new choreography and a powerful reinterpretation of the narrative
By Joy Sable
Mark Rosenblatt’s work about the children’s author and self-confessed antisemite opens this week
